Stop/Start Distributed Cache using powershell

To STOP Distributed Cache

$instanceName ="SPDistributedCacheService Name=AppFabricCachingService"

$serviceInstance = Get-SPServiceInstance | ? {($_.service.tostring()) -eq $instanceName -and ($_.server.name) -eq "<server name>"}

$serviceInstance.unprovision()

To START Distributed Cache

$instanceName ="SPDistributedCacheService Name=AppFabricCachingService"

$serviceInstance = Get-SPServiceInstance | ? {($_.service.tostring()) -eq $instanceName -and ($_.server.name) -eq "<server name>"}

$serviceInstance.provision()