diff --git a/roles/update/defaults/main.yml b/roles/update/defaults/main.yml
index 527c6361f2..2d6c6452b1 100644
--- a/roles/update/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/update/defaults/main.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ cifmw_update_ping_start_script: "{{ cifmw_update_artifacts_basedir }}/l3_agent_s
 cifmw_update_ping_stop_script: "{{ cifmw_update_artifacts_basedir }}/l3_agent_stop_ping.sh"
 
 ## User facing
+cifmw_update_ansible_ssh_private_key_file: >-
+  "{{ ansible_ssh_private_key_file | default(ansible_user_dir ~ '/.ssh/id_cifw') }}"
 
 cifmw_update_ping_test: false
 cifmw_update_create_volume: false
diff --git a/roles/update/tasks/main.yml b/roles/update/tasks/main.yml
index 6fbd74e4a3..8e647ec4d9 100644
--- a/roles/update/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/update/tasks/main.yml
@@ -74,3 +74,6 @@
     - not cifmw_update_run_dryrun | bool
   ansible.builtin.shell: |
     {{ cifmw_update_artifacts_basedir }}/control_plane_test_stop.sh
+
+- name: Reboot the compute nodes
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: reboot_computes.yml
diff --git a/roles/update/tasks/reboot_computes.yml b/roles/update/tasks/reboot_computes.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..149fd92935
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/update/tasks/reboot_computes.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+- name: Define command for OpenStack client interactions
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    cifmw_update_openstack_cmd: >-
+      oc rsh -n {{ cifmw_update_namespace }} openstackclient openstack
+    cifmw_update_bash_cmd: >-
+      oc rsh -n {{ cifmw_update_namespace }} openstackclient bash -c
+
+- name: Register storage backend type
+  shell: >-
+    {{ cifmw_update_openstack_cmd }} volume service list -f json |
+      jq -r -c '.[] | select(.Binary | contains("cinder-volume")) | .Host'
+  register: storage_backend
+
+- name: Get list of OpenStack hypervisors
+  ansible.builtin.shell: |
+    {{ cifmw_update_openstack_cmd }} hypervisor list -f json
+  register: hypervisor_list
+  changed_when: false
+
+- name: Parse the hypervisor list to extract hostnames
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    hypervisor_hostnames: "{{ hypervisor_list.stdout | from_json | map(attribute='Hypervisor Hostname') | list }}"
+
+- name: Create a reboot monitor servers script
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: "monitor_servers.sh.j2"
+    dest: "{{ cifmw_update_artifacts_basedir }}/monitor_servers.sh"
+    mode: "0775"
+
+- name: Start the monitor servers script
+  ansible.builtin.shell: |
+    nohup {{ cifmw_update_artifacts_basedir }}/monitor_servers.sh &> /dev/null &
+    echo $!
+  register: monitor_servers_job
+
+- name: Create a monitor placement monitor script
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: "monitor_vm_placement.sh.j2"
+    dest: "{{ cifmw_update_artifacts_basedir }}/monitor_vm_placement.sh"
+    mode: "0775"
+
+- name: Start the monitor placement script
+  ansible.builtin.shell: |
+    nohup {{ cifmw_update_artifacts_basedir }}/monitor_vm_placement.sh &> /dev/null &
+    echo $!
+  register: monitor_placement_job
+
+- name: Iterate over each hypervisor
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: reboot_hypervisor.yml
+  loop: "{{ hypervisor_hostnames }}"
+  loop_control:
+    loop_var: hypervisor
+
+- name: Stop the monitor servers script if running
+  ansible.builtin.shell: |
+    if kill -0 {{ monitor_servers_job.stdout }} &>/dev/null; then
+      kill {{ monitor_servers_job.stdout }}
+    fi
+  register: kill_result
+  failed_when: kill_result.rc not in [0, 1] # We can still have a race
+                                            # between kill -0 and
+                                            # kill, even if unlikely.
+
+- name: Stop the monitor placement script if running
+  ansible.builtin.shell: |
+    if kill -0 {{ monitor_placement_job.stdout }} &>/dev/null; then
+      kill {{ monitor_placement_job.stdout }}
+    fi
+  register: kill_result
+  failed_when: kill_result.rc not in [0, 1]
diff --git a/roles/update/tasks/reboot_hypervisor.yml b/roles/update/tasks/reboot_hypervisor.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c911f00c37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/update/tasks/reboot_hypervisor.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+---
+- name: Extract short hostname from FQDN
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    cifmw_update_hypervisor_short_name: "{{ hypervisor.split('.')[0] }}"
+
+- debug:
+    msg: "Rebooting {{ cifmw_update_hypervisor_short_name }}"
+
+- name: Check active VMs on hypervisor
+  ansible.builtin.shell: >-
+    {{ cifmw_update_openstack_cmd }} server list --all --host {{ hypervisor }} -f json
+    | jq -r -c '.[] | select(.Status | contains("ACTIVE") or contains("PAUSED")) | .ID'
+  register: active_vms
+  changed_when: false
+
+- name: Evacuate VMs if they are running
+  ansible.builtin.shell: >-
+    {{ cifmw_update_bash_cmd }} ". cloudrc &&
+    nova host-evacuate-live
+    {% if 'ceph' not in storage_backend.stdout %}
+    --block-migrate
+    {% endif %}
+    {{ hypervisor }}"
+  when: active_vms.stdout != ''
+  changed_when: true
+
+- name: Wait for compute node to get quiesced
+  ansible.builtin.shell: >-
+    {{ cifmw_update_openstack_cmd }} server list --all --host {{ hypervisor }} -f json
+    | jq -r -c '[.[] | select(.Status |
+    contains("ACTIVE") or contains("PAUSED") or contains("MIGRATING"))]
+    | length'
+  register: compute_node_instances
+  until: compute_node_instances.stdout.find("0") > -1
+  retries: 30
+  delay: 5
+  when:
+    - active_vms.stdout != ''
+
+- name: Reboot the hypervisor
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: reboot_hypervisor_using_cr.yml
+
+- name: Perform sanity checks post-reboot
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: reboot_hypervisor_sanity_checks.yml
+  vars:
+    current_hypervisor: "{{ hypervisor }}"
+
+- debug:
+    msg: "Migrate back {{ item }} to {{ cifmw_update_hypervisor_short_name }}."
+  with_items: "{{ active_vms.stdout_lines }}"
+
+- name: Migrate back VMs post-reboot
+  ansible.builtin.shell: >-
+    set -o pipefail;
+    {{ cifmw_update_bash_cmd }} ". cloudrc &&
+    nova live-migration
+    {% if 'ceph' not in storage_backend.stdout %}
+    --block-migrate
+    {% endif %}
+    {{ item }} {{ hypervisor }}";
+    {{ cifmw_update_openstack_cmd }} server show {{ item }} -f json |
+    jq -r -c '. | .["OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:host"]'
+  register: instance_migration_result
+  until: instance_migration_result.stdout.find(hypervisor) > -1
+  retries: 30
+  delay: 5
+  with_items: "{{ active_vms.stdout_lines }}"
+  when:
+    - active_vms.stdout != ''
diff --git a/roles/update/tasks/reboot_hypervisor_sanity_checks.yml b/roles/update/tasks/reboot_hypervisor_sanity_checks.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b68b6546fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/update/tasks/reboot_hypervisor_sanity_checks.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+---
+- ansible.builtin.debug:
+    msg: "Testing the status of the services for {{ current_hypervisor }}."
+
+- name: Verify nova-compute service
+  ansible.builtin.shell: >-
+    {{ cifmw_update_openstack_cmd }} compute service list
+    --host {{ current_hypervisor }} -f json
+    | jq -r -c '.[]
+    | select(.Binary | contains("nova-compute")) | .State'
+  register: nova_compute_status
+  until: nova_compute_status.stdout == 'up'
+  retries: 5
+  delay: 30
+
+- name: Verify ovn-controller service
+  ansible.builtin.shell: >-
+    {{ cifmw_update_openstack_cmd }} network agent list
+    --host {{ current_hypervisor }} -f json
+    | jq -r -c '.[]
+    | select(.Binary | contains("ovn-controller")) | .Alive'
+  register: ovn_controller_status
+  until: ovn_controller_status.stdout == 'true'
+  retries: 5
+  delay: 30
+
+- name: Verify networking-ovn-metadata-agent
+  ansible.builtin.shell: >-
+    {{ cifmw_update_openstack_cmd }} network agent list
+    --host {{ current_hypervisor }} -f json
+    | jq -r -c '.[]
+    | select(.Binary | contains("neutron-ovn-metadata-agent")) | .Alive'
+  register: networking_ovn_metadata_status
+  until: networking_ovn_metadata_status.stdout == 'true'
+  retries: 5
+  delay: 30
diff --git a/roles/update/tasks/reboot_hypervisor_using_cr.yml b/roles/update/tasks/reboot_hypervisor_using_cr.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ec24fe6771
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/update/tasks/reboot_hypervisor_using_cr.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+---
+- name: Define necessary command prefixes for kube operations
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    cifmw_update_oc_cmd_prefix: "oc -n {{ cifmw_update_namespace }}"
+
+- name: Fetch NodeSets for the OpenStackDataPlaneDeployment
+  ansible.builtin.shell: >-
+    {{ cifmw_update_oc_cmd_prefix }} get openstackdataplanenodeset -o name | awk -F'/' '{print "    - "  $2}'
+  register: cifmw_update_node_sets
+  changed_when: false
+
+- name: Construct date string for CR name
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    cifmw_update_cr_date: "{{ lookup('pipe', 'date +%Y%m%d%H%S') }}"
+
+- name: Construct CR name
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    cifmw_reboot_dep_name: >-
+      reboot-{{ cifmw_update_hypervisor_short_name }}-{{ cifmw_update_cr_date }}
+
+- name: Create OpenStackDataPlaneDeployment CR YAML file
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    dest: "{{ cifmw_update_artifacts_basedir }}/{{ cifmw_reboot_dep_name }}.yaml"
+    content: |
+      apiVersion: dataplane.openstack.org/v1beta1
+      kind: OpenStackDataPlaneDeployment
+      metadata:
+        name: {{ cifmw_reboot_dep_name }}
+        namespace: {{ cifmw_update_namespace }}
+      spec:
+        nodeSets:
+      {{ cifmw_update_node_sets.stdout }}
+        servicesOverride:
+        - reboot-os
+        ansibleExtraVars:
+          edpm_reboot_strategy: force
+        ansibleLimit: {{ cifmw_update_hypervisor_short_name }}
+
+- name: Apply the OpenStackDataPlaneDeployment CR to trigger a reboot
+  ansible.builtin.shell: >-
+    {{ cifmw_update_oc_cmd_prefix }}
+    create -f {{ cifmw_update_artifacts_basedir }}/{{ cifmw_reboot_dep_name }}.yaml
+
+- name: Check OpenStackDataPlaneDeployment status
+  ansible.builtin.command: >-
+    {{ cifmw_update_oc_cmd_prefix }} get openstackdataplanedeployment
+       {{ cifmw_reboot_dep_name }}
+  register: deployment_status
+  until: deployment_status.stdout.find('Setup complete') > -1
+  retries: 60
+  delay: 5
diff --git a/roles/update/templates/monitor_servers.sh.j2 b/roles/update/templates/monitor_servers.sh.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4dccbe0e85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/update/templates/monitor_servers.sh.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+# List of servers can be input as command line arguments or hardcoded here.
+servers=(
+{% for server in hypervisor_hostnames %}
+{{ server.split('.')[0] }}
+{% endfor %}
+)
+# or, for a hardcoded list: servers=("server1" "server2" ...)
+
+# Log file to store the status changes
+log_file="{{ cifmw_update_artifacts_basedir }}/reboot_server_status.log"
+
+# Function to check server status via SSH
+# TODO: ping always replies even if server is down.
+check_servers() {
+    for server in "${servers[@]}"; do
+        if ssh -i {{ cifmw_update_ansible_ssh_private_key_file }} -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=5 "$server" "exit" &> /dev/null; then
+            # Server is up
+            if [ "${server_status[$server]}" == "down" ]; then
+                echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') - $server is UP" | tee -a "$log_file"
+                server_status[$server]="up"
+            fi
+        else
+            # Server is down
+            if [ "${server_status[$server]}" != "down" ]; then
+                echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') - $server is DOWN" | tee -a "$log_file"
+                server_status[$server]="down"
+            fi
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+# Initialize server status array
+declare -A server_status
+for server in "${servers[@]}"; do
+    server_status[$server]="unknown"
+done
+
+# Main loop to continuously check server status
+while true; do
+    check_servers
+    sleep 1  # Wait for 60 seconds before re-checking
+done
diff --git a/roles/update/templates/monitor_vm_placement.sh.j2 b/roles/update/templates/monitor_vm_placement.sh.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1c79162e49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/update/templates/monitor_vm_placement.sh.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Log the instance hypervisor. Useful when tracking compute reboot.
+set -e
+
+export KUBECONFIG="{{ cifmw_openshift_kubeconfig }}"
+export PATH="{{ cifmw_path }}"
+
+log_file={{ cifmw_update_artifacts_basedir }}/instance_placement.log
+source_file={{ cifmw_update_artifacts_basedir }}/workload_suffix
+
+. "$source_file"
+
+instance_name="instance_${SUFFIX}"
+previous_hypervisor=""
+
+while true; do
+    current_hypervisor=$(oc rsh -n openstack openstackclient openstack server show "${instance_name}" -f json | jq -r -c '.["OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:host"]')
+    if [[ "$current_hypervisor" != "$previous_hypervisor" ]]; then
+        echo "$(date) $instance_name $current_hypervisor" >> "$log_file"
+        previous_hypervisor="$current_hypervisor"
+    fi
+    sleep 1
+done