Sun Microsystems FASTETHERNET 6U - Manual (Page 94)

76 Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • June 2000
Disabling the Network Interfaces and
Removing the Adapter
This procedure describes how to disable the adapter’s qfe interfaces before
removing the adapter from a hot-swap server. This procedure also lists cautions that
must be read before removing the adapter from the server.
▼ To Disable the Network Interfaces and Remove
the Adapter
Before starting this procedure, make sure that all network activity over the adapter’s
network interfaces has stopped.
1. Log in to the system as superuser.
Refer to the system’s documentation for the correct procedure.
2. Use the ifconfig command to disable the qfe interfaces.
To disable each active qfe interface on the adapter, use the following command to
disable and unplumb each interface (replace instance with the instance number of the
interface):
For example, if the adapter had four active qfe devices named qfe0 , qfe1 , qfe2 ,
and qfe3 , you would type:
The preceding commands will stop the system from transmitting messages through
qfe devices, which will allow you to safely remove the adapter from the system.
# ifconfig qfe instance unplumb
# ifconfig qfe0 unplumb
# ifconfig qfe1 unplumb
# ifconfig qfe2 unplumb
# ifconfig qfe3 unplumb