Overheat restart behavior in network devices

A network device comprising:

• a plurality of temperature sensors;
• and
• a processor and memory, wherein the processor and memory are configured to:
• operate a plurality of agents including a forwarding agent;
• determine, using one or more given temperature sensors in the plurality of temperature sensors, that a temperature for the network device exceeds a threshold;
• and
• in response to the determination, perform a power cycle of the network device;
• after a powering up portion of the power cycle, operate the network device in a restricted mode by operating one or more given agents in the plurality of agents while disabling the forwarding agent.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code, which when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to:

• determine, with one or more temperature sensors disposed in a network device, that a temperature of the network device exceeds a threshold;
• in response to the determination, power cycle the network device by powering down the network device and, after a given period of time, powering up the network device;
• and
• upon powering up the network device, enable a subset of network device capabilities while restricting initialization of one or more remaining network device capabilities.