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• <IMM_IP> is the IMM IP address
• <IMM_userid> is the IMM user name
• <IMM_password> is the IMM password
f. Locate the IBM server serial number in the <serial>
_Node1_system.txt
file. This
string has the following format:
SYSTEM_PROD_DATA.SysInfoSerialNum=
<serial_number>
where: <serial_number> is a 7–character field for the product serial number.
Note: The Lenovo server system serial number remains unchanged: it is the same
serial number that was used for the IBM server.
g. Add a command line to the batch file for the Lenovo server serial number, following
the form:
asu64 set SYSTEM_PROD_DATA.SysInfoSerialNum
<serial_number>
--host
<IMM_IP>
--user
<IMM_userid>
--password
<IMM_password>
where:
• <serial_number> is a 7–character field for the product serial number (the Lenovo
server and the IBM server use the same serial number)
• <IMM_IP> is the IMM IP address
• <IMM_userid> is the IMM user name
• <IMM_password> is the IMM password
h. Add a command line to the batch file for the Lenovo server system node 1 UUID,
following the form:
asu64 set SYSTEM_PROD_DATA.SysInfoUUID
<node1_uuid>
--host
<IMM_IP>
--user
<IMM_userid>
--password
<IMM_password>
where:
• <node1_uuid> is a 16–character hexadecimal field for the server node 1 UUID
–
Contact the customer to determine if the original UUID value should be used
or if a new UUID value should be generated for the upgraded server.
– If needed, locate the original IBM server UUID in the <serial>
_Node1_system.
txt
file. This string has the following format:
SYSTEM_PROD_DATA.SysInfoUUID=
<node1_uuid>
• <IMM_IP> is the IMM IP address
• <IMM_userid> is the IMM user name
• <IMM_password> is the IMM password
i. Open the <serial>
_Node1_component.txt
file (where <serial> is the serial number of
the standard I/O book in node 1). This file was saved from node 1 of the IBM
System x3950 X6 8-socket system during the Backup vital product data (VPD)
procedure.
j. Locate the IBM server component part numbers in the <serial>
_Node1_component.
txt
file. There are multiple component part numbers in the following format:
VPD.CompVPD_PartNumber.
# <p/n>
where:
• # is the component numeric identifier:
2 for the 8–socket midplane
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