Technical Tip: Identify appliance UUID and eth0 MAC Address
Description
This article describes steps to collect the eth0 MAC Address and UUID information. The information is used when generating license keys.
Scope
FortiNAC.
Solution
UI Method:
Navigate to System - > Settings - > System Management - > License Management.
CLI Method (Version 9.x and greater):
- View the UUID with the following command:
getUUID
- View the eth0 MAC address with the following command:
getMAC
- After recording the information, log out of the CLI with the following command:
logout
UI Method Option 2: ConfigWizard (Version 8.x - 9.1 only):
- Launch the Configuration Wizard by opening a browser on the PC and navigating to https://<FortiNAC hostname>:8443/configWizard.
- Enter the Configuration Wizard credentials. The License Key window will be displayed.
- Select Obtain a license key. The UUID and eth0 MAC address will be displayed.
- After recording the information, close the browser window.
CLI Method (Version 8.x)
- View the UUID with the following command:
sysinfo –v | grep –i uuid
- View the MAC address with the following command:
ifconfig eth0
Example output:
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 10.254.0.1 netmask 255.255.0.0 broadcast 10.254.255.255
ether 70:4C:A5:ff:00:01 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
- After recording the information, log out of the CLI:
logout