Grant-SCMACAddress

Syntax

Grant-SCMACAddress
     [-VMMServer <ServerConnection>]
     [-MACAddress <String>]
     -MACAddressPool <MACAddressPool>
     -VirtualNetworkAdapter <VirtualNetworkAdapter>
     [-Description <String>]
     [-RunAsynchronously]
     [-PROTipID <Guid>]
     [-JobVariable <String>]
     [-WhatIf]
     [-Confirm]
     [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Grant-SCMACAddress cmdlet allocates the next available physical address, specified as a Media Access Control (MAC) address from a MAC address pool and assigns it to a virtual network adapter. To allocate a specific MAC address, use the MACAddress parameter.

For information about creating MAC address pools, type: New-SCMACAddressPool -Detailed.

Examples

Example 1: Allocate a MAC address from a MAC address Pool and assign it to a virtual network adapter

PS C:\> $VM = Get-SCVirtualMachine -VMHost "VMHost01.Contoso.com" -Name "VM01"
PS C:\> $VNIC = Get-SCVirtualNetworkAdapter -VM $VM
PS C:\> $HostGroup = Get-SCVMHostGroup | where { $_.Path -eq "All Hosts\HostGroup02\Production" }
PS C:\> $MACAddressPool = Get-SCMACAddressPool -VMHostGroup $HostGroup -Name "MAC Address Pool 01"
PS C:\> Grant-SCMACAddress -MACAddressPool $MACAddressPool -VirtualNetworkAdapter $VNIC

The first command gets the virtual machine object named VM01 on host VMHost01 and stores the object in the $VM variable.

The second command gets the virtual network adapter object for the virtual machine stored in $VM and stores the object in the $VNIC variable. This example assumes that the virtual machine has only one virtual network adapter.

The third command gets the host group object at the path All Hosts\HostGroup02\Production and stores the object in the $HostGroup variable.

The fourth command gets the MAC address pool associated with the host group stored in $HostGroup and named MAC Address Pool 01.

The last command assigns a MAC address to the virtual network adapter stored in $VNIC.

Example 2: Allocate a MAC address from a MAC address Pool and assign it to a specific virtual network adapter

PS C:\> $VM = Get-SCVirtualMachine -Name "VM02"
PS C:\> $VNIC = Get-SCVirtualNetworkAdapter -VM $VM | where {$_.SlotId -eq 1}
PS C:\> $MACAddressPool = Get-SCMACAddressPool -Name "MAC Address Pool 02"
PS C:\> Grant-SCMACAddress -MACAddressPool $MACAddressPool -VirtualNetworkAdapter $VNIC

The first command gets the virtual machine object named VM02 and stores the object in the $VM variable.

The second command gets the virtual network adapter object for VM02 with the slot ID of 1 and stores the object in the $VNIC variable.

The third command gets the MAC address Pool named MAC Address Pool 02 and stores the object in the the $MACAddressPool variable.

The last command grants a MAC address from MAC Address Pool 02 to the virtual network adapter stored in $VNIC.

Parameters

-Confirm

-Description

-JobVariable

-MACAddress

-MACAddressPool

-PROTipID

-RunAsynchronously

-VirtualNetworkAdapter

-VMMServer

-WhatIf

Outputs

CloudPairing[]

This cmdlet returns an array of CloudPairing objects.

Notes

• Requires a VMM MACAddressPool object, which can be retrieved using the Get-SCMACAddressPool cmdlet, and a VMM virtual network adapter object, which can be retrieved using the Get-SCVirtualNetworkAdapter cmdlet.

Related Links

• Get-SCMACAddress
• Get-SCMACAddressPool
• Get-SCVirtualNetworkAdapter
• Revoke-SCMACAddress