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Bring Interface Down

You can disable an interface (admin down) from the Topology view of the HPE Networking Apstra Data Center Director GUI or (as of version 5.1.0) from the interface detail view.

To disable an interface, your user profile must be assigned at least one of the following Granular Permissions type roles: Manage racks and links or Manage generic systems (as of version 5.1.0). For more information, see User/Role Management.

Bring Interface Down from Topology View

To bring an interface down from the GUI topology view:
  1. From the blueprint, navigate to Staged > Physical > Topology and select the leaf that's connected to the applicable generic system or external generic system.
    Network management interface with tabs for Dashboard, Analytics, and more, showing a spine-leaf topology with highlighted node leaf2.
    The Topology Node view appears.
  2. Select the check box for the applicable interface, then click Disable interface to stage the change.
    Network topology interface showing selected rack evpn_esi_001 and node leaf2 Leaf with interface xe-0/0/4 details including admin state Up and applied configuration templates. Visualized connections include rack1-server1, spine1, spine2, switch2-server1, and rtr_leaf1_leaf2. Options for managing the interface include forming LAG, updating tags, and disabling. Yellow indicator highlights uncommitted changes.
    The change has been staged and is ready to commit.
To deploy the change to the active blueprint, commit from the Uncommitted tab.

Bring Interface Down from Interface Detail Page

To bring an interface down from the GUI Interface detail page:
  1. From the blueprint, navigate to Staged > Physical > Interfaces and select the leaf that's connected to the applicable generic system or external generic system.
    Network management interface with tabs for Dashboard, Analytics, Staged, Uncommitted, Active, and Time Voyager. Physical tab selected with sub-tabs like Topology and Interfaces. Displays table with interface details: Name xe-0/0/4, Node leaf2, Type Ethernet, State Up. User viewing Uncommitted Changes.
    The Interface Detail page appears.
  2. Click the Bring interface down button.
    Screenshot of network management interface showing xe-0/0/4 on leaf2. Interface is Ethernet, Up, without LAG or IPs, linked to rtr_leaf1_leaf2.
    The change has been staged and is ready to commit.
To deploy the change to the active blueprint, commit from the Uncommitted tab.