Reboot your EX12 device

You can reboot the EX12 device immediately or schedule a reboot for a specific time every day.

Note You may want to save your configuration settings to a file before rebooting. See Save configuration to a file.

Reboot your device immediately

 

  Web

    Log into the EX12 WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights.

  1. From the main menu, click System.
  2. Click Reboot.

  3. Click Reboot to confirm that you want to reboot the device.

  Command line

  1. Select the device in Remote Manager and click Actions > Open Console, or log into the EX12 local command line as a user with full Admin access rights.

    Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.

  2. At the prompt, type:
    > reboot

Schedule reboots of your device

 

  1. Log into Digi Remote Manager, or log into the local Web UI as a user with full Admin access rights.
  2. Access the device configuration:

    1. Locate your device as described in Use Digi Remote Manager to view and manage your device.
    2. Click the Device ID.
    3. Click Settings.
    4. Click to expand Config.

    1. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration.

      The Configuration window is displayed.

  3. Select System > Scheduled tasks.
  4. For Reboot time, enter the time of the day that the device should reboot, using the format HH:MM. The device will reboot at this time every day.

    5. If Reboot time is set, but the device is unable to synchronize its time with an NTP server, the device will reboot after it has been up for 24 hours. See System time synchronization for information about configuring NTP servers. If Reboot window is set, the reboot will occur during a random time within the reboot window.

  5. For Reboot window, enter the maximum random delay that will be added to Reboot Time.

    Allowed values are any number of hours, minutes, or seconds, and take the format number{h|m|s}.

    For example, to set parameter name to ten minutes, enter 10m or 600s.

    The default is 10m, and the maximum allowed time is 24h.
  6. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change.
  1. Select the device in Remote Manager and click Actions > Open Console, or log into the EX12 local command line as a user with full Admin access rights.

    Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.

  2. At the command line, type config to enter configuration mode:

    > config
(config)>

  3. Set the reboot time:
    (config>> system schedule reboot_time time
(config)>

    where time is the time of the day that the device should reboot, using the format HH:MM. For example, the set the device to reboot at two in the morning every day:

    (config>> system schedule reboot_time 02:00
(config)>

    4. If reboot_time is set, but the device is unable to synchronize its time with an NTP server, the device will reboot after it has been up for 24 hours. See System time synchronization for information about configuring NTP servers. If reboot_window is set, the reboot will occur during a random time within the reboot window.

  4. Set the maximum random delay that will be added to reboot_time:
    (config>> system schedule reboot_window value
(config)>

    where value is any number of hours, minutes, or seconds, and takes the format number{h|m|s}.

    For example, to set reboot_window to ten minutes, enter either 10m or 600s:

    (config)> system schedule reboot_window 600s
(config)>
  5. Save the configuration and apply the change.
    (config)> save
Configuration saved.
>
  6. Type exit to exit the Admin CLI.

    Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type quit to disconnect from the device.