Hi,
the New-VMHostNetworkAdapter offers the ability to set the MAC address while adding a new kernel interface. But this has a limitation. It always only a MAC within a range 00:50:56:00:00:00 – 00:50:56:3F:FF:FF.
If you try it even though you will get an error:
New-VMHostNetworkAdapter The MAC address is invalid or is not in the valid range 00:50:56:00:00:00 - 00:50:56:3F:FF:FF.
But its possible. Use the following code
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 | # Get Host$sESXIHost="myesxihost01.mydomain.org"$sNICToChange="vmk1"$sMAC="00:50:56:ef:20:eb"$sIPAddress="10.10.20.1"$sSubnetMask="255.255.255.0"$oESXiHost=Get-VMHost $sESXIHost$oHostIpConfig=new-object VMware.Vim.HostIpConfig$oHostIpConfig.IpAddress=$sIPAddress$oHostIpConfig.SubnetMask=$sSubnetMask$oHostIpConfig.IpV6Config=$null$oHostIpConfig.Dhcp=$false$oHostNicSpec=new-object VMware.Vim.HostVirtualNicSpec$oHostNicSpec.Ip=$oHostIpConfig$oHostNicSpec.Mac=$sMAC$oHostNetworkSystem=get-view -id $oESXiHost.ExtensionData.ConfigManager.Networksystem$oHostNetworkSystem.UpdateVirtualNic($sNICToChange ,$oHostNicSpec) |
Michael