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Change MAC address on PE 2950
Hello,
I know it's a stupid question, but how to change a MAC address on a PE 2950 (broadcom NIC)? I googled for an answer but could not find any.
The machine used to run a licensing system, linked to the MAC address. The licensing system has been virtualized, so I had to use that same MAC on the VM. Now I need to assign a new MAC to my machine before I can use it.
TIA,
Olivier
DELL-Geoff P
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July 18th, 2013 08:00
There isn't a way to change the MAC address on the server. For virtualized environments, you will need to either clone or find another way to provide a MAC address for your virtual sessions.
Regards,
Dev Mgr
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July 18th, 2013 11:00
Like Geoff mentioned, there is no way to change the MAC address on a network card. On Dell's M1000e blade chassis there is a way to mask it, but that's only on their blade chassis.
You have 2 choices:
- sell the 2950 to someone else to prevent having that same MAC in your network
- block off the port that has that MAC and if needed add additional network cards to the server and use those ports
olivier2553
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July 18th, 2013 21:00
Thank you.
I will try a third option first, changing the MAC from the OS.
Olivier