// NodeSystemInfo is a set of ids/uuids to uniquely identify the node.
message NodeSystemInfo {
  // MachineID reported by the node. For unique machine identification
  // in the cluster this field is preferred. Learn more from man(5)
  // machine-id: http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/machine-id.5.html
  optional string machineID = 1;

  // SystemUUID reported by the node. For unique machine identification

	Close() error
}
</pre>

<p>
The name of each explicitly specified method must be <a href="#Uniqueness_of_identifiers">unique</a>
and not <a href="#Blank_identifier">blank</a>.
</p>

<pre>
interface {
	String() string
	String() string  // illegal: String not unique
	_(x int)         // illegal: method must have non-blank name
}
</pre>

<p>

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