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Starting, stopping, or restarting a VNF

Use Lumen Edge Gateway Manager to start, stop, or restart a VNF (Virtual Network Function) on an Edge Gateway™ device. You may want to stop or restart a VNF if you encounter errors. To check device configurations, view the device details at any time. Stopping a VNF does not make allocated resources available for other VNFs. To make allocated resources available for other VNFs, you must delete a VNF.

To start, stop, or restart a VNF:

  1. Use the search field to search for the Edge Gateway device, then click View VNFs on the Edge Gateway device.

    The VNF information expands.
Edge Gateway device VNF details.
  1. Complete any of the following tasks:

    • To stop a VNF, click Stop.

      Lumen Edge Gateway Manager stops the VNF.

    • To start a VNF, click Start.

      Lumen Edge Gateway Manager starts the VNF.

    • To restart a VNF, click Restart.

      Lumen Edge Gateway Manager restarts the VNF.