To set a static MAC address for a virtual machine, you can edit the configuration file of the virtual machine by using the vSphere Web Client.
Static Mac Address Vmware
- Locate the virtual machine in the vSphere Web Client.
- Select a data center, folder, cluster, resource pool, or host and click the Related Objects tab.
- Click Virtual Machines and select the virtual machine from the list.
- Power off the virtual machine.
- On the Manage tab of the virtual machine, select Settings.
- On the VM Options tab, expand Advanced.
- Click Edit Configuration.
- To assign a static MAC address, add or edit parameters as required.
Parameter Value ethernetX.addressType static ethernetX.address MAC_address_of_the_virtual_NIC X next to ethernet stands for the sequence number of the virtual NIC in the virtual machine.
For example,0
in ethernet0 represents the settings of the first virtual NIC device added to the virtual machine. - Click OK.
- Power on the virtual machine.
Vmware Set Mac Address
The reasons why VMware force manual MAC addresses into this scope are unclear to me (probably to prevent collisions), but regardless, it can be an issue. I needed to specify a. MyLibrary; To set a static MAC address for a virtual machine, you can edit the configuration file of the virtual machine by using the vSphere Web Client. Locate the virtual machine in the vSphere Web Client. Select a data center, folder, cluster, resource.