SL6 and KVM
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Generating MAC
Find a 6 character hex-compatible word you like & generate random MAC addresses based on that.
egrep '^[a-f]{6}$' /usr/share/dict/words
I liked 'deface' so I wound up using that.
printf 'DE:FA:CE:%02X:%02X:%02X\n' $((RANDOM%256)) $((RANDOM%256)) $((RANDOM%256))