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timrcase

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Sep 10, 2008 2:38 PM

Physical NIC MAC Address

Can you get the MAC address for your physical NICs using the PowerShell toolkit?

halr9000

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1. Sep 10, 2008 4:27 PM

in response to: timrcase

Re: Physical NIC MAC Address

Yes, it's buried deep inside of the object returned by Get-VMHostNetwork.

PS > Get-VMHost | Get-VMHostNetwork | select -expandProperty PhysicalNic | format-list *


BitRatePerSec      : 100
FullDuplex         : True
WakeOnLanSupported : True
Id                 : key-vim.host.PhysicalNic-vmnic0
DeviceName         : vmnic0
Mac                : 00:c0:9f:3a:64:6a
DhcpEnabled        : False
IP                 :
SubnetMask         :

BitRatePerSec      : 100
FullDuplex         : True
WakeOnLanSupported : True
Id                 : key-vim.host.PhysicalNic-vmnic0
DeviceName         : vmnic0
Mac                : 00:c0:9f:3a:56:04
DhcpEnabled        : False
IP                 :
SubnetMask         :

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2. Oct 6, 2008 11:47 AM

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Re: Physical NIC MAC Address

How about the flipside - Can I identify a VM if I only have the MAC address?

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LucD

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3. Oct 6, 2008 2:04 PM

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Re: Physical NIC MAC Address

Something like this should do the trick.

$tgtMAC = "00:50:56:b3:30:38"
$vms = Get-VM
foreach($vm in $vms){
  $vmMAC = $vm | Get-NetworkAdapter | select MacAddress
  foreach($mac in $vmMAC){
    if($mac.MacAddress -eq $tgtMAC) {
       Write-Host $vm.Name
     }
  }
}

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I_C

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4. Oct 6, 2008 2:33 PM

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Re: Physical NIC MAC Address

great stuff!!!

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jkyoutsey

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5. Aug 7, 2009 9:00 AM

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Re: Physical NIC MAC Address

halr9000 wrote:
PS > Get-VMHost | Get-VMHostNetwork | select -expandProperty PhysicalNic | format-list *

I have two hosts and each has two NICs. I get the following error:

Get-VMHostNetwork : Index was outside the bounds of the array.
At line:1 char:31
+ Get-VMHost | Get-VMHostNetwork <<<<  | select -expandProperty PhysicalNic | f
ormat-list *
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-VMHostNetwork], IndexOutO
   fRangeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.IndexOutOfRangeException,VMware.VimAutoma
   tion.Commands.Host.GetVmHostNetwork

I'm really after getting this information in a decent Xml format that relates the host name to the individual NICs. I've also tried this but it doesn't end up with a relationship between the host and the NICs.

Get-vmHost | %{Get-View $_.id} | %{$_.name $($_.config.network.pnic | %{$_.device, $_.mac})}

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ngerasim

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6. Jun 8, 2010 10:43 AM

in response to: timrcase

Re: Physical NIC MAC Address

I used this follows script, however the results are not as they should be. I do not see a MAC address specified.

Get-VMHost | Get-VMHostNetwork | select -expandProperty PhysicalNic | format-list *

BitRatePerSec : 1000

FullDuplex : True

WakeOnLanSupported : False

Id : key-vim.host.PhysicalNic-vmnic0

VMHostId : HostSystem-host-5509

DeviceName : vmnic0

Mac :

DhcpEnabled : False

IP :

SubnetMask :

Name : vmnic0

BitRatePerSec : 1000

FullDuplex : True

WakeOnLanSupported : False

Id : key-vim.host.PhysicalNic-vmnic3

VMHostId : HostSystem-host-5509

DeviceName : vmnic3

Mac :

DhcpEnabled : False

IP :

SubnetMask :

Name : vmnic3

BitRatePerSec : 1000

FullDuplex : True

WakeOnLanSupported : False

Id : key-vim.host.PhysicalNic-vmnic4

VMHostId : HostSystem-host-5509

DeviceName : vmnic4

Mac :

DhcpEnabled : False

IP :

SubnetMask :

Name : vmnic4

BitRatePerSec : 1000

FullDuplex : True

WakeOnLanSupported : False

Id : key-vim.host.PhysicalNic-vmnic5

VMHostId : HostSystem-host-5509

DeviceName : vmnic5

Mac :

DhcpEnabled : False

IP :

SubnetMask :

Name : vmnic5

BitRatePerSec : 1000

FullDuplex : True

WakeOnLanSupported : False

Id : key-vim.host.PhysicalNic-vmnic0

VMHostId : HostSystem-host-9640

DeviceName : vmnic0

Mac :

DhcpEnabled : False

IP :

SubnetMask :

Name : vmnic0

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LucD

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7. Jun 8, 2010 11:25 AM

in response to: ngerasim

Re: Physical NIC MAC Address

Strange, the MAC property should be in there.

Which PowerCLI version are you running ?

Can you do a


Get-PowerCLIVersion

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ngerasim

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8. Jun 8, 2010 5:07 PM

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Re: Physical NIC MAC Address

PowerCLI Version

VMware vSphere PowerCLI 4.0 U1 build 208462

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Matt.B

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9. Oct 29, 2010 4:24 PM

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Re: Physical NIC MAC Address

To search by MAC or IP, does it require VMware tools to be installed and running to report out that information? We have some Linux hosts without VMware tools so I am curious to know if they will not be included when searching for an IP.

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LucD

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10. Oct 29, 2010 5:33 PM

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Re: Physical NIC MAC Address

The MAC can be found without the Tools installed, for the IP addr the Tools need to be installed.

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