Back Organizationally Unique Identifier German Identificador único de organización Spanish Organizationally Unique Identifier French Organizationally Unique Identifier Italian Уникальный идентификатор организации Russian Organizationally Unique Identifier Swedish 组织唯一标识符 Chinese
An organizationally unique identifier (OUI) is a 24-bit number that uniquely identifies a vendor, manufacturer, or other organization.
OUIs are purchased from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Registration Authority by the assignee (IEEE term for the vendor, manufacturer, or other organization). Only assignment from MA-L registry assigns new OUI. They are used to uniquely identify a particular piece of equipment through derived identifiers such as MAC addresses,[1][2] Subnetwork Access Protocol protocol identifiers, World Wide Names for Fibre Channel devices or vendor blocks in EDID.[3]
In MAC addresses, the OUI is combined with a 24-bit number (assigned by the assignee of the OUI) to form the address. The first three octets of the address are the OUI.
- ^ The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Incorporated (IEEE) (1 January 1963). Registration authority.
- ^ Groth, David; Toby Skandier (2005). Network+ Study Guide, Fourth Edition. Sybex, Inc. ISBN 0-7821-4406-3.
- ^ IEEE. "Guidelines for Fibre Channel Use of the Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI)" (PDF).