ClusterMacAddress

ClusterMacAddress specifies the cluster MAC address to be used when configuring a unicast cluster. This MAC address will replace the adapter's physical MAC address.

Note
To enable this Network Load Balancing setting, the NetworkLoadBalancingFullServer package must be enabled in the Windows image you are installing. To do this, use Windows System Image Manager to add the Microsoft-Windows-Foundation-Package to your answer file, and then configure the NetworkLoadBalancingFullServer package to enable it. For more information about adding and configuring packages, see the Windows Assessment and Deployment (Windows ADK) Technical Reference.

Values

ClusterMacAddress

Specifies the cluster MAC address be used when configuring a unicast cluster. This MAC address will replace the adapter's physical MAC address.

Note

You must set ClusterIpToClusterMacEnabled to False for this setting to work. If it is set to True, the cluster MAC address is automatically generated based on the cluster IP address.

This string type does not support empty elements. Do not create an empty value for this setting.

Valid Configuration Passes

specialize

Parent Hierarchy

microsoft-windows-networkloadbalancing-core- | Clusters | Cluster | ClusterMacAddress

Applies To

For a list of the supported Windows editions and architectures that this component supports, see microsoft-windows-networkloadbalancing-core-.

XML Example

The following XML output shows how to specify a cluster MAC address.

<ClusterMacAddress>02-bf-01-02-03-04</ClusterMacAddress>

Cluster