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How to determine if your dedicated server supports virtual MAC addresses

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Learn how to check in the OVHcloud API if your dedicated server supports the virtual MAC feature.

In order to use virtual MAC (vMAC) addresses on a dedicated server, you first need to make sure your server supports this feature.

Support for the vMAC function is a prerequisite for all actions concerning virtual MACs.

 

Requirements

Info

If you are not familiar with using the OVHcloud API, please refer to our guide on getting started with the OVHcloud API.

 

Instructions

Open the following API endpoint in the API console:

GET/dedicated/server/{serviceName}/specifications/network

Enter the internal server name into the serviceName field, then clic Execute.

Ntwk - Determine if dedicated server supports virtual mac addresses

The result will show a "vmac / supported" entry which can be "true" or "false" (boolean value).

Supportv - Determine if dedicated server supports virtual mac addresses

Interpretation of the result

  • false: You cannot use the virtual MAC feature on this server.

  • true: You can use the virtual MAC feature on this server.

 

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