Changing Proliant Serial Numbers

[ConnyMolin]

Hi Jimmy,

I've also stumbled upon this now due to a HP tech changing the mainboard on a ProLiant ML350 G6 and forgetting to transfer the product and serial number. Could you please throw me a pm with your solution as well?

Many thanks in  advance!

[Haribabuv]

Is there a way to change serial number online on ProLiant DL585 G6.

If so please share me the way to do it..

Thanks

Haribabu

[Torsten.]

AFAIK the only supported method is to change via RBSU (BIOS). A reboot is needed anyway. You can do this even from remote via ILO remote console.

[Michael Schwage]

Hello, we have a need to set a number of serial numbers and product numbers on a bunch of mostly older DL360 machines. Can you PM me the solution? If necessary I'll open up a case.

Thanks.

[pakito56]

Hi,

can you send me the utility dor a DL380 G4?
Thanks

[WorkshopENG]

Good morning,

I have been trying to access the links below regarding the setsys utility but I am unable to open them.

Does anyone have or know of a link that works as I am urgently trying to update the serial number of a DL160 G5.

[Torsten.]

Go to the driver pages, specify your DL160 G5 server. Select english language and DR-DOS as OS. See Utilities:

http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/swd/public/readIndex?sp4ts.oid=3580697&swLangOid=8&swEnvOid=2081

Setsys Utility for HP ProLiant 100 series G5 and G6 Servers (For USB Key-Media).

[WorkshopENG]

Thank you for that.

[PaavoLeinonen]

Hi,

a few BL2x220c G5 bladeservers have lost their serial numbers.

If there is a way to fix this remotely please let me know.

I also need to update  product IDs.

Rebooting the servers is not a big problem, but accessing RBSU in boot is a bit of a nuisance.

-Paavo

</>hpiLO-> set /system1 number=XXXXXXXXXX
status=2
status_tag=COMMAND PROCESSING FAILED
error_tag=COMMAND ERROR-UNSPECIFIED
Can't Change ReadOnly Property.

</system1>hpiLO-> set product_id=465401+B21
status=2
status_tag=COMMAND PROCESSING FAILED
error_tag=COMMAND ERROR-UNSPECIFIED
Can't Change ReadOnly Property.

[PaavoLeinonen]

OK, it was not very hard, although I did not find a fully scriptable way.

This is how I changed the serial numbers and product-ids remotely:

- shut down the server one way or another

- SSH Administrator@OA-IP-address

- CONNECT SERVER xx

- VSP

- start the server one way or another

- hit escape and niner then prompted in vsp, be quick enough

- SET SN xxxx

- SET PID xxx

- EXIT

- server starts

- hit escape and '(' to exit the vsp

I needed to reboot the OA to see the "new" serial numbers and product IDs.

-Paavo