Re: Vmware Servers and Hosts

[Jan Engelhardt <jengelh () linux01 gwdg de>]

On Mar 27 2007 22:26, Robert Slater wrote:
> Here is another machine running SME  7 server  on CentOS 4.3 base
> #######################################
> MAC Address: 00:0C:29:73:F3:C4 (VMware)
> Device type: general purpose
> Running: Linux 2.4.X|2.5.X|2.6.X
> OS details: Linux 2.4.18 - 2.6.4 (x86)
> #######################################
>
> The interesting thing about vmware servers is that they **always** seem 
> to have the fact that it is VMware in the <virtual> Mac Address.
>  Is this just fluke on 5 virtual machines or can someone verify this?

When creating virtual network cards, VMware will, by default, give it a
MAC address in the EMC/VMware Inc. vendor space. One is free to change it
in the .vmx file afterwards, though.


Jan
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