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:

From the GUI, click the admin/user drop down menu and select System > Reboot.

CLI commands: execute reboot

Shutting down the system

Always properly shut down the system before unplugging it. This causes it to finish writing any buffered data, and to correctly set the Solid-State-Drives.

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

To power off the system:

From the GUI, click the admin/user drop down menu and select System > Reboot.

CLI commands: execute shutdown

When shutdown is complete:

• Data traffic will be blocked or bypassed depending on the Interface (Copper, SFP or Optical Bypass, depending on mode) and fail-open/fail-closed configuration. In fail-close mode, the traffic is not bypassed and in fail-open mode, traffic gets bypassed.
• System cooling fans stop operating. Note that power supply cooling fans may still be operating and the power supplies themselves are still powered.
• You will have no GUI or Console access to the system in shutdown. The only way to regain access is full power off (unplug) and restart (see below).

To completely power off:

• Remove power cable(s) from the power supply(ies). Turn off power switch.

Resetting the system

The following table summarizes 'factory reset' options.

Factory reset options

Task	Menu
Reset the threshold configuration for an SPP	Protection Profiles > Thresholds Settings > Factory Defaults
Reset the threshold configuration and clear traffic history for an SPP	Protection Profiles > Reset
Reset the system to its factory state. All SPPs, statistics, and logs will be deleted	See below.

To reset the system to its factory state:

Use both the commands below:

• # execute factoryreset: Deletes all the configuration without deleting any data.
• # execute formatlogdisk: Deletes all the data, including the MySQL database (attack log, event log) and Round-Robin-Databases (graphs) as well as the Boot Alternate Firmware partition. This does not delete the configuration, but that has already been deleted by the command above.
  Note: formatlogdisk can take a significant amount of time — up to 15 minutes, depending on the model. While executing formatlogdisk the system will fail-open/bypass supported traffic ports.