Table 7-21 Details of Promiscuous Mode
Promiscuous Setting
Receiving Packets
Guest OS
LPAR manager
Screen
Disable Restricted/Through Receives packets with the address only to
the concerned LPAR (MAC).
Enable Restricted Receives packets with the address only to
the concerned LPAR (MAC).
Through Receives all packets on the identical network
segment.
Figure 7-16 Promiscuous Mode Setting Screen
How to Change MAC address
Place the cursor on the crossing item of the LPAR in line and the virtual NIC
number in the column, and press F6: Change MAC Add to display the sub-
screen. Enter the new value and press Enter. Values to set range from
00:00:00:00:00:00 to FF: FF: FF: FF: FF: FF. The value reserved by LPAR
manager, however, cannot be set. Do not set a multi-cast address and
broadcast address.
Note:
• It is not recommended to change the MAC address.
Confirm that there is not the same MAC address port on the network
before changing the MAC address. Otherwise, the fatal failure may occur
on the network.
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