Lenovo System x3250 M4 - Updating the Universal Unique Identifier (UUID)

Step9.ClickImportupdatesandspecifythelocationofthedownloadedfilesthatyoucopiedtothe
managementserver.
Step10.ReturntotheWelcomepageoftheWebinterface,andclickViewupdates.
Step11.Selecttheupdatesthatyouwanttoinstall,andclickInstalltostarttheinstallationwizard.
UpdatingtheUniversalUniqueIdentifier(UUID)
TheUniversalUniqueIdentifier(UUID)mustbeupdatedwhenthesystemboardisreplaced.Usethe
AdvancedSettingsUtilitytoupdatetheUUIDintheUEFI-basedserver.
TheASUisanonlinetoolthatsupportsseveraloperatingsystems.Makesurethatyoudownloadtheversion
foryouroperatingsystem.YoucandownloadtheASUfromtheIBMWebsite.TodownloadtheASUand
updatetheUUID,completethefollowingsteps.
Note:ChangesaremadeperiodicallytotheIBMwebsite.Theactualproceduremightvaryslightlyfrom
whatisdescribedinthisdocument.
Step1.DownloadtheAdvancedSettingsUtility(ASU):
a.GotoGotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support..
b.ClickontheDownloadstabatthetopofthepanel.
c.UnderToolsCenter,selectViewToolsCenterdownloads.
d.SelectAdvancedSettingsUtility(ASU).
e.ScrolldownandclickonthelinkanddownloadtheASUversionforyouroperatingsystem.
Step2.ASUsetstheUUIDintheIntegratedManagementModule(IMM).Selectoneofthefollowing
methodstoaccesstheIntegratedManagementModule(IMM)tosettheUUID:
•Onlinefromthetargetsystem(LANorkeyboardconsolestyle(KCS)access)
•Remoteaccesstothetargetsystem(LANbased)
•BootablemediacontainingASU(LANorKCS,dependinguponthebootablemedia)
Step3.CopyandunpacktheASUpackage,whichalsoincludesotherrequiredfiles,totheserver.Make
surethatyouunpacktheASUandtherequiredfilestothesamedirectory.Inadditiontothe
applicationexecutable(asuorasu64),thefollowingfilesarerequired:
•ForWindowsbasedoperatingsystems:
–ibm_rndis_server_os.inf
–device.cat
•ForLinuxbasedoperatingsystems:
–cdc_interface.sh
Step4.AfteryouinstallASU,usethefollowingcommandsyntaxtosettheUUID:
asusetSYSTEM_PROD_DATA.SysInfoUUID<uuid_value>[access_method]
Where:
<uuid_value>
Upto16-bytehexadecimalvalueassignedbyyou.
[access_method]
Theaccessmethodthatyouselectedtousefromthefollowingmethods:
•OnlineauthenticatedLANaccess,typethecommand:
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