Lenovo System x3650 M4 HD - 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.YoucandownloadtheASUfromtheLenovowebsite.TodownloadtheASUand
updatetheUUID,completethefollowingsteps.
Note:ChangesaremadeperiodicallytotheLenovowebsite.Theactualproceduremightvaryslightly
fromwhatisdescribedinthisdocument.
Step1.DownloadtheAdvancedSettingsUtility(ASU)athttps://support.lenovo.com/us/en/
documents/LNVO-ASU.
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:
[host<imm_internal_ip>][user<imm_user_id>][password<imm_password>]
Where:
imm_internal_ip
TheIMMinternalLAN/USBIPaddress.Thedefaultvalueis169.254.95.118.
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