Shimon, Stop the interface with IFCONFIG VSECM DOWN first. It turns out that IFCONFIG doesn't use the actual device status to decide whether an interface is UP or DOWN...it considers a device UP if it has usable routes (i.e. it can actually send traffic). We should probably change that :-)
Regards, Miguel Delapaz z/VM Development The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> wrote on 08/23/2009 05:01:55 AM: > Hi, > I tried to use IFCONFIG to remove a link. According to the help file > the interface must be inactive first. I assumed that an interface which is > "DOWN" can be considered "inactive", but apparently I was wrong: > > IFCONFIG VSECM > VSECM INET ADDR: 10.1.5.2 P-T-P: 10.1.6.2 MASK: 255.0.0.0 > DOWN BROADCAST MULTICAST POINTOPOINT MTU: 32760 > VDEV: 0902 TYPE: CTC PORTNUMBER: 1 > CPU: 0 FORWARDING: ENABLED > RX BYTES: 0 TX BYTES: 1524 > READY; T=0.13/0.14 14:51:26 > > IFCONFIG -SHOW VSECM -REMOVE > DTCIFC2668E -REMOVE CANNOT BE SPECIFIED FOR AN ACTIVE INTERFACE > READY(00008); T=0.11/0.12 14:51:35 > Can someone explain what else I need to do to remove this interface? > Thanks, > Shimon
