Finding The Chassis Serial Number - Cisco MDS 9500 Series Hardware Installation Manual

Appendix E Site Planning and Maintenance Records
Contacting Customer Service
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Finding the Chassis Serial Number

Tip If you have CLI access, enter the show sprom backplane 1 command to display the backplane
contents, including the switch serial number.
Figure E-1 shows the location of the serial number label on the Cisco MDS 9513 Director.
Figure E-1 Serial Number Location on Cisco MDS 9513 Director
Cisco 11 character label
SN: XXXNNNNXXXX
In later releases of the Cisco MDS 9509 Director, the chassis serial number label was moved, as shown
in Figure E-2. Earlier releases may have the serial number label on the right side instead of the left.
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