NAS-131832 / 24.10.1 / Better validate VM NIC mac address (by Qubad786) #14794
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Problem
Libvirt does not allow NIC MAC addresses to start with
ff
, which causes VMs to break until a reboot is performed.Solution
Add validation to the NIC configuration to prevent MAC addresses from starting with
ff
for VMs.Original PR: #14778
Jira URL: https://ixsystems.atlassian.net/browse/NAS-131832