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• Ready—The process is running.
• Stopped—The process has been stopped.
• Start Time—The current start time of the process. Options are:
• Day/Month/Date/Time/Year—The date and time the process began. If a process
terminates and restarts, the start time is also updated.
• Not Started—The process has not been started. This can be caused by not having the
appropriate license or for not starting the process.
When you specify the detail keyword, more specific and detailed process information is
displayed. The
show process detail and show process slot <slotid> detail commands
display the following information in a multi-tabular format:
• Detailed process information
• Memory usage configurations
• Recovery policies
• Process statistics
• Resource usage
Stopping a Process
If recommended by NETGEAR Technical Support personnel, you can stop a running
process. To stop a running process, use the following command:
terminate process <name> [forceful | graceful] {msm <slot>}
Where the following is true:
• name—Specifies the name of the process.
• forceful—Specifies that the software quickly terminate a process. Unlike the graceful
option, the process is immediately shutdown without any of the normal process cleanup.
• graceful—Specifies that the process shutdown gracefully by closing all opened
connections, notifying peers on the network, and other types of process cleanup.
• slot—For a modular chassis, specifies the slot number of the MSM/MM. A specifies the
MSM/MM installed in slot A. B specifies the MSM/MM installed in slot B. The number is a
value from 1 to 8.
Note: Do not terminate a process that was installed since the last reboot
unless you have saved your configuration. If you have installed a
software module and you terminate the newly installed process
without saving your configuration, your module may not be loaded
when you attempt to restart the process with the start process
command.
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To preserve a process’s configuration during a terminate and
(re)start cycle, save your switch configuration before terminating the