Performing common tasks

Booting and rebooting the filer

Where the filer boots from

The filer boots from the boot diskette in its diskette drive, if there is one. Otherwise, the filer boots from its hard disk.

Booting the filer

You can boot the filer if it has been powered on or if the filer console is displaying the firmware (ok) prompt.

If the filer is powered on and is displaying the command prompt, see the next section, Rebooting the filer.

To boot the filer, complete the following step.

Step	Action
1	Enter the following command: boot Note If you are booting the filer from diskette, ensure that boot diskette 1 is in the diskette drive. Use of any other diskette results in an error message.

Rebooting the filer

You can reboot the filer if the filer console is displaying the command prompt. Rebooting the filer is equivalent to halting and booting the filer. During a reboot, the contents of the filer's NVRAM are flushed to disk, and the filer sends a warning message to CIFS clients.

To reboot the filer, complete the following step.

Step	Action
1	Enter the following command: reboot