Unique Device Identifier; Table 1-4 Show Inventory Command Display Output - Cisco MGX 8850 (PXM1E/PXM45) Configuration Manual

Chapter 1 Preparing for Configuration
Administrator Data
In most cases, more than one administrator will manage the switch. The MGX switches support multiple
administrators and several different administration levels. As part of the planning process, you might
identify who will manage the switch and at what level. You can learn more about managing
administrators by reading the
Switch Features."

Unique Device Identifier

Cisco products have an electronically retrievable identifier. This identifier is called the Unique Device
Identifier (UDI) and consists of the Product Identifier (PID), the Version Identifier (VID), and the
hardware Serial Number (SN). The UDI is programmed at the factory and is stored in non-volatile
memory.
The UDI is used to identify specific equipment for inventory management, asset management,
entitlement, business operations management, network implementation, and network management.
In network management, the UDI enables network administrators to easily track specific components in
their network.
You can display the UDI by issuing the show inventory command from the command line interface
(CLI). The show inventory command displays the information shown in
Table 1-4
Field
NAME:
DESCR:
PID:
VID:
SN:
The following example shows the show inventory command and its output:
MGX8850.8.PXM.a > show inventory
NAME: "1"
PID: MGX8850
NAME: "1"
PID: AXSM-4-622
MGX8850.8.PXM.a >
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Show Inventory Command Display Output
Description
The name or number of the component set by Cisco.
For example, "1" or "11".
The description of the component as defined by Cisco.
For example, "Cisco MGX8850, 32 Slot chassis".
The product identifier – the model name of the device as defined by Cisco.
For example, "MGX8850" or "AXSM-4-622".
The version identifier – the hardware version number defined by Cisco.
For example, "000".
The hardware serial number inscribed at the factory.
For example, "SN1234567890".
, DESCR: "Cisco MGX8850 Backplane"
, VID: 000, SN: SN1234567890
, DESCR: "Double-height ATM SM, 4 OC-12c/STM-4"
, VID: 000, SN: SN1234567890
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Access" section in Chapter 2, "Configuring General
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