Configure an Interface as a DHCP Client
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Configure an Interface as a DHCP Client

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Configure an Interface as a DHCP Client

Configure a Next-Gen firewall interface to act as a DHCP client.
Contact your account team to enable Cloud Management for NGFWs using Strata Cloud Manager.
Where Can I Use This?What Do I Need?
  • NGFW (Managed by Strata Cloud Manager)
  • VM-Series, funded with Software NGFW Credits
  • AIOps for NGFW Premium license (use the Strata Cloud Manager app)
  • Prisma Access license
Configure an interface as a DHCP client if you need to use DHCP to request an IPv4 address for the interface.
  1. Log in to Strata Cloud Manager.
  2. Select ManageConfigurationNGFW and Prisma AccessDevice SettingsInterfaces and select the Configuration Scope where you want to create the Layer 3 interface.
    Select a firewall from your Folders or select Snippets to configure the Layer 3 interface in a snippet.
    If you select a folder or select a snippet, you create a Layer 3 interface variable that must be assigned at the device level.
  3. Configure the interface.
    A Layer 3 Ethernet, Ethernet subinterface, VLAN, VLAN subinterface, aggregate, or aggregate subinterface are supported.
    1. When configuring the IP settings Type, select DHCP Client.
    2. Enable.
    3. Enable Automatically create default point to default gateway provided by the server.
      This setting is enabled by default and automatically creates a default route that points to the default gateway that the DHCP server provides.
    4. Enable Send Hostname if you want the firewall to send the hostname of the interface to the DHCP server.
      1. Enter the Hostname or select the default system-hostname.
        Custom hostnames support up to 64 characters, including uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, periods, hyphens, and underscores.
      2. Enter the Default Metric Route for the route between the firewall and DHCP server.
        The metric route is a priority level associated with the default route for use in path selection. The priority level increases as the number value decreases. Default is 10; range is 1-65,535.
  4. Assign the interface to a logical router.
  5. Assign the Layer 3 interface to a zone.
  6. Save.
  7. Push Config to push your configuration changes.