[nsp] Switch Fraud

[joe mcguckin]

Typically the sticker on the back with 'H's and 'V's is the unit serial
number.

It's quite normal for the serial number as reported by 'sho ver' to be
different from the serial number on the outside of the chassis.

Joe



On 4/1/04 10:08 AM, "Eric Knudson" <eknudson at houston.rr.com> wrote:

> You can bounce the serial number off of the service contract center:
> 
> www.cisco.com/go/scc
> 
> Just choose "serial number" in the quick search dropdown.
> 
> Eric
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "lexus" <lexus at ince.st>
> To: "'Sam Stickland'" <sam_ml at spacething.org>; "'Ryan O'Connell'"
> <ryan at complicity.co.uk>
> Cc: "'Cisco Nsp'" <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>
> Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 5:56 AM
> Subject: RE: [nsp] Switch Fraud
> 
> 
> | 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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