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Can't get Serial Number on ia64 hp server BL860c

 
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Peter Peizhong Li
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Can't get Serial Number on ia64 hp server BL860c

Hi,

I have two servers without Serial number. I used following command and got nothing return:
1. machinfo | grep "machine serial"
2. getconf MACHINE_SERIAL
3. echo "sel path system\ninfolog\nexit"|cstm|grep "System Serial"
4. getsn
PDC Call to PDC_MODEL/PDC_MODEL_GET_PLAT_INFO failed with status 0.
This system or PDC version may not support this PDC call.Serial Number: Not Available

model is BL860C
OS version is 11.23
uname -a
HP-UX XXXXX B.11.23 U ia64 4294967295 unlimited-user license

I don't know where is machine is, no MP connected.

Given these information, what else I can do to resolve the S/N issue?

Thanks.

-Peter
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Yngvi Thorfinnsson
Honored Contributor

Re: Can't get Serial Number on ia64 hp server BL860c

Hi
very strange.
What is the actual output of 'machinfo' ?
Uday_S_Ankolekar
Honored Contributor

Re: Can't get Serial Number on ia64 hp server BL860c

Did you try
# machinfo | grep "machine serial"

or may be cstm
cstm> map
cstm> sel dev 1
cstm> info
cstm> il

If none of them work I assume your firmware has some issues.
Good Luck..
Peter Peizhong Li
Occasional Advisor

Re: Can't get Serial Number on ia64 hp server BL860c

rsohp053:/root > machinfo
CPU info:
Number of CPUs = 4
Clock speed = 1398 MHz
Bus speed = 399 MT/s
CPUID registers
vendor information = "GenuineIntel"
processor serial number = 0x0000000000000000
processor version info = 0x0000000020000704
architecture revision: 0
processor family: 32 Intel(R) Itanium 2 9000 series
processor model: 0 Intel(R) Itanium 2 9000 series
processor revision: 7 Stepping C2
largest CPUID reg: 4
processor capabilities = 0x0000000000000005
implements long branch: 1
implements 16-byte atomic operations: 1
Bus features
implemented = 0xbdf0000020000000
selected = 0x0000000000000000

Cache info (per core):
L1 Instruction: size = 16 KB, associativity = 4
L1 Data: size = 16 KB, associativity = 4
L2 Instruction: size = 1024 KB, associativity = 8
L2 Data: size = 256 KB, associativity = 8
L3 Unified: size = 6144 KB, associativity = 6

Memory = 16363 MB (15.979492 GB)

Firmware info:
Firmware revision = 01.01
FP SWA driver revision: 1.18
IPMI is supported on this system.
BMC version: 5.1

Platform info:
model string = "ia64 hp server BL860c"
machine id number = ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff
machine serial number =

OS info:
sysname = HP-UX
nodename = XXXXXX
release = B.11.23
version = U (unlimited-user license)
machine = ia64
idnumber = 4294967295
vmunix _release_version:
@(#) $Revision: vmunix: B11.23_LR FLAVOR=perf Fri Aug 29 22:35:38 PDT 2003 $
Peter Peizhong Li
Occasional Advisor

Re: Can't get Serial Number on ia64 hp server BL860c

cstm
Running Command File (/usr/sbin/stm/ui/config/.stmrc).

-- Information --
Support Tools Manager


Version C.54.00

Product Number B4708AA

(C) Copyright Hewlett Packard Co. 1995-2006
All Rights Reserved

Use of this program is subject to the licensing restrictions described
in "Help-->On Version". HP shall not be liable for any damages resulting
from misuse or unauthorized use of this program.

cstm>sel dev 1
cstm>info
^-- (Information) is currently disabled. --

cstm>il
^-- (InfoLog) is currently disabled. --
Yngvi Thorfinnsson
Honored Contributor
Solution

Re: Can't get Serial Number on ia64 hp server BL860c

it has been resolved before on this Forum, see this thread:

http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1196853

Peter Peizhong Li
Occasional Advisor

Re: Can't get Serial Number on ia64 hp server BL860c

Thanks!