Performing Advanced Administration › Work with Interfaces › Merge Interfaces

Merge Interfaces

You can merge router interfaces so they are treated as one object in reports. You may want to merge interfaces for the following reasons:

• An interface has been moved to a different router and you want to retain the existing information.
• Upgrades to interfaces for a router generate a new index, which causes new interfaces to be created. You can merge the new and old interfaces.

Follow these steps:

1. Open the Active Interfaces page:
   1. Select Administration from the NFA console menu.

      The Administration page opens.

   2. Select Interfaces: Physical & Virtual from the Administration menu.

      The Active Interfaces page opens, which lists the current routers and their active interfaces.

2. Expand the interface list for a router by clicking the arrow on the left edge of the router row.

   The view expands to show a list of the interfaces for the selected router.

3. Select the check box next to the two interfaces that you want to merge.

   The Merge button at the top of the page is activated and no longer appear dimmed.

   Note: The Merge button is active only when two interfaces are selected.

4. Click Merge.

   The Merge Interface Confirmation dialog opens.

5. Verify the information in the Merge Interface Confirmation dialog box as follows:
   • Be sure that the interface shown as the source interface (as defined in the fields under the ‘Copy data from’ label) is the interface from which you want to copy data.
   • Be sure that the interface shown as the destination interface (as defined in the fields under the ‘Copy data to’ label) is the interface to which you want to copy data.
   • Select the ‘Delete source interface after merging data’ check box to delete the source interface automatically after its data is copied.
6. Click Save.

   The selected interfaces are merged according to the values in the Merge Interface Confirmation dialog box.