Power off router remotely

[Manoj Wadhwa]

Dear Friends,

I was wondering if there is any way/command to power off cisco routers/ switches remotely. Thanks!

- Manoj

[sundar.palaniappan]

Manoj,

AFAIK the Cisco routers/switches do not support any command to power off remotely. However, you can use a third party UPS with an integrated terminal server to power off/on CPE remotely. Some high end switches may support the option of powering off the modules in a switch.

HTH

Sundar

[Danilo Dy]

Hi,

Only command to power cycle them.

way and command has many meanings. There is another way which is to command someone in the remote site to power/switch off the router/switch. A little joke there :)

Dandy

[Manoj Wadhwa]

Hi Sundar,

Can you also plz let me know in some detail the 3rd party tools available to achieve this on a normal normal. Thx

[sundar.palaniappan]

Manoj,

A quick google search found this link on remote power management. Have a look at it.

http://servertech.com/downloads/White%20Papers/Maximizing%20Network%20Uptime.PDF

HTH

Sundar

[hsrana2007]

For this u need to insall smart Ip based Kvm switch at remote end.

so by accessing the powered KVM through ip , you can shout down the devices at remote end.