Locating Cisco catalyst switch serial numbers the easy way

The simple steps below will show you the easy way to locate Cisco catalyst switch serial numbers.

Cisco Catalyst 6500/6000 Serial Numbers:

Cisco Catalyst 6500/6000 switches can run CatOS system software on the Supervisor Engine and Cisco IOS Software on the MSFC.

Or, the switches can run Cisco IOS System Software, with a software bundle for both the Supervisor Engine and MSFC.

Cisco CatOS System Software

Use the show version command to determine the serial number of various hardware components, as this example below shows:

Note: If the power supply serial number is not visible in the show version command output, issue the show sprom powersupply {1 | 2} command.

In order to find the serial number of port adapters that plug into the Flex WAN module, issue the show diagbus command from the MSFC command-line interface (CLI).

Cisco Catalyst 5500/5000 Serial Numbers:

Use the show version command to determine the serial number of various hardware components, as this example below shows:

Note: Use the show diag command on the Cisco Route Switch Module RSM with Cisco Versatile Interface Processor VIP WS-X5304= to find the serial number of port adapters.

Catalyst 4500/4000 with Supervisor Engine 2:

On the Catalyst 4500/4000 Supervisor 2, the chassis serial number is available via CLI in versions 5.5(10), 6.3(2), and later versions.

In earlier versions, the show version command shows the Supervisor Engine serial number in the place of the chassis serial number.

In order to obtain the serial number of the chassis in these earlier versions, check the external sticker on the chassis.

In order to locate the physical serial number labels on your device, refer to:

Cisco Product Identification Tool

Hope this has been useful and thank you Reggie Grant for suggesting this topic.

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