The most direct way to force restart a Cisco switch is by using the reload command via the command-line interface (CLI). Our company runs two 4503 as core switches and configured HSRP. show version content： Last reload reason: abort at PC 0x0 cisco WS-C4506-E (MPC8548) processor (revision 12) with 524288K bytes of memory. 511K bytes of non-volatile. Recently the server guy in my team has been proposing to reboot the 6509 core switches as a matter of practice in order to "clear stuff out". As of last night, core1 was up for two years, four months, and core2 has been up for seven years, five months. I'm not sure why there is a mis-match on the. so I try to shutdown the switches today, any thing need to take note, after three days, I just press reboot button, and does it work? thanks 09-17-2015 12:22 AM Jolin, Make sure you have taken the backup of config and ios on ftp server. Periodically rebooting these critical devices is essential for maintaining optimal performance, applying configuration changes, and resolving certain software-related issues. We have three HP Procurve 1810-24G switches. That too when connected APC-UPS battery runs out of juice.
