shutdown (VLANIF interface view)

Function

Using the shutdown command, you can shut down a VLANIF interface.

Using the undo shutdown command, you can enable a VLANIF interface.

By default, a VLANIF interface is enabled.

Format

shutdown

undo shutdown

Parameters

None

Views

VLANIF interface view

Default Level

2: Configuration level

Usage Guidelines

Usage Scenario

When a VLANIF interface fails or is not needed, you can run the shutdown command on the VLANIF interface.

Precautions

A VLANIF interface is Up as long as an interface in the corresponding VLAN is Up.

After the VLANIF interface is shut down, the interface status changes to Down even if physical interfaces in the corresponding VLAN are Up.

After a VLANIF interface is shut down, none of the users who use the VLANIF interface address as the gateway address can communicate at Layer 3. In addition, the VLANIF interface address cannot be used in route calculation.

After a VLANIF interface is shut down, the dynamic ARP entry corresponding to the VLANIF interface starts aging in the ARP table. If the VLANIF interface address is in a static ARP entry, the ARP entry is not deleted.

Example

# Enable VLANIF 2.

<HUAWEI> system-view
[HUAWEI] interface vlanif 2
[HUAWEI-Vlanif2] undo shutdown