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| -rw-r--r-- | nova/utils.py | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/nova/utils.py b/nova/utils.py index 675ec8623..0d3067fd3 100644 --- a/nova/utils.py +++ b/nova/utils.py @@ -1399,3 +1399,12 @@ def service_is_up(service): # Timestamps in DB are UTC. elapsed = total_seconds(utcnow() - last_heartbeat) return abs(elapsed) <= FLAGS.service_down_time + + +def generate_mac_address(): + """Generate an Ethernet MAC address.""" + mac = [0x02, 0x16, 0x3e, + random.randint(0x00, 0x7f), + random.randint(0x00, 0xff), + random.randint(0x00, 0xff)] + return ':'.join(map(lambda x: "%02x" % x, mac)) |