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– # is the component numeric identifier:
1 for the 4–socket midplane
3 for the front I/O panel assembly
4 for LCD display panel
Note: A serial number for the front I/O panel assembly (3) is not required.
– <s/n> is a 6–character component serial number (the Lenovo server and the IBM
server use the same component serial numbers)
– <IMM_IP> is the IMM IP address
– <IMM_userid> is the IMM user name
– <IMM_password> is the IMM password
p. Locate the IBM server component serial number prefixes in the <serial>
_component.
txt
file. There are multiple component serial number prefixes in the following format:
VPD.CompVPD_PrefixSerialNumber.
# <prefix_s/n>
where:
– # is the component numeric identifier:
1 for the 4–socket midplane
3 for the front I/O panel assembly
4 for LCD display panel
Note: A serial number for the front I/O panel assembly (3) is not required and
might not be listed.
– <prefix_s/n> is a 6–character component serial number prefix
Notes:
– The Lenovo server component serial numbers remain unchanged: they are the
same serial numbers that were used in the IBM server.
– The serial number prefix is the six characters of the 11S barcode that follow the
first 10 characters of the 11S barcode (the six characters preceding the
component serial number portion of the 11S barcode). In the following example,
the serial number prefix is shown in bold:
11S12X4567 YJ1105 A34567
q. Add a command line to the batch file for each Lenovo server component serial
number prefix, following the form:
asu64 set VPD.CompVPD_PrefixSerialNumber.
# <prefix_s/n>
--host
<IMM_IP>
--user
<IMM_userid>
--password
<IMM_password>
where:
– # is the component numeric identifier:
1 for the 4–socket midplane
3 for the front I/O panel assembly
4 for LCD display panel
Note: A serial number for the front I/O panel assembly (3) is not required.
– <prefix_s/n> is a 6–character component serial number prefix (the Lenovo server
and the IBM server use the same component serial number prefixes)
Chapter 1
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IBM to Lenovo server upgrade procedure
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