Boot personality for network device

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform a method for managing a boot personality, the method comprising:

• while executing a first operating system on a network device in a first boot personality using a first processor, executing a first command to modify a configuration of a hardware component of the network device to cause the network device to be configured in a second boot personality;
• performing a first reboot of the network device after executing the first command;
• initializing, based on the configuration of the hardware component and during the first reboot, a second processor before the first processor;
• and
• executing, after the initialization, a second operating system while the network device is in the second boot personality;
• while executing the second operating system in the second boot personality, executing a second command to modify the configuration of the hardware component of the network device to cause the network device to be configured in the first boot personality;
• performing a second reboot of the network device after executing the second command;
• initializing, based on the configuration of the hardware component and during the second reboot, the first processor;
• and
• executing, after the initialization, the first operating system on the first processor while the network device is in the first boot personality.