Lenovo System x3500 M5 Type 5464 - Updating the DMI;SMBIOS Data

YoucanalsobuildabootablemediumusingtheapplicationsavailablethroughtheToolsCenter
Websiteathttps://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/LNVO-CENTER.Fromthe
ToolsCenterpage,scrolldownfortheavailabletools.
Step5.RestarttheIMM.
Step6.Restarttheserver.
UpdatingtheDMI/SMBIOSdata
TheDesktopManagementInterface(DMI)mustbeupdatedwhenthesystemboardisreplaced.Usethe
LenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLItoupdatetheDMIintheUEFI-basedserver.LenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLIis
anonlinetoolthatsupportsseveraloperatingsystems.Makesurethatyoudownloadtheversionforyour
operatingsystem.YoucandownloadLenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLIfromtheLenovoWebsite.Todownload
LenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLIandupdatetheDMI,dothefollowing:
Note:ChangesaremadeperiodicallytotheLenovoWebsite.Theactualproceduremightvaryslightly
fromwhatisdescribedinthisdocument.
Step1.Gotohttps://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/LNVO-TCLI.Then,findanddownloadthe
correctversionforyouroperatingsystem.
Step2.LenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLIsetstheDMIintheIMM2.1.Selectoneofthefollowingmethodsto
accesstheIMM2.1tosettheDMI:
•Onlinefromthetargetsystem,suchasLANorkeyboardconsolestyle(KCS)access
•Remoteaccesstothetargetsystem(LANbased)
•BootablemediumcontainingLenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLI(LANorKCS,dependingupon
thebootablemedia)
Step3.CopyandunpacktheLenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLIpackage,whichalsoincludesotherrequired
files,totheserver.MakesurethatyouunpacktheLenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLIandtherequired
filestothesamedirectory.Inadditiontotheapplicationexecutable(OneCLIorOneCLI64),the
followingfilesarerequired:
•ForWindowsbasedoperatingsystems:
–ibm_rndis_server_os.inf
–device.cat
•ForLinuxbasedoperatingsystems:
–cdc_interface.sh
Step4.AfteryouinstallLenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLI,typethefollowingcommandstosettheDMI:
oneclicongsetSYSTEM_PROD_DATA.SysInfoProdName<m/t_model>[access_method]
oneclicongsetSYSTEM_PROD_DATA.SysInfoSerialNum<s/n>[access_method]
oneclicongsetSYSTEM_PROD_DATA.SysEncloseAssetTag<asset_tag>[access_method]
Where:
<m/t_model>
Theservermachinetypeandmodelnumber.Typemtmxxxxyyy,wherexxxxisthemachine
typeandyyyistheservermodelnumber.
<s/n>
Theserialnumberontheserver.Typesnzzzzzzz,wherezzzzzzzistheserialnumber.
<asset_method>
Theserverassettagnumber.Typeassetaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,where
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaistheassettagnumber.
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