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remotely shutdown - Nas314 is not business ready
Readynas 314 Firmware 6.5.0 (Server 200r2)
I find it hard to believe that there is not an easy way to remotely shutdown a Readynas 314. I have a ups powering both the NAS and a server. The UPS shuts down the server after a power outage via a server batch file but the NAS simply crashes. Netgear should not market this as a business grade device if it cannot provide an option to enable a remote shutdown. There are some previous blogs that are not answered and seem to point to complex solutions.
What we need is a simple executable file we run with command line options including passwords etc to perform the shutdown. This can be part of the server shutdown batch file.
Thanks
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All my NAS do shutdown gracefully when the UPS reaches power-critical.
You could possibly install NUT (http://networkupstools.org/) on the server, and have the NAS monitor the server as if it were another NAS.
Here's another option for remote shutdown (with curl): https://community.netgear.com/t5/Using-your-ReadyNAS/Remote-shutdown-on-OS-6/m-p/846141#M20603
Hi Stephen,
Thanks for that. I have just found a network card for the apc ups and got it connected to the nas. (The server uses the ups via a usb cable). The nas states the ups is "on line" but there is no shutdown settings. I assume that the nas will automatically shut down under certain conditions. If so is it only a "low battery" condition. I would hope the nas does not shut down if the communication drops.
thks
IT-Dept wrote:
I would hope the nas does not shut down if the communication drops.
It shouldn't (and doesn't on my ReadyNAS). It's fairly easy to test - power both the NAS and the PC directly from the main power, and put a different load on the UPS. Then disconnect the UPS from the main power, and see if the NAS and server both shut down. You can play with the connections while it is draining.
Of course if you are using the network, you need to make sure that any switches between the NAS and UPS are also protected (ideally with the same UPS, or at least one that you think has longer run time han the NAS UPS).
Ok thanks for that
- Are you looking for a command to gracefully shutdown the NAS from CLI, is it?
rnutil rn_shutdown
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Community-Add-ons/ReadyNAS-OS-6-1-9-Run-on-existing-x86-4-2-notsupported/td-p/905258
omicron_persei8 wrote:
Are you looking for a command to gracefully shutdown the NAS from CLI, is it?
rnutil rn_shutdown
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Community-Add-ons/ReadyNAS-OS-6-1-9-Run-on-existing-x86-4-2-notsupported/td-p/905258He wanted to shut down the NAS from another server. Though he should no longer need that for shutting down on power fail.
You linked in a useful group of commands though, which should be handy to others.
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