Vm Manual Mac Address

I am having a MAC address conflict on one of my virtual machines, or I need to set the MAC address for one of my virtual network adapters manually. Why and how would I do this?

In such a case, when we move the VM to another Hyper-V host, it must keep the same MAC address. Otherwise, if it had a dynamic address then it would get a new one. Let’s see how we set a static MAC address to a VM in Hyper-V. As always, this can be done either through Hyper-V Manager or PowerShell. Set static MAC address using Hyper-V Manager. Why is Virtualization Useful? The techniques and features that Oracle VM VirtualBox provides are. If you import a VM into vCloud Director, the MAC Address will be changed on each NIC Card. This is to bring it into alignment with what vCloud Director uses for a specific formula. There is no override option like vCenter to dictate a specific MAC Address.

Note: This process detailed in this article applies to ESX 2.5 and earlier. For information on MAC address generation in later versions, see:

  • ESX/ESXi 3.x: The Setting Up MAC Addresses section of the ESX Server 3 Configuration Guide.
  • ESX/ESXi 4.x: The MAC Addresses section of the ESXi 4.x Server Configuration guide.
  • ESXi 5.x: The MAC Address Management section of the vSphere 5 Networking Guide.
  • ESXi 6.0: The MAC Address Management section of the vSphere 6 Networking Guide.

Summary

#Range or PrefixVendorVirtual Machine
108:00:27Pcs Systemtechnik GmbHOracle VirtualBox 5.2
252:54:00 (Exact MAC: 52:54:00:C9:C7:04)N/AOracle VirtualBox 5.2 + Vagrant
300:21:F6Oracle CorpOracle VirtualBox 3.3
400:14:4FOracle CorpOracle VM Server for SPARC
500:0F:4BOracle CorpOracle Virtual Iron 4

Vm Manual Mac Address

Vm Manual Mac Address

OUIs registered by Oracle corp

There are 15 OUI registered by Oracle corp:

OUI Assignment Type
00:10:E0MA-L
00:00:7DMA-L
00:21:28MA-L
00:01:5DMA-L
00:21:F6MA-L
00:A0:A4MA-L
00:07:82MA-L
00:03:BAMA-L
08:00:20MA-L
2C:C2:60MA-L
00:10:4FMA-L
00:0F:4BMA-L
00:13:97MA-L
00:20:F2MA-L
00:14:4FMA-L

Only some of them are used for the Virtual Machines.

Detection Rule 1

Affects products: Oracle VirtualBox

Signature: OUI is 08:00:27

Details

Once new VM has been created with the VirtualBox GUI, it has a MAC address with OUI prefix set automatically. When the administrator presses 'refresh' button, the last 3 octets are changed, but the prefix remains.

Vmware Mac Address Change

However, it's possible to set a custom MAC with any prefix.

Example MACs generated

  • 08:00:27:3F:FE:0F
  • 08:00:27:78:8D:0D
  • 08:00:27:BB:05:3F
  • 08:00:27:FD:B6:EF

References

Tested on

  • VirtualBox 5.1.26

Detection Rule 2

Affects products: Oracle VirtualBox / Vagrant

Vm Manual Mac Address Windows 10

Mac

Signature: Prefix is 52:54:00, or Prefix is 52:54:00:C9:C7:04

Details

Once a new VM has been created with the Vagrant, it sometimes has a MAC address with prefix 52:54:00. Some virtual machines have the same MAC: 52:54:00:C9:C7:04.

Example MACs generated

Vm For Mac Free

  • 52:54:00:CA:E4:8B
  • 52:54:00:C9:C7:04

Tested on

  • VirtualBox 5.1.26

Detection Rule 3

Affects products: Oracle VirtualBox 3.3

Signature: OUI is 00:21:F6

Details

Oracle wrote in their blog that they used OUI 00:21:F6 for virtual machines. This VirtualBox version isn't supported anymore.

References

Detection Rule 4

Affects products: Oracle VM Server for SPARC

Signature: OUI is 00:14:4F

Details

Manual

Domains have been assigned the following block of 512K MAC addresses:

  • 00:14:4F:F8:00:00 ~ 00:14:4F:FF:FF:FF

The lower 256K addresses are used by the Logical Domains Manager for automatic MAC address allocation, and you cannot manually request an address in this range:

  • 00:14:4F:F8:00:00 - 00:14:4F:FB:FF:FF

You can use the upper half of this range for manual MAC address allocation:

Esxi Mac Address

  • 00:14:4F:FC:00:00 - 00:14:4F:FF:FF:FF

References

Detection Rule 5

Affects products: Oracle Virtual Iron 4

Signature: OUI is 00:0F:4B

Vm Manual Mac Address

References

Vm Manual Mac Address

Virtual Machine’s MAC ranges

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