Default passwords

IBM

3576-L5B Operator Panel Username admin Password secure

DELL

MD3200i Username Administrator Password supportDell

Huawei

OceanStor Default username and password: admin / Admin@storage

ASU Utility

Update the serial number of the system using the ASU (see below)

IBM article on how to use the utility:

http://systemx.lenovofiles.com/help/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.lenovo.sysx.7147.doc%2Fnn1en_t_pdch6updatebiosdata.html&cp=0_1_15_3_6 Link for the download which also has instructions (up to version 9.63): https://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=tool-asu

If you are looking for ASU for new Lenovo Products, please refer to the following link: http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=LNVO-ASU

To change the serial number information, use the following syntax:

ASU set SYSTEM_PROD_DATA.SysInfoSerialNum SN_info

where SN_info is the serial number of the system.

For example:

ASU set SYSTEM_PROD_DATA.SysInfoSerialNum 1234567

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Data collection DS Storage Systems

GUI (depends on firmware version)

a) Advanced -> Troubleshooting -> Support Data -> Collect…
b) Support tab -> Gather Support Information -> Save Support Information
c) Support tab -> Gather Support Information
d) Monitor -> Health -> Collect Support Data…
e) Monitor -> Health -> Collect Support Data Manually…

CLI

SMcli ctrl_a ctrl_b -c ‘save storageSubsystem supportData file=”/<path>/supportdata”;’

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X Series IMM info

Login to the IMM using ssh/telnet and issue the following commands

led -l

readlog -a

syshealth

vpd -dsa

vpd -sys

vpd -imm

vpd -fw

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Convert DSA report

Convert DSA report from xml to html

ibm_utl_dsa_version.exe -v -x -i C:\IBM-DSA\xxxxxx_xxxxxx_date_file.xml.gz

Search within xml for dsaproduct to find version

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