Soft restart is a graceful shutdown of the platform and partition images followed by a restart. Soft restart is equivalent to clicking Start and then clicking the Shutdown and Restart buttons in a computer.
Following is the sequence of actions that are performed when you choose to soft restart a platform:
Partition images are gracefully shutdown.
After all the partition images are shut down, the service partitions are gracefully shutdown.
Platform is powered-off followed by a restart.
Note: You cannot perform Soft Restart operation on Nonpartitionable EPP.
To perform soft restart
On the Fabric Manager user interface, point to System Administration, and then click CPF System.
The Details: CPF-System screen appears on the right pane.
Click Platforms and Partitions.
The platforms and partitions are listed under their respective tabs in the Details: Platforms and Partitions screen on the right pane.
In the Platforms tab, select the platform on which you want to soft restart, point to Advanced, and then click Soft Restart.
A message asking if you want to soft restart the platform appears.
Click Yes.
If the soft restart operation is successful, the selected platform shuts down gracefully and then restarts.