In this post I am going to show you how to shutdown Cisco FMC. I know it might seem basic, but some of us might not came across this task before. That would be the case if you are not a 100% focus on the FMC on a day to day activities. Anyway, there are three ways to shutdown Cisco FMC that I am aware of.
First method which is kind of the easiest is through FMC UI. Another from the FMC CLISH mode, and the last one is from the expert mode. Let's dive in all of these three methods in this little lab.
Mothod 1: Shutdown the FMC from UI
Go to System > Configuration > Process > Shutdown Management Center > Run Command
Go to the Cog icon > Configuration > Process > Shutdown Management Center > Run Command
Mothod 2: Shutdown the FMC from CLISH mode
Last login: Fri May 1 22:36:35 2020 from << omitted >> Copyright 2004-2020, Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco is a registered trademark of Cisco Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. Cisco Fire Linux OS v6.5.0 (build 6) Cisco Firepower Management Center for VMWare v6.5.0.4 (build 57) > system shutdown This command will shutdown the system. Continue? Please enter 'YES' or 'NO': yes Broadcast message from root@fmc.mylab.local (Fri May 1 23:08:17 2020): The system is going down for system halt NOW!
Mothod 3: Shutdown the FMC from expert mode
Last login: Fri May 1 23:29:08 2020 from << omitted >> Copyright 2004-2020, Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco is a registered trademark of Cisco Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. Cisco Fire Linux OS v6.5.0 (build 6) Cisco Firepower Management Center for VMWare v6.5.0.4 (build 57) > expert admin@fmc:~$ sudo shutdown -h now The system is going down for system halt NOW!pts/0) (Fri May 1 23:47:42 2020 admin@fmc:~$
I mentioned above the Light experimental theme. So, before we wrap up this post I want to show you how you can enable the Light experimental theme on FMC 6.5.x in case you don't find it already enabled. The new Light theme is the default theme on FMC version 6.6.0.
Enable/Disable Light experimental theme on FMC 6.5.x
Go to admin > User Preferences > General > UI Theme > Light (experimental)
This wraps up this post on how to shutdown Cisco FMC appliance.
Thank you for reading!
