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John_Heyer_1245
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Apr 15, 2014

Deleting accidentially created interfaces

If making a typo using the modify /net tmsh command like this:   modify /net interface 1/1.1 nedia 10000SR-FD   It creates a new interface called "nedia" with status "pend". How does one delet...
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nitass
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Apr 15, 2014

steven is correct. this is tracked as ID248742.

ID248742 - CLI allows accidental creation of pending interfaces too easily

root@(VIP4400-R70-S37)(cfg-sync Standalone)(/S1-green-P:Active)(/Common)(tmos) show net interface nedia

---------------------------------------------------------
Net::Interface
Name   Status  Bits  Bits  Pkts  Pkts  Drops  Errs  Media
                 In   Out    In   Out
---------------------------------------------------------
nedia    pend     0     0     0     0      0     0   none

root@(VIP4400-R70-S37)(cfg-sync Standalone)(/S1-green-P:Active)(/Common)(tmos) list net interface nedia
net interface nedia {
    if-index 896
}
root@(VIP4400-R70-S37)(cfg-sync Standalone)(/S1-green-P:Active)(/Common)(tmos) q
[root@VIP4400-R70-S37:/S1-green-P:Active:Standalone] config 
[root@VIP4400-R70-S37:/S1-green-P:Active:Standalone] config  clsh rm -rf /var/db/mcpdb.*
=== slot 2 addr 127.3.0.2 color red ===
=== slot 3 addr 127.3.0.3 color red ===
=== slot 4 addr 127.3.0.4 color red ===
=== slot 1 addr 127.3.0.1 color green ===
[root@VIP4400-R70-S37:/S1-green-P:Active:Standalone] config  clsh bigstart restart
=== slot 2 addr 127.3.0.2 color red ===
=== slot 3 addr 127.3.0.3 color red ===
=== slot 4 addr 127.3.0.4 color red ===
=== slot 1 addr 127.3.0.1 color green ===

root@(VIP4400-R70-S37)(cfg-sync Standalone)(/S1-green-P:Active)(/Common)(tmos) show net interface nedia
01020036:3: The requested interface (nedia) was not found.

root@(VIP4400-R70-S37)(cfg-sync Standalone)(/S1-green-P:Active)(/Common)(tmos) list net interface nedia
01020036:3: The requested interface (nedia) was not found.