[one-users] Create a VM with specific MAC address

[Dmitri Chebotarov]

Thank you.


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Thank you,

Dmitri Chebotarov
VCL Sys Eng, Engineering & Architectural Support, TSD - Ent Servers & Messaging
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On May 29, 2013, at 12:55 PM, Javier Fontan <jfontan at opennebula.org> wrote:

> In your VM template you can specify an IP or a MAC in the NIC section:
> 
> NIC=[NETWORK=private,MAC=02:00:01:02:03:04]
> 
> But beware as this will also set the IP, last 4 bytes. The mac needs
> to be in the network pool.
> 
> The easiest way is to set the the IP and let it generate the mac address:
> 
> PREFIX+IP=MAC
> 
> By default PREFIX is 02:00. IP will be added afterwards, the last 4
> bytes. For example, IP 10.0.0.1:
> 
> 02:00 + 10.0.0.1 (0a:00:00:01) = 02:00:0a:00:00:01
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 6:21 PM, Dmitri Chebotarov <dchebota at gmu.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi
>> 
>> Is there a way to create a VM with specific MAC address?
>> In my case I have a template with two NICs, running 'onetemplate instantiate <template_id> <file>'  to create new VM.
>> In <file> I've tried using different values in attempt to specify either MAC address or IP address for ETH0.
>> I've used CONTEXT=[EHT0_IP=<ip>,ETH0_MAC=<mac>]. Both VARs passed onto new VM, but IP address is still assigned automatically from the network pool.
>> 
>> I'm trying to integrate an application which tracks VMs based on IP/MAC address.
>> 
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>> Thank you,
>> 
>> Dmitri Chebotarov
>> VCL Sys Eng, Engineering & Architectural Support, TSD - Ent Servers & Messaging
>> 223 Aquia Building, Ffx, MSN: 1B5
>> Phone: (703) 993-6175 | Fax: (703) 993-3404
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