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Setting the system identifiers

Set the system-unique ID, system serial number, machine type, and machine model.

You can set the system-unique ID, serial number, machine type, and machine model. If you do not know the system-unique ID, contact your next level of support.

To perform this operation, you must be one of the following authority levels:
  • Administrator
  • Authorized service provider
Notes:
  • You cannot boot the system until valid values are entered for all fields.
  • You can change these entries only once.
  • The field is case-sensitive. You must use uppercase letters.

To set the system keywords, do the following steps:

  1. On the Advanced System Management Interface (ASMI) Welcome window, specify your user ID and password, and click Log In.
  2. In the navigation area, expand System Configuration > Program Vital Product Data.
  3. Select System Keywords.
  4. In the right pane, enter the values for the system serial number, machine type, and machine model, and system-unique identifier using the naming convention shown in the ASMI help. Set the Reserved field to blanks unless directed otherwise by service and support.
    Note: Only the machine model and the system-unique identifier can be changed after these values have been set.
  5. If the system brand (RB) keyword is S0, you must set RB keyword0 to define the default logical partition environment. (If the RB keyword is any other value, setting RB keyword0 is optional.) Valid values for RB keyword0 include:
    0 The default value (valid only if the RB keyword is not S0)
  6. If the RB keyword value is being changed because the IBM® i enable or disable value has not been initialized or needs to be changed, enter the new value in RB keyword1. Valid values for RB keyword1 include:
    1 Enables IBM i
    2 Disables IBM i

    If RB keyword0 is 2, indicating that the preferred operating system or default logical partition environment is IBM i, or if the RB keyword is set to I0 (indicating System i®), then the only valid value for RB keyword1 is 1 (enables IBM i).

  7. Click Continue. The data validation window shows the settings you entered.
  8. Click Save settings to update the system keywords and save them to the vital product data (VPD).
Parent topic: Programming vital product data

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Last updated: Mon, April 24, 2017