3ware, Inc. MAC Prefix: Device Type Unknown

A MAC address beginning 00:05:0E is registered to 3ware, Inc.; the available evidence does not identify a device type for this prefix. A match establishes a registry assignment, not the maker of a particular device, its operating system, present ownership, or security status.

The IEEE record lists one MA-L assignment, 00:05:0E, with a 24-bit prefix and 24 bits remaining. The first byte is 00: its Group bit is 0 and its Local bit is 0. Those bits are fixed for an exact prefix match; changing either produces a different prefix. RFC 7042 explains the Group and Local bits and MAC prefix structure.

A 24-bit suffix allows 16,777,216 possible values. That is the address space available under the prefix, not a count of devices, shipments, or addresses observed in use. The IEEE CSV record does not display an assignment date.

A 2004 AMCC release described 3ware as a provider of SATA RAID storage solutions for backup, near-line storage, NAS, video, and high-performance computing, and described its StorSwitch architecture. It announced an agreement for AMCC to acquire 3ware, subject to closing conditions and regulatory approvals; this announcement alone does not establish completion or current corporate status. The release does not map these products to this MAC prefix.

MAC prefix

00:05:0E (MA-L; 24 bits)

Device type

Unknown; no device category is mapped to this exact prefix in the supplied evidence.

Country

United States, as indicated by the IEEE record.

Assignment count

1 prefix.

Company

3ware, Inc. [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv

Registry

MA-L [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv

Prefix

00:05:0E [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv

Country

United States [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv

Industry

SATA RAID storage solutions [Confirmed] — https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/711065/000119312504033010/dex991.htm

Notable products

SATA storage solutions for disk-to-disk backup, near-line storage, network-attached storage, video, and high-performance computing; StorSwitch architecture [Confirmed] — https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/711065/000119312504033010/dex991.htm

Related vendor

Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (AMCC) announced an agreement to acquire 3ware, subject to closing conditions and regulatory approvals [Confirmed] — https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/711065/000119312504033010/dex991.htm

Device type

Unknown [Unknown] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv