Remove a switch

Use this procedure when removing a switch from your network.

  1. Select the switch.
  2. Use the Restore Defaults command.
    The switch moves to the decommissioned branch of the Tree View pane. The switch module remains.
  3. If you are not going to commission the switch again and want to remove the switch icon from the Network Device Command Center, you must delete the switch module in DeltaV Explorer.
    1. In DeltaV Explorer, navigate to the Assigned Modules folder on the workstation node to which the module is assigned.
    2. Select the switch module, right click and select Delete Assignment from the context menu.
    3. Click Yes to acknowledge the prompt.
    4. Make sure the switch module is still selected and right click.
    5. Select DownloadDelete from workstation from the context menu.
    This removes the switch icon but leaves the Assigned Modules folder in DeltaV Explorer with a download indicator.
  4. To remove the download indicator on the Assigned Modules folder in DeltaV Explorer, you must download the workstation.
    1. In DeltaV Explorer, select the workstation node and right click.
    2. Select DownloadWorkstation Type from the context menu (where Workstation Type is the actual DeltaV workstation being downloaded, for example, the Application Station.
    3. Click Yes to confirm the download.
    4. Click Close when the download is complete.
    The download indicator disappears.