The first thing they ask for, when you call the vendor, is for an asset tag or serial number. We keep it in the DB so I can always verify it. It is even better when the vendor makes is easier to get it through dmidecode.
--- On Fri, 10/9/09, Rahul Nabar <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Rahul Nabar <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Beowulf] Re: recommendation on crash cart for a cluster > room:fullcluster KVM is not an option I suppose? > To: "Buccaneer for Hire." <[email protected]> > Cc: "Beowulf Mailing List" <[email protected]>, "Mark Hahn" > <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, October 9, 2009, 9:47 AM > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 7:07 AM, > Buccaneer for Hire. > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > We have also never had an issue with a vendor getting > this information to us. They have to capture it anyway. In > fact, we send then a spreadsheet with hostname and they fill > in the rest of the information. We get the spreadsheet, I > run a script for the that vendor and the DB is populated-a > second. After that, as the nodes are placed in the rack > and connected, when power is applied it starts to install!!! > On paper. :) > > > > That's a simple but efficient idea! Why did I not think of > sending my > vendor a spreadsheet before! :) > > Maybe I ought to automate service-tag collection as well! > > -- > Rahul > _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
