How to Remove a Physical Interface

Use this procedure for removing a physical interface. If you are using the earlier Solaris 10 3/05, refer to How to Remove a Physical Interface in Solaris 10 3/05 ONLY.

1. On the system with the interface to be removed, assume the Primary Administrator role or become superuser.
   
   
2. Remove the physical interface.

   # ifconfig interface down unplumb

   For example, to remove the interface qfe1, you would type:

   # ifconfig qfe1 down unplumb

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How to Find the Version of the Oracle Solaris OS That Your System Is Running

To see the version of Oracle Solaris software that is running on your system, type either of the following commands.

$ uname -a

The cat command provides more detailed information.
 $ cat /etc/release

# uname -x
System = SunOS
Node = birdie
Release = 5.10
KernelID = Generic_142909-17
Machine = sun4v
BusType = <unknown>
Serial = <unknown>
Users = <unknown>
OEM# = 0
Origin# = 1
NumCPU = 32