[nsp] Switch Fraud

[lexus]

Sam,

There are a lot of "fake" cisco boxes out there.  A lot of used equip
reseller requires a valid serial number check.

You can check/verify the serial number with cisco.  I think you will
need cco access, exactly how to do it, I am not too sure, but I know it
exists.

-ken

-----Original Message-----
From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
[mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Sam Stickland
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 5:56 AM
To: Ryan O'Connell
Cc: Cisco Nsp
Subject: Re: [nsp] Switch Fraud

Have checked back with the client, and it turns out what they are
actually
saying is that the system serial number reported by Sh ver is different
from
the system serial number on the sticker on the back of the chasis and
the
sticker on the box.

Also the MAC address sticker on the chasis blatently isn't a mac address
(or
if it is it's the first MAC address I've seen that's has H's and V's in
it!).

Sam

Ryan O'Connell wrote:
> Sam Stickland wrote:
>
>> Have anyone ever come across any Cisco switches that have one serial
>> number reported by 'show version' and a different serial number on
>> the back of the case?
>>
>> A client has just received a shipment of 8 of these, and it seems
>> quite suspicious.
>>
>>
>
> This is quite normal, one is the serial number of the motherboard and
> the other the serial number of the chassis.

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