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Steps for Merging 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.

2. Expand the interface list for a router by clicking the arrow next to the router.

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

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

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

   Note: The Merge button is enabled only when you have selected two interfaces.

4. Click Merge.

   The Merge Interface Confirmation dialog opens.

5. Verify that the information in the confirmation dialog is correct:
   • Verify 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.
   • Verify 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.