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Figure 62 The Translate MACs Option
Toggling this option affects the display of MAC addresses in all areas of
3Com Network Director other than in the reports, which always display
the raw MAC addresses.
3Com Network Director3Com Network Director uses a list of fixed
mappings from OUI to vendor name to perform this translation. As new
OUI values are assigned to vendors on a regular basis it is possible that
3Com Network Director will not have a mapping for a particular device in
your network. In such a case 3Com Network Director will simply display
the full MAC address. For more information about how you can extend
Appendix G
this list yourself to include new mappings, refer to .