VNX1/VNX2: How to find serial number on a VNX array (User Correctable)

Summary: VNX1/VNX2: How to find serial number on a VNX array

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Instructions

How to find serial number on a VNX1 or VNX2 array.

There are 2 ways to obtain the serial number on the VNX array.
  1. Unisphere
    1. Login to Unisphere GUI 
    2. Select the array
    3. Serial number can be found under "System Information" on "Dashboard"
kA53a0000004MeiCAE_1_0
 
  1. CLI:
    1. For Unified array, login to control station and run the following command: /nas/sbin/serial
Example: 

[nasadmin@CS0 ~]$ /nas/sbin/serial
APM00111001117

  1. For block-only array, run the following command from workstation command prompt. The command below requires "Navisphere CLI" software installed onto the workstation: 
Command: naviseccli -h <SPA_or_SPB_IP> -user <system_user> -password <system_password> -scope 0 getagent
Example:
C:\ naviseccli -h 123.123.123.123 -user ka_ds -password 1234 -scope 0 getagent

Agent Rev:           7.33.9 (2.31)
Name:                K10
Desc:
Node:                A-APM00111001117
Physical Node:       K10
Signature:           3555924
Peer Signature:      3555337
Revision:            05.33.009.5.231
SCSI Id:             0
Model:               VNX5400
Model Type:          Rackmount
Prom Rev:            33.51.00
SP Memory:           16384
Serial No:           APM00111001117
SP Identifier:       A
Cabinet:             DPE9

Affected Products

VNX2 Series

Products

VNX1 Series, VNX2 Series
Article Properties
Article Number: 000019776
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 24 Sep 2024
Version:  3
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