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Table 34. JS12 vital product data (continued)
Vital product data field
WorldWide port number
Brand
Perform the following procedure to enter VPD data into the management card.
1. Respond to the Enter the Type Model Number (Must be 8 characters) prompt
2. Respond to the Enter the Serial Number (Must be 7 characters) prompt by
3. Respond to the Enter System Unique ID (Must be 12 characters) prompt by
4. Respond to the Enter WorldWide Port Number (Must be 12 characters)
5. Respond to the Enter Brand (Must be 2 characters) prompt by typing B0,
6. Start the JS12 blade server to continue using the blade server with the new
Obtaining a PowerVM Virtualization Engine system
technologies activation code
After replacing the management card and the vital product data (VPD), you must
reenter the activation code for the PowerVM Editions (formerly known as
Advanced POWER Virtualization) function to enable virtualization.
Before you perform this procedure, install the management card, as described in
"Installing the management card" on page 254.
Vital product data
_________________________________ (12 characters)
B0 (B followed by zero)
by typing 7998-60X. Press Y to confirm the value.
typing the serial number that is displayed in the Advanced Management
Module HW VPD panel. Press Y to confirm the value.
typing the system unique ID (SUID) that is displayed when you use the lsvpd
command at an operating-system prompt. Press Y to confirm the value.
prompt by typing the worldwide port number (WWPN) that is displayed when
you use the lsvpd command at an operating-system prompt. Press Y to confirm
the value.
which is B followed by a zero. Press Y to confirm the value.
After you enter the VPD values, the blade server powers down the first
partition and reboots the service processor.
management card.
Chapter 4. Removing and replacing blade server components
How to find this data
lsvpd | grep WN
command
lsvpd | grep BR
command
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