Contacting The Technical Assistance Center; Locating Serial Numbers - Dell Force10 S50N Series Installing Manual

Contacting the Technical Assistance Center

How to Contact Dell Force10
TAC
Information to Submit When
Opening a Support Case
Managing Your Case
Downloading Software
Updates
Technical Documentation
Contact Information

Locating Serial Numbers

You can use the
unit
switch ( = stack ID). The serial number of the chassis is located on a sticker on the back of the chassis
in the middle. The serial number is below the bar code and has 11integers (numbers).
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Log in to iSupport at http://www.force10networks.com/support/, and select the Service
Request tab.
• Your name, company name, phone number, and E-mail address
• Preferred method of contact
• Model number
• Serial Number (see
• Software version number
• Symptom description
• Screen shots illustrating the symptom, including any error messages. These can include:
• Output from the show tech-support [non-paged] command (This report is very long, so
the storage buffer in your terminal program should be set high.)
• Output from the show logging eventlog [unit] command, where unit is the stack ID of
the member unit that experienced the failure (This report is included as a section in the
output of show tech-support.)
• Console captures showing the error messages
• Console captures showing the troubleshooting steps taken
• Saved messages to a syslog server, if one is used
Log in to iSupport, and select the Service Request tab to view all open cases and RMAs.
Log in to iSupport, and select the Software Center tab.
Log in to iSupport, and select the Documents tab. This page can be accessed without
logging in via the Documentation link on the iSupport page.
E-mail: support@force10networks.com
Web: http://www.force10networks.com/support/
Telephone:
US and Canada: 866.965.5800
International: 408.965.5800
show switch unit
command in the CLI to access the serial number of the designated
Locating Serial Numbers on page 56)