If we have to shut down / reboot our miner do we need to stop the node first then shutdown or just shutdown will do?
You can just shutdown...it also closes the node properly before it shuts off.
Should note this in the instructions, its really important that you shutdown the miner through the shutdown menu when running a full node now. You could get away with shutting it down through power with just the miner, but this will most likely corrupt the node if you dont shut it down properly.
Shutdown can take a minute or two so be patient...youll see the miner stop mining and it will only flash green....only pull power when the front LED goes blank or Red.