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diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/options/mac-address.md b/docs/source/markdown/options/mac-address.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0939ceaad --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/source/markdown/options/mac-address.md @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +#### **--mac-address**=*address* + +<<Container|Pod>> network interface MAC address (e.g. 92:d0:c6:0a:29:33) +This option can only be used if the <<container|pod>> is joined to only a single network - i.e., **--network=_network-name_** is used at most once - +and if the <<container|pod>> is not joining another container's network namespace via **--network=container:_id_**. + +Remember that the MAC address in an Ethernet network must be unique. +The IPv6 link-local address will be based on the device's MAC address +according to RFC4862. + +To specify multiple static MAC addresses per <<container|pod>>, set multiple networks using the **--network** option with a static MAC address specified for each using the `mac` mode for that option. |