Hard rebooting of a virtual network function or a VDU that is part of it

A hard reboot simulates turning power on and off again. We recommend that performing a hard reboot only if soft reboot is not successful.

To perform a hard reboot of a virtual network function or a VDU that is part of it:

1. On the self-service portal, go to the Catalog menu section.

   The network service management page is displayed.

2. In the Network services pane, click the previously deployed network service to whose topology the virtual network function has been added.

   The topology is displayed.

3. Click the virtual network function.

   The settings area is displayed in the lower part of the page. You can expand the settings area to fill the entire page by clicking the expand icon . By default, the Flavours tab is selected, which displays flavours.

4. If you want to perform a hard reboot of the virtual network function, in the upper part of the settings area, click Management → Power → Hard reboot VNF.
5. If you want to hard reboot a VDU that is part of the virtual network function:
   1. Select the VDU management tab.

      A table of VDUs is displayed.

   2. Click Management → Power → Hard reboot VDU next to the VDU that you want to hard reboot.
6. In the confirmation window, click Apply.

A hard reboot of the VNF or its VDU is performed.