=head1 NAME
 
B<getmacs> - Collects node MAC address.  
 
=head1 SYNOPSIS
 
I<getmacs [-h| --help]>

I<getmacs [-v| --version]>

I<getmacs [-V| --verbose] noderange> [-c][-w][-S server -G gateway -C client] 


=head1 DESCRIPTION

The getmacs command collects MAC address from a single or range of nodes.

=head1 OPTIONS

B<-c>          Colon seperated output.

B<-C>          IP address of the partition.

B<-G>          Gateway IP address of the partition specified with the -C option.

B<-h>          Display usage message.

B<-S>          The IP address of the machine to ping.  

B<-v>          Command Version. 

B<-V>          Verbose output. 

B<-w>          Writes first adapter MAC to the xCAT database. 


=head1 RETURN VALUE

  0 The command completed successfully.
   
  1 An error has occurred.


=head1 EXAMPLES

1. To retrieve the MAC address for the HMC-managed partition lpar4, enter: 

I<getmacs lpar4> 

Output is similar to:

lpar4: 

#Type  Location Code   MAC Address      Full Path Name  Ping Result

ent U9133.55A.10B7D1G-V12-C4-T1 8ee2245cf004 /vdevice/l-lan@30000004  virtual



2. To retrieve the MAC address for the HMC-managed partition lpar4 and display trhe result in colon-seperated format, enter: 

I<getmacs lpar4 -c> 

Output is similar to:

lpar4: 

#Type:Location_Code:MAC_Address:Full_Path_Name:Ping_Result:Device_Type:Size_MB:OS:OS_Version:

ent:U9133.55A.10B7D1G-V12-C4-T1:8ee2245cf004:/vdevice/l-lan@30000004::virtual::::



3. To retrieve the MAC address while performing a ping test for the HMC-managed partition lpar4 and display the result in colon-seperated format, enter: 

I<getmacs lpar4 -c -S 9.3.6.49 -G 9.3.6.1 -C 9.3.6.234>

#Type:Location_Code:MAC_Address:Full_Path_Name:Ping_Result:Device_Type:Size_MB:OS:OS_Version:

ent:U9133.55A.10B7D1G-V12-C4-T1:8ee2245cf004:/vdevice/l-lan@30000004:successful:virtual::::

=head1 FILES
 
/opt/xcat/bin/getmac


=head1 NOTES

This command is part of the xCAT software product.