"Allow MacAddr Change" not selected from Host Client

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms: When setting port group security policy from vSphere Client, "Allow MacAddr Change" is not selected from Host Client.

Impact/Risks: Host Client not showing the correct value "Allow MacAddr Change".

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 7.x
VMware vSphere ESXi 8.x

Cause

This is a known Host UI issue that is incorrectly reporting the status of the "Allow MacAddr Change" value.

 

 

Resolution

VMware Engineering is actively working towards a resolution for this issue. 

Workaround: The vSphere Client UI and the esxcfg-info command can confirm the "Allow MacAddr Change" value's true configuration.

Additional Information

MAC Address Changes

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vsphere/vsphere/7-0/vsphere-security-7-0/securing-vsphere-networking/securing-vsphere-standard-switches/mac-address-changes.html