<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Monty mentioned this to me as well, and asked if its a cost the foundation could pick up (should we all decide its the right thing to do). </div><div><br></div><div>I'm going to look into this question parallel while the discussion plays out here. </div><div><br></div><div><br><br>On Oct 19, 2012, at 10:05 PM, Vinay Bannai <<a href="mailto:vbannai@gmail.com">vbannai@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><span style="">I was talking to Nachi and Gary during the Quantum design session about the need to have a proper MAC OUI allocation scheme for Openstack development folks. They suggested that I send it out for wider discussion on the mailing list. </span><div style="">
<br></div><div style="">It turns out that it would be useful for the Openstack foundation to apply for a MAC OUI from IEEE that can be used for development purposes and testing. This way we don't unwittingly use someone else MAC allocation. Here are the details </div>
<div style=""><br></div><div><a href="http://standards.ieee.org/develop/regauth/oui/index.html" target="_blank" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font color="#000000">http://standards.ieee.org/develop/regauth/oui/index.html</font></a><div>
<span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">The cost to get a OUI allocation is around $2000 dollars. Remember if we use random MAC OUI, the actual owners can assert their legal claim on the MAC address in the event of a conflict now that we have support for more sophisticated tunnels that allow connections from public and private clouds. </span></div>
<div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="">Comments welcome. </span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Vinay</span></div>
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