How do I find the MAC address on a server with VMS?

Question

I need the VMS command.

Answer 1

Uhm, MACs don't run VMS... DEC equipment runs VMS.

In this case, MAC stands for Media Access Control.

Boy don't you feel foolish!

But to answer the question, check out this page:

http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/journal/v2/articles/lavc.html

I found the following section:

"Getting MAC address info

A DCL command procedure similar to the following can be used to help sift through the output from SDA> SHOW LAN/FULL and pick out the device names and MAC address data.

$! SHOWLAN.COM
$!
$ write sys$output "Node",f$getsyi("nodename")
$ temp_file := showlan_temp.temp_file
$ call showlan/out='temp_file'
$ search 'temp_file' "(SCA)","Hardware Address" –
/out='temp_file‘-1
$ delete 'temp_file';*
$ search/window=(0,1) 'temp_file‘-1"(SCA)"
$ delete 'temp_file‘-1;*
$ exit
$!
$showlan: subroutine
$ analyze/system
show lan/full
exit
$ endsubroutine
"

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

MACS SHOULD DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!