Technical Note: How to shutdown all nodes of a cluster

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Description

This article provides the steps to shutdown all the nodes of a cluster.

Scope

All FortiOS.

Solution

To shut down first the backup, than the master unit, run in the master's CLI:

Unit-1 # execute ha manage 1                 {To switch to the backup unit}
Unit-2 $                                     {Now on the backup unit}
Unit-2 $ execute shutdown                    {To shut down the backup unit}
This operation will shutdown the system !
Do you want to continue? (y/n)y
Unit-1 #                                     {Automatically returned to the master unit}
Unit-1 # execute shutdown                    {To shut down the master unit}
This operation will shutdown the system !
Do you want to continue? (y/n)y