{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"evoila US","provider_url":"https:\/\/evoila.com\/us","author_name":"Carsten Landeck","author_url":"https:\/\/evoila.com\/us\/blog\/author\/carsten-landeck\/","title":"How MAC addresses in VMware vCloud Director work","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"NXkhAzKExs\"><a href=\"https:\/\/evoila.com\/us\/blog\/how-mac-addresses-in-vmware-vcloud-director-work\/\">How MAC addresses in VMware vCloud Director work<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/evoila.com\/us\/blog\/how-mac-addresses-in-vmware-vcloud-director-work\/embed\/#?secret=NXkhAzKExs\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;How MAC addresses in VMware vCloud Director work&#8221; &#8212; evoila US\" data-secret=\"NXkhAzKExs\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/evoila.com\/us\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/evoila.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/09\/changes-in-vCenter-and-vcd-scaled-1.jpg","thumbnail_width":2560,"thumbnail_height":1147,"description":"When creating a VM in vCloud Director (vCD), vCD automatically assigns a MAC address. To ensure that the MAC address is unique within the environment the vCD uses the instance ID of the vCD installation to define the MAC address range. If you have multiple vCD instances you might use different IDs for your installations to avoid duplicate MAC addresses."}