Deleting a NIC

Scenarios

An ECS can have a maximum of 12 NICs, including a primary NICnetwork interface that cannot be deleteddetached. This section describes how to delete an extension NIC.

Deleting a NIC may cause network interruptions. Evaluate the impact in advance and exercise caution when performing this operation.

Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Under Computing, click Elastic Cloud Server.
3. In the ECS list, click the name of the ECS from which you want to delete a NICdetach a network interface

   The page providing details about the ECS is displayed.

4. Click the NICs tab. Then, click Delete in the row of the target network interface.
   

   You are not allowed to delete the primary ECS network interface. By default, the primary ECS network interface is the first network interface displayed in the network interface list.

5. In the displayed dialog box, click OK.
   

   Certain ECSs do not support NIC deletion when they are running. For details, see the GUI display. To delete a NIC from such an ECS, stop the ECS first.