Connectrix: How to find a DELL EMC Connectrix switch serial number

In a Connectrix Brocade switch, there are four ways to obtain the serial number:     

• Log in to the switch using telnet or Secure Shell (SSH) and issue the FOS command:   

• Log in to Webtools using an Internet browser and enter the switch IP address.

1. After logging into the switch, the main page shows a picture of the switch and below that, an area called Switch Event, Information.
2. Click the tab labeled Switch Information.
3. The Connectrix serial number is listed under the Other tab and labeled as Supplier Serial Number.

• If Connectrix Manager, Connectrix Manager Data Center Edition, or Connectrix Manager Converged Network Edition is used to manage the Connectrix Brocade switch, it is possible to get the serial number from this software.

1. Find the fabric the switch is discovered in using the fabric view.
2. Right-click the switch and choose Properties.
3. The switch serial number is listed in this tab.

• The Connectrix Brocade switch serial number is also physically located on the switch (this information is obtained from the respective switch hardware guide which is found on Dell Support web site.

• AP-7600BOn the bottom of the chassis
• DS-220B Nonport side of the chassis
• DS-4100B, DS-4900B, and MP-7500BOn the switch ID pull-out tab located inside the chassis on the port side on the left
• DS-300B, DS-5000B, DS-5100B, and DS-5300BOn the switch ID pull-out tab located on the bottom of the port side of the switch.
• ED-48000BInside the chassis next to the power supply bays
• ED-DCX-B, ED-DCX-4S-SBOn the bottom right on the port side of the chassis.
• DS-6510B- On the switch ID pull-out tab located inside the chassis on the port side on the left
• ED-DCX-8510-8On the port side of the chassis, on the lower right side and directly above the cable management comb
• ED-DCX-8510-4On non-port side of the chassis, on the left of the chassis just below the left-hand power supply

Connectrix (Cisco) Switches:     

In a Connectrix Cisco switch, there are three ways to obtain the serial number:     

• Log in to the switch using telnet or Secure Shell (SSH) and issue the CLI command:

• If Fabric Manager or Data Center Network Manager are used to manage the Connectrix Cisco switch, it is possible to get the serial number from this software.

1. After opening Fabric Manager of Data Center Network Manager, choose the fabric that the switch serial number we are trying to find, resides in.  
2. Open the fabric from the left hand corner of the display. There is an area labeled Physical Attributes.
3. Under Physical Attributes, there is a folder called switches. In switches, choose Hardware option.
4. Choosing the hardware option opens a display above the fabric map that displays all installed hardware and the serial numbers of the hardware in the specific fabric.
5. Find the respective switch by the switch name and look for the chassis hardware information.
6. The Serial Number listed under the Chassis Hardware description is the serial number of the switch.

• Connectrix Cisco switch serial number is also physically located on the switch (this information is obtained from the respective switch hardware guide which can be found on the Cisco Website).

• MDS-9513 - In the top-middle of the chassis on the port card side of the switch.
• MDS-9509 - Earlier releases of the switch have the serial number located on the bottom right side of the port card side of the switch, while later releases of the switch have the serial number located on the bottom left side of the port card side of the switch.
• MDS-9506 - On the bottom left hand side of the port card facing side of the switch.
• For Departmental class Connectrix Cisco switches, the serial number is found on the product service label on the port side of the switches.