diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/esxi/47.xcat-networking b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/esxi/47.xcat-networking
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+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/esxi/47.xcat-networking
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+#!/bin/sh
+#Default networking config supporting BOOTIF semantics
+#bring up one interface, if bonding, management software can do that 
+#after the fact
+MACADDR=`vsish -e get /system/bootCmdLine | grep BOOTIF | sed 's/.*BOOTIF=01-//'|sed 's/-/:/g'`
+if [ ! -z "$MACADDR" ]; then
+    NIC=`esxcfg-nics -l|grep ${MACADDR}|awk '{print $1}'`
+    esxcfg-vswitch -a vSwitch0:64
+    esxcfg-vswitch -A "Management Network" vSwitch0
+    esxcfg-vmknic -a -i DHCP -P -p "Management Network"
+    esxcfg-init -R $MACADDR -K vmk0
+fi
+
+return ${SUCCESS}