diff --git a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/getmacs.1.pod b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/getmacs.1.pod index 953610605..5511defd4 100644 --- a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/getmacs.1.pod +++ b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/getmacs.1.pod @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ I [-f][-d][-D -S server -G gateway -C client] The getmacs command collects MAC address from a single or range of nodes. Note that on AIX systems, the returned MAC address is not colon-seperated (for example 8ee2245cf004), while on Linux systems the MAC address is colon-seperated (for example 8e:e2:24:5c:f0:04). +If no ping test performed, getmacs writes the first adapter MAC to the xCAT database. If ping test performed, getmacs will write the first successfully pinged MAC to xCAT database. =head1 OPTIONS