On Sep 6, 2007, at 12:10 PM, James Carlson wrote: > But, yes, that's exactly what I'd expect to see as a user. In the > scenario you cite, I've asked for two things. I've asked to have a > VNIC created, and I've asked that it have a factory address. > > Your assertion is that if I can't get one of those two things (the > factory address), then I get nothing. You seem to be assuming that my > request for "factory address" is more important than my request for a > VNIC, such that my request for the VNIC can be ignored or rejected.
If it's acceptable to you to have a random address assigned to your VNIC if no factory addresses are available, then don't use the "factory" option. Use the default "auto" option. If the administrator specifically asks for a factory MAC address, I don't see why it would be a problem to fail that operation if no factory MAC addresses are available. Nicolas. -- Nicolas Droux - Solaris Core OS - Sun Microsystems, Inc. droux at sun.com - http://blogs.sun.com/droux
