A MIB for what?? How can a MIB give you the serial number from the label
affixed on the OUTSIDE of a router? Granted, some of the gear can give you
the serial # but that's because it's a retrievable attribute from the box.
At 12:21 PM 1/17/01 +0100, Slater, Keith wrote:
>We had the same problem - getting serial numbers remotely for hardware
>maintenance contracts - I've searched high and low and asked on NGs and
>mailing lists for a MIB but it would seem that the best way is to use the
>snmp-server chassis-id command when you first receive the router!
>
>Keith.
>Cable & Wireless Europe.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Joe Soricelli [mailto:jms@juniper.net]
>Sent: 16 January 2001 23:19
>To: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net
>Subject: RE: [nsp] Getting serial # of Cisco remotely
>
>
>Like the others have said, you need some manual processes here. If you
>like, you can use the snmp-server chassis-id <number> command and place the
>"outer" label (white label used for RMAs) serial number here. Then you can
>see it remotely either via CLI (show commands) or SNMP.
>
>HTH,
>Joe
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: George Robbins [mailto:grr@shandakor.tharsis.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 8:42 AM
>To: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net; paulv@is.co.za
>Subject: Re: [nsp] Getting serial # of Cisco remotely
>
>
>Cisco has a serial number on each component, unique only for that
>particular component. All IOS can tell you is what's currently
>written in some little eeprom on the board, it has no way of seeing
>the label on the case. 8-)
>
>So, one is the router serial number, the other is the board serial number.
>
> George
>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've just attempted to get the serial number of a Cisco from the inside of
> > the router and compare it to the one printed on the outside:
> >
> > a "show version" gives me:
> > Processor Board ID 05604842, with hardware revision 00000000
> >
> > or querying snmp OID:
> > cisco.3.6.3.0 05604842
> >
> > another OID later in the MIB tree provides the following:
> > mib.47.1.1.1.1.2.1 "2500 chassis, Hw Serial#: 90196034, Hw Revision: N"
> > Lance HD64570 HD64570 Unknown
> >
> > All of which completely fails to coincide with: 250054124, which is what
>is
> > written on the serial number label...
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Paul
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