No MAC Address Appears to be Generated in the "Edit Virtual Machine" dialog box when creating a VNIC with "Dynamically assign MAC" option (Doc ID 2100179.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 02, 2016

Applies to:

Oracle VM - Version 3.0.1 and later
Linux x86-64

Symptoms

 On Oracle VM, when creating a virtual machine or editing an existing one, one may want to add Virtual NICs (VNICs).

When choosing the "Dynamically generate MAC address" option, and clicking the "Add VNIC" button, the newly created VNIC in the upper pane of the dialog does not present a MAC address , e.g. :

 

Cause

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