Shutdown/reboot the primary unit

You can shutdown or reboot the primary unit from the primary unit GUI by selecting Shutdown or Reboot from the Admin menu. From the primary unit CLI you can use the execute reboot or execute shutdown commands to shutdown or reboot the primary unit.

During the shutdown the primary unit first becomes the backup unit before shutting down allowing the backup unit to become the new primary unit and avoiding a split brain scenario. This behavior only happens when you manually shutdown or reboot the primary unit.