# Shutting down an enclosure

Use this action to shut down the controllers in an enclosure.

Use care when you shut down an enclosure. Users cannot access the data on the arrays and logical drives until the enclosure is restarted.

Follow these steps to shut down an enclosure:

1. In the Enterprise view, click (enclosure) that you want to shut down.

2. Right-click Shut down enclosure..
3. Click Yes when asked to confirm that you want to shut down the enclosure.

## More information

- Updating enclosure software
- Restarting an enclosure

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