Practices Guide

Lifecycle Controller Integration―Best Practices Specification

3.14 How to Determine if the System is Blade, Tower, or Rack

Dell has been officially using “M”, “T” and “R” letters in the Model name to distinguish between

“Modular”, “Tower” and “Rack” server respectively for the past couple of generations.

Getting the SystemGeneration attribute can be achieved by viewing the SystemView class. Section

31.4 of this document describes the workflow for enumerating the DCIM_SystemView class.

Examples below:

 11G Blades: M610, M710, M910

 12G Blades: M420, M520, M820

 11G Towers: T310, T410, T610

 12G Towers: T320, T420, T620

 11G Racks: R310, R410, R610

 12G Racks: R320, R520, R820

3.15 Getting the SystemID, Model, and more

Section 31.4 of this document describes the workflow for enumerating the DCIM_SystemView class.

Example data returned is shown below.

DCIM_SystemView

AssetTag = tag

BIOSReleaseDate = 08/20/2012

BIOSVersionString = 1.3.5

BaseBoardChassisSlot = NA

BatteryRollupStatus = 1

BladeGeometry = 4

BoardPartNumber = 0N051FX02

BoardSerialNumber = CN1374092O003M

CMCIP

CPLDVersion = 0.4.7

CPURollupStatus = 1

ChassisName = Main System Chassis

ChassisServiceTag = S78FGH5

ChassisSystemHeight = 1

ExpressServiceCode = 61387326761

FQDD = System.Embedded.1

FanRollupStatus = 3

HostName

InstanceID = System.Embedded.1

LastSystemInventoryTime = 20130206014757.000000+000