How To Convert Static IP bootstrap File To DHCP Enabled bootstrap File

• Symptom: Attached bootstrap XML fails to set MGT interface to use DHCP with op-command-modes=mgmt-interface-swap enabled. Unsure how to set the XML bootstrap section:

<deviceconfig>
<system>
<ip-address/>
<netmask/>

• Platform: PA-VM
• PAN-OS/Plugin Version: Any
• Deployment: Existing

• Having a mix of Dynamic and Static IP types for interface configuration was the cause.

• Following the document: Management Interface Mapping for Use with Amazon ELB
• The init-cfg.txt file to include the below line

  op-command-modes=mgmt-interface-swap

• Set the interface type from type=static to type=dhcp-client (see below) 

type=static

type=dhcp-client
ip-address=
default-gateway=
netmask=

• To remove 3 files for IP Address, default gateway and netmask use the --delete command

  ip-address=--delete code