diff --git a/app/models/manageiq/providers/lenovo/physical_infra_manager/physical_switch.rb b/app/models/manageiq/providers/lenovo/physical_infra_manager/physical_switch.rb
index 1775c1cc14..07e6bf5d38 100644
--- a/app/models/manageiq/providers/lenovo/physical_infra_manager/physical_switch.rb
+++ b/app/models/manageiq/providers/lenovo/physical_infra_manager/physical_switch.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 module ManageIQ::Providers
   class Lenovo::PhysicalInfraManager::PhysicalSwitch < ::PhysicalSwitch
+    include_concern 'Operations'
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/manageiq/providers/lenovo/physical_infra_manager/physical_switch/operations.rb b/app/models/manageiq/providers/lenovo/physical_infra_manager/physical_switch/operations.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f0da63e887
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/manageiq/providers/lenovo/physical_infra_manager/physical_switch/operations.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+module ManageIQ::Providers::Lenovo::PhysicalInfraManager::PhysicalSwitch::Operations
+  extend ActiveSupport::Concern
+
+  #
+  # Restarts the physical switch.
+  #   it does the `power_cycle_soft` operation.
+  #
+  def restart
+    change_resource_state(:power_cycle_soft_switch)
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  #
+  # Sends the power operation for a Switch.
+  #
+  def change_resource_state(verb)
+    $lenovo_log.info("The :#{verb} for Physical Switch with uuid: #{uid_ems} is in progress")
+
+    ems = ExtManagementSystem.find(ems_id)
+    response = ems.connect.send(verb, uid_ems)
+
+    $lenovo_log.info("The :#{verb} for Physical Switch with uuid: #{uid_ems} is completed")
+
+    response
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/factories/physical_switch.rb b/spec/factories/physical_switch.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..073ee3a770
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/factories/physical_switch.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+FactoryGirl.define do
+  factory :lenovo_physical_switch, :class => ManageIQ::Providers::Lenovo::PhysicalInfraManager::PhysicalSwitch do
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/models/manageiq/providers/lenovo/physical_infra_manager/physical_switch_spec.rb b/spec/models/manageiq/providers/lenovo/physical_infra_manager/physical_switch_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2e2f3a4a86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/models/manageiq/providers/lenovo/physical_infra_manager/physical_switch_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+require "xclarity_client"
+require "faker"
+
+describe ManageIQ::Providers::Lenovo::PhysicalInfraManager::PhysicalSwitch do
+  context 'power operations' do
+    let(:physical_switch) do
+      physical_infra_manager = FactoryGirl.create(
+        :physical_infra,
+        :name      => "LXCA",
+        :hostname  => "10.243.9.123",
+        :port      => "443",
+        :ipaddress => "https://10.243.9.123"
+      )
+
+      auth = FactoryGirl.create(
+        :authentication,
+        :userid   => "admin",
+        :password => "password",
+        :authtype => "default"
+      )
+
+      physical_infra_manager.authentications = [auth]
+
+      FactoryGirl.create(
+        :lenovo_physical_switch,
+        :name                  => "Physical_Switch",
+        :uid_ems               => "27997dba5dba11e89c2dfa7ae01bbebc",
+        :ext_management_system => physical_infra_manager
+      )
+    end
+
+    it 'should restart the physical switch' do
+      VCR.use_cassette("#{described_class.name.underscore}_restart") do
+        response = physical_switch.restart
+        expect(response.status).to eq(200)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/vcr_cassettes/manageiq/providers/lenovo/physical_infra_manager/physical_switch_restart.yml b/spec/vcr_cassettes/manageiq/providers/lenovo/physical_infra_manager/physical_switch_restart.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7486e36b91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/vcr_cassettes/manageiq/providers/lenovo/physical_infra_manager/physical_switch_restart.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+---
+http_interactions:
+- request:
+    method: put
+    uri: https://10.243.9.123/switches/27997dba5dba11e89c2dfa7ae01bbebc
+    body:
+      encoding: UTF-8
+      string: '{"powerState":"powerCycleSoft"}'
+    headers:
+      User-Agent:
+      - LXCA via Ruby Client/0.5.8 (ManageIQ/master)
+      Authorization:
+      - Basic Y2hnX3Bhc3M6dmFsaWRAMTIz
+      Content-Type:
+      - application/json
+      Accept-Encoding:
+      - gzip;q=1.0,deflate;q=0.6,identity;q=0.3
+      Accept:
+      - "*/*"
+  response:
+    status:
+      code: 200
+      message: OK
+    headers:
+      Date:
+      - Tue, 22 May 2018 18:07:50 GMT
+      Set-Cookie:
+      - userAuthenticationMethod=local;Path=/;Secure
+      Expires:
+      - "-1"
+      - Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT
+      Strict-Transport-Security:
+      - max-age=15550200; includeSubDomains;
+      X-Frame-Options:
+      - SAMEORIGIN
+      X-Content-Type-Options:
+      - nosniff
+      X-Xss-Protection:
+      - 1; mode=block
+      Content-Security-Policy:
+      - default-src 'self' ; script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval'; style-src
+        'self' 'unsafe-inline'; worker-src 'self' blob:; child-src 'self' blob:; img-src
+        'self' data:;
+      Cache-Control:
+      - no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate
+      Pragma:
+      - no-cache
+      Content-Type:
+      - application/com.lenovo.lxca-v2.0.0+json; charset=UTF-8
+      Content-Language:
+      - en-US
+      Location:
+      - "/jobs/2893"
+      Jobids:
+      - '2893'
+      Vary:
+      - Accept-Encoding, User-Agent
+      Transfer-Encoding:
+      - chunked
+    body:
+      encoding: ASCII-8BIT
+      string: "{}"
+    http_version:
+  recorded_at: Tue, 22 May 2018 18:07:26 GMT
+recorded_with: VCR 3.0.3