Cannot delete interface

[jfgagnon]

Hi!

I created a hardware switch interface type, with 2 physical ports, and cannot delete it.

It's grayed out, even if I try to disable them.

How is it possible to delete them, please?

TY

[Toshi_Esumi · Accepted solution]

Go to GUI Interfaces view. At the end of the table, there is a Ref. column. I assume the number of reference is not 0. Then you can't delete it. If you click the number, you can see where it is referred. You need to remove the references first to be able to delete any objects not only an interface.

[patrickwilson82]

When I click on the reference number, it shows no matching entries under Current Usage. So what would those references be?

[Toshi_Esumi]

That happened to me too. I don't remember how I fixed those cases but it means you removed all references already. It might take a reboot if you don't see anything even in CLI "show | grep -f <OBJECT_NAME>".

[ede_pfau]

In order to remove ALL ports from a switch you might need to change to the CLI and work on the 'config system *switch' settings (I don't remember the exact syntax right now).

Far easier is to keep one port in the switch, you should be able to delete the second though.

[dgrant88]

Why even post anything if there is no syntax? Just to hear yourself talk? This info is useless as is your opinion. Keep it on one port. Yeah...ok.

[nealcoff]

Why reply just to berate people? Unlike ede_pfau, you had absolutely nothing intelligent to contribute. If you copy and paste their suggestion from memory into google, you'll find that you might actually get your answer. Not everyone who posts a question is as smart as you, clearly. I remember when I was in my 20s and I knew everything.

[sw2090]

Probably you have a dhcp server active on that interface. In Gui this is part of interface config so gui  might not count that as a reference while in cli it is an own config stanza...

[dgrant88]

ummm...yeah,doesn't work. sill greyed out.

[Yemar]

Hi, 

When creating a hardware switch, it's common to also set up a VLAN, address object, and DHCP server. To delete the hardware switch interface, first check the VLAN under that switch to see the reference count.

If the reference shows dependencies, click to view them. Items with a reference count of "0" can be deleted. However, for address objects that match subnets, you need to go to the Address section under Policies and Objects, search for the specific address, and delete it.

After removing any necessary address objects, go back to the VLAN interface and check the reference count again. If it’s "0," you can delete the VLAN and reuse the interface.