Alibaba Cloud: Upon attaching ENI, the interface on firewall remains down
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Created On 03/23/20 17:35 PM - Last Modified 12/27/22 20:44 PM
Symptom
- Upon attaching Elastic Network Interface (ENI) to PA-VM instance running in Alibaba Cloud, PAN-OS dataplane interface state remains down.
- Check the interface status via WebUI.
- Review System Logs to understand the failure event (GUI: Monitor > Logs > System).
- Notice we do not see any logs related to ethernet1/1
Environment
- Platform: PA-VM on Alibaba Cloud.
- PAN-OS / Plugin Version: Any
Cause
PA-VM instances do not see the vNIC’s attached while it is running.
Resolution
Perform a PAN-OS reboot (GUI: Device > Setup > Operations > Reboot Device)