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February 3rd, 2022 11:00

setting manufacturer for chassis in SMBIOS

Hi. How do I populate the "Manufacturer" field in the chassis section of SMBIOS? It is blank and I need it to say:

Manufacturer: Dell Inc.

 

I need something like this:
> racadm hwinventory

[InstanceID: System.Embedded.1]
Manufacturer = Dell Inc.

 

Here is current dmidecode output:
> dmidecode -t 3

  # dmidecode 3.1
  Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
  SMBIOS 3.3 present.
  # SMBIOS implementations newer than version 3.1.1 are not
  # fully supported by this version of dmidecode.
  Handle 0x0300, DMI type 3, 22 bytes
  Chassis Information
  Manufacturer:
  Type: Rack Mount Chassis

 

 

Thanks.

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February 4th, 2022 08:00

Hello,

this white paper can help you on your request:

https://dell.to/3ooLdB6

thanks

Marco

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February 3rd, 2022 22:00

Hi, I’m not aware what you wanna do with  SMBIOS (System Management BIOS)  but this may help.

Installing the Dell SMBIOS PowerShell Provider in Windows PE

https://dell.to/3LbrzCo

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February 4th, 2022 07:00

Hi Young,

Thanks for responding. Let me try to clarify.

I have a PowerEdge 7515 and we have tools that look for the Manufacturer setting to be "Dell, Inc.", but it is blank. I gave some examples of output. I am wondering if there is a racadm command I can use to populate that field.

For example, a SuperMicro appliance has an app called "sum" that let's me write things like this into the BIOS using Linux command line. I assume racadm has this capability, but I have not been able to find it. If I run "racadm hwinventory" the Manufacturer is blank.

[InstanceID: System.Embedded.1]
Manufacturer =

 

Thanks.

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February 7th, 2022 09:00

Hi Marco,

Thank you.

I believe I need to request the config.txt file from Dell and upload it using iDRAC browser.

 

Thanks

 

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