1. Add the common MACs under the invalidMACPattern parameter in the ./sm_edit conf/icf/DISCOVERY.import file to exclude the creation of the virtual MAC addresses.

    The default invalid MAC pattern included are as follows:

    invalidMACPattern = {"000021000000|0000000100*|*0000000000|FFFFFFFFFFFF","00000C07AC*"}

    The higlighed MAC patterns are the ones which are being added in the following example:

    invalidMACPattern = {"001243DC6F02|001B245C3EC2|001B24F053EC|001E6804C04E|001E6804C05A|001E6804C072|001E6804C976|001E68AA0D5C|001E68AA0D62|001E68AA0D6E|00238B0376B9|00238B0376BF|00238B0376E9|00238B0376FE|00238B037704|00238B03770A|00238B037716|00238B03771C|00238B037722|00238B03775E|00238B03764D|000021000000|0000000100*|*0000000000|FFFFFFFFFFFF","00000C07AC*"}

    Add the MAC address to the beginning or end by appending a Pipe(|) symbol or use a regular expression.

    Note:

    The above changes require a server restart for the changes to take effect.

  2. Use the command sm_edit conf/discovery/tpmgr-param.conf to set RigorousMACTest to True. This will ensure that there is an unique set of MAC addresses between the discovered devices.

    The default value is RigorousMACTest FALSE

    Note:

    The above scenario is applicable only for devices which are configured under a Virtual Machine such as the Cisco LoadBalancer.