Can't set management interface network settings on 8.0 ESX VM

[rcompton]

Hi, I have configured the management interface by logging in to the VM and going into configure mode and executing:

set deviceconfig system ip-address 172.18.11.205 netmask 255.255.255.224
set deviceconfig system default-gateway 172.18.11.193

and then

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I've tried to ping the default gateway but it fails.  Also, I do a "show interface management" and it shows that the IP addr/mask/default gw is not set!

Am I missing something or is this a bug? 

[Raido_Rattameister]

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[rcompton]

Thanks for the reply.  Yes, the commit was successful.  I was able to work around this issue by installing a OVA of 7.1 and then upgrading to 8.0.  Very surprising to me that this basic functionality is not working in 8.0.

[BPry · Accepted solution]

@rcompton,

You needed to run 'set deviceconfig system type static'.

In 8.0 and up the user of hypervisor assigned MAC and DHCP addresses on management interfaces is enabled by default on VM-Series firewall instalations. The only reason that the issue didn't present itself when you upgraded is the feature is disabled if you upgrade from an earlier release. I believe that it's supposed to issue you a validation error if you try and set IP information without first setting it to static entry, but I could be wrong.