Re: Data Center Shutdown Procedure

Hi.
DV power grid is usually well protected from surges. And so do the modern switches. I would shut down the old ones. I would also bring it back up in isolation, DCI links down and internet links down. Just to avoid possible traffic black holing.

HTH

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> On 30 okt 2013, at 23:45, Cisco Fanatic <ebay_products_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> ALL -
>
> We have 2 data centers across coast to coast. We are power shutting down 1
> data center for 12hrs.
>
> We have 6500 (Core) running VSS, Nexus switches, 4500 switches, 3750 switches
> to name a few.
>
> Now the question is - should we physically shut down the switches and
> routers?
>
> My concern is that once the power comes up and if the switch have to be
> physically rebooted again, the problem is that spanning tree will not
> reconverge or we might have a network meltdown.
>
> What will someone recomemend in this situation?
>
> Yuri
>
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Received on Thu Oct 31 2013 - 08:42:45 ART