Rebooting

You can reboot the Cisco Nexus 3550-T Programmable Switch Platform by using the reboot command. You can perform the reboot instantly or schedule the reboot process to run at a specific time in the future. You can also cancel any reboot of the Nexus 3550-T by using the CLI.

Instant Reboot

The reboot command can be used to reset the Nexus 3550-T and load the startup-config on boot.

To reboot the Nexus 3550-T instantly, run the following command:

admin@NX-3550-T> reboot
Are you sure you want to reboot this device? y
Rebooting system
Connection to NX-3550-T closed by remote host.
Connection to NX-3550-T closed.

Delayed Reboot

You can instruct the Nexus 3550-T to reboot at a specific time in the future by using the reboot in command. This can be useful when changing the management interface settings of a Nexus 3550-T at a remote site, where there is concern that a mistake in setting the config would disrupt connectivity to the CLI and prevent rollback of the incorrect config.

To perform a delayed reboot, run the following commands:

admin@NX-3550-T> reboot in
Usage: reboot in [<hh>:]<mm>
Schedule a reboot of the device

admin@NX-3550-T> reboot in 2
Rebooting in 2 minutes
Use "reboot cancel" command to cancel reboot
WARNING: Rebooting in 1 minute 59 seconds

To see the time remaining before the Nexus 3550-T reboots, on the command prompt, press Enter.

admin@NX-3550-T>
WARNING: Rebooting in 1 minute 45 seconds
admin@NX-3550-T>
WARNING: Rebooting in 1 minute 44 seconds
admin@NX-3550-T>
WARNING: Rebooting in 1 minute 44 seconds
admin@NX-3550-T>
WARNING: Rebooting in 1 minute 43 seconds

Cancel Reboot

You can cancel a delayed reboot by using the reboot cancel command:

admin@NX-3550-T> reboot cancel
Scheduled reboot canceled

This page was last updated on Mar-23-2021.