Disable network interface from "ifconfig -a" or "ip a"
Issue
- How to disable unused network interfaces and not show up with
ifconfig -a
orip a
. - We are getting false positive GroundWork monitoring alerts because the NICs are up but do not have an IP address.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux(RHEL) 7.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux(RHEL) 6.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux(RHEL) 5.
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