Rebooting, shutting down, and resetting the system

This section includes the following information:

• Rebooting the system
• Shutting down the system
• Resetting the system

Rebooting the system

To reboot the operating system:

1. Go to Dashboard.
2. In the System Information widget, click the Reboot button.

CLI commands: execute reboot

Shutting down the system

Always properly shut down the system before turning off the power switch or unplugging it. This causes it to finish writing any buffered data, and to correctly spin down and park the hard disks.

Do not unplug or switch off the FortiDDoS appliance without first halting the operating system. Failure to do so could cause data loss and hardware problems.

To power off the system:

1. Go to Dashboard.
2. In the System Information widget, click the Shutdown button.

The system does not emit disk activity noise when shutdown is complete.

CLI commands: execute shutdown

To completely power off:

• Press the power button if there is one.

Power supplies and switches vary by hardware model. On some, you press the power button; on others, you flip the switch to either the off (O) or on (I) position.

Resetting the system

Table 90 summarizes “factory reset” options.

To reset the system to its factory state:

Use the command based on the following:

• # execute factoryreset: Deletes all the configuration without deleting any data.
• # execute formatlogdisk: Saves the configuration, but deletes all the data, including mysql database (attack log, event log) and RRDs (graphs).
• # execute factoryreset: Deletes the attack log database.