Setting the service tag on a new motherboard

[Michael E Brown]

On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 09:45:12AM -0500, Tony Schreiner wrote:
> 
> On Mar 5, 2008, at 4:23 PM, Michael E Brown wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 12:31:28PM -0500, Randy Martin wrote:
> >> I have replaced a few PE1950 motherboards on one of our clusters.  I
> >> noticed when I do a "omreport system summary", the service tag  
> >> shows up as
> >> DELL on those nodes that had the replacement boards.  Is there a  
> >> way to
> >> replace the DELL string that omreport shows with the service tag  
> >> for the
> >> node?
> >
> > use the "serviceTag" executable from libsmbios. (libsmbios-bin)
> > --
> > Michael
> 
> I have the same issue with a replacement motherboard (on a 1750) and  
> no service tag.
> 
> It looks to me like the serviceTag application can set the asset tag,  
> but not the service tag

Cut and paste error on my part. It sets the service tag. I just
committed a fix to the help text.

> even if I could set the service tag, what would I set it to?

Set it to the service tag listed on the tag on the back of the machine.
--
Michael