Update the Vital Product Data (VPD)

Use this topic to update the Vital Product Data (VPD).

VPD to be updated after system board replacement:

Recommended tools:

Note

Only when both machine type and serial number are null can they be updated. If they are not null, update cannot be realised.

Steps:

Start the server and press the key specified in the on-screen instructions. The Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager interface is displayed by default.
Choose System Summary. The “System Summary” tab page is displayed.
Click Update VPD, and then follow on-screen instructions to update the VPD.

Updating machine type
onecli config set VPD.SKU <m/t_model> [access_method]
Updating serial number
onecli config set VPD.SerialNumber <s/n> [access_method]
Updating asset tag
onecli config set VPD.AssetTag <asset_tag> [access_method]
Updating UUID
onecli config set VPD.UUID <uuid_value> [access_method]

Variable	Description
`<m/t_model>`	The server machine type and model number. Type xxxxyyy, where xxxx is the machine type and yyy is the server model number.
`<s/n>`	The serial number on the server. Type zzzzzzz, where zzzzzzz is the serial number.
`<asset_tag>`	The server asset tag number. Type aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, where aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa is the asset tag number.
`<uuid_value>`	The Universal Unique Identifier (UUID). Type the generated 16-byte hexadecimal value.
`[access_method]`	The access method that you select to access the target server. Online KCS (unauthenticated and user restricted): You can directly delete `[access_method]` from the command. Online authenticated LAN: In this case, specify below LAN account information at the end of the OneCLI command: `--bmc-username <user_id> --bmc-password <password>` Remote WAN/LAN: In this case, specify below account information and IP address at the end of the OneCLI command: `--bmc <bmc_user_id>:<bmc_password>@<bmc_external_IP>` Note `<bmc_user_id>`The BMC account name (1 of 12 accounts). The default value is USERID. `<bmc_password>`The BMC account password (1 of 12 accounts).

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