Destroying a vif

About destroying a vif

You destroy a vif when you no longer need it or when you want to use the interfaces that form the vif for other purposes. After you complete this procedure, the links in the vif act individually rather than as an aggregate.

Destroying a vif

To destroy a vif, complete the following steps.

Note
The operation performed using the vif destroy command is not persistent across reboots. If you want to destroy a vif permanently, make sure that the vif create commands corresponding to this vif do not exist in the /etc/rc file.

Step	Action
1	Configure the vif down by entering the following command: *ifconfig vif_name* down** vif_name is the name of the vif you want to bring down.
2	Enter the following command: vif destroy vif_name vif_name is the name of the vif to destroy.

Step

Action

Configure the vif down by entering the following command:

ifconfig vif_name down

vif_name is the name of the vif you want to bring down.

Enter the following command:

vif destroy vif_name

vif_name is the name of the vif to destroy.