Changing the status of an interface to up or down

When you might change the status of an interface

You might have to change the status of an interface to up or to down in the course of doing one of the following:

To change the status of an interface to up or to down at the command line, complete the following step.

Step	Action
1	Enter the following command: *ifconfig interface* {up\|down}**

To change the status of an interface to up or todown using FilerView, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	In FilerView, click Network in the list on the left.
2	In the list under Network, click Manage Interfaces.
3	Click `Up` or `Down` in the Status field for the interface you want.