https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/network-architecture-design/python-script-for-end-system-vlan-distribution-for-nac/m-p/14619#M2023 If anyone is using this solution, I am posting a quick script to create the files needed to create the policies. There is a Bash script in the solution doc but python may be a little more accessible. It is native on Mac OS X. use this syntax: python <SCRIPT name=""> &lt;number of vlans&gt;. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; #!/usr/bin/pythonimport sys&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; #this program will take the following arguments&lt;br /&gt; # -number of VLAN's to distribute&lt;br /&gt; # This will create one file for each vlan&lt;br /&gt; # the name will begin with the name in arg[2]&lt;br /&gt; # for loop for each file name&lt;br /&gt; # for loop to add each mac range line&lt;br /&gt; vlancount=sys.argv[1]&lt;br /&gt; macspervlan=int(round(256/int(vlancount),0))&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; #because the last digit of the MAC does not seem to be normally distributed,&lt;br /&gt; #we have to use the entire 6th octet of the MAC&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; macbase1 = "00:"*5&lt;br /&gt; macbase2 = macbase1+"0"&lt;br /&gt; macbase3 = macbase1+"FF"&lt;br /&gt; octetsix = 0&lt;br /&gt; i=0 # used to count the number of lines written to each file&lt;br /&gt; k=1 # used as a counter to increment file names&lt;br /&gt; while octetsix &lt; 256:&lt;br /&gt; # create and open a file&lt;br /&gt; policyfile = open("vlan-dist-policy-{:0&gt;2d}.txt".format(k),"w")&lt;br /&gt; for i in range(i, macspervlan):&lt;br /&gt; # write a line to the file&lt;br /&gt; if octetsix&lt;256:&lt;br /&gt; policyfile.write(macbase1 + "{:0&gt;2X}".format(octetsix)+"/"+"00:"*5+"FF\n")&lt;br /&gt; octetsix+=1&lt;br /&gt; else:&lt;br /&gt; i=macspervlan&lt;br /&gt; else: &lt;br /&gt; i=0&lt;br /&gt; k+=1&lt;br /&gt; policyfile.close()&lt;br /&gt; else:&lt;br /&gt; print "Successfully created {} MAC distribution policy files.".format(k-1)&lt;br /&gt; print macspervlan&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;</SCRIPT> Tue, 27 May 2014 20:04:00 GMT Jon_Linton 2014-05-27T20:04:00Z https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/network-architecture-design/python-script-for-end-system-vlan-distribution-for-nac/m-p/14619#M2023 If anyone is using this solution, I am posting a quick script to create the files needed to create the policies. There is a Bash script in the solution doc but python may be a little more accessible. It is native on Mac OS X. use this syntax: python <SCRIPT name=""> &lt;number of vlans&gt;. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; #!/usr/bin/pythonimport sys&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; #this program will take the following arguments&lt;br /&gt; # -number of VLAN's to distribute&lt;br /&gt; # This will create one file for each vlan&lt;br /&gt; # the name will begin with the name in arg[2]&lt;br /&gt; # for loop for each file name&lt;br /&gt; # for loop to add each mac range line&lt;br /&gt; vlancount=sys.argv[1]&lt;br /&gt; macspervlan=int(round(256/int(vlancount),0))&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; #because the last digit of the MAC does not seem to be normally distributed,&lt;br /&gt; #we have to use the entire 6th octet of the MAC&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; macbase1 = "00:"*5&lt;br /&gt; macbase2 = macbase1+"0"&lt;br /&gt; macbase3 = macbase1+"FF"&lt;br /&gt; octetsix = 0&lt;br /&gt; i=0 # used to count the number of lines written to each file&lt;br /&gt; k=1 # used as a counter to increment file names&lt;br /&gt; while octetsix &lt; 256:&lt;br /&gt; # create and open a file&lt;br /&gt; policyfile = open("vlan-dist-policy-{:0&gt;2d}.txt".format(k),"w")&lt;br /&gt; for i in range(i, macspervlan):&lt;br /&gt; # write a line to the file&lt;br /&gt; if octetsix&lt;256:&lt;br /&gt; policyfile.write(macbase1 + "{:0&gt;2X}".format(octetsix)+"/"+"00:"*5+"FF\n")&lt;br /&gt; octetsix+=1&lt;br /&gt; else:&lt;br /&gt; i=macspervlan&lt;br /&gt; else: &lt;br /&gt; i=0&lt;br /&gt; k+=1&lt;br /&gt; policyfile.close()&lt;br /&gt; else:&lt;br /&gt; print "Successfully created {} MAC distribution policy files.".format(k-1)&lt;br /&gt; print macspervlan&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;</SCRIPT> Tue, 27 May 2014 20:04:00 GMT https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/network-architecture-design/python-script-for-end-system-vlan-distribution-for-nac/m-p/14619#M2023 Jon_Linton 2014-05-27T20:04:00Z