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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