Remove Virtual Routers

Remove virtual routers when they are no longer needed or when consolidating routing configurations. This helps maintain a clean and efficient network routing structure.

Virtual routers provide network segmentation and routing isolation. When removing virtual routers, all associated interfaces automatically move to the global virtual router, and all routing policies are deleted.

Before you begin

  • You cannot delete the Global virtual router. Hence, the delete option is not available for the Global virtual router.

  • You can remove multiple virtual routers at a time.

  • All the routing policies of the deleted virtual router are also deleted.

  • All the interfaces of the deleted virtual router move to the global virtual router.

  • If there are any restrictions on the movement of interfaces, such as overlapping IPs, route conflicts, and so on, you can remove the router only after resolving the conflicts.

Follow these steps to remove virtual routers:

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Devices > Device Management, and edit the Firewall Threat Defense device.

Step 2

Click Routing.

Step 3

Click Manage Virtual Routers.

All virtual routers along with the mapped interfaces are displayed in the Virtual Routers page.

Step 4

To remove a virtual router, click Delete (delete icon) against the desired virtual router.

Step 5

To remove multiple routers, holding the CTRL key, click the virtual routers that you want to delete. Right-click, and then click Delete.

Step 6

To save the changes, click Save.

The selected virtual routers are removed from the device configuration. All interfaces from the deleted virtual routers are automatically moved to the global virtual router, and all associated routing policies are permanently deleted.