Description of problem: There is a validation of macAddress field when creating VMs and it works good when both macs have same delimiter (e.g. ":"), when the mac already in use - second VM can't be created But if the VMs have different macAddress delimiters (first ":", second "-") - the validation does not work As result it is possible to have 2 VMIs with the same mac address: > $ oc describe vmi vm-fedora | grep "Mac:" > Mac: 02:f2:8c:00:00:1a > $ oc describe vmi vm-fedora-2 | grep "Mac:" > Mac: 02:f2:8c:00:00:1a > [fedora@vm-fedora ~]$ ip a | grep ether > link/ether 02:f2:8c:00:00:1a brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > [fedora@vm-fedora-2 ~]$ ip a | grep ether > link/ether 02:f2:8c:00:00:1a brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 4.11 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. create first VM with macAddress using ":" as delimiters (e.g. "02:f2:8c:00:00:1a") 2. create second VM with same macAddress but "-" as delimiter (e.g. "02-f2-8c-00-00-1a") 3. Actual results: Both VMs created Expected results: VMs with the same mac address should not be created. Additional info: