Specifications

Updating and Customizing FRU Data

3. Respondtothepromptsbyenteringcustomdataorleavingfieldsblanktokeepthe

existingvalue.

Pressing

enterwithoutenteringanythingusesthedataalreadyinthe.sffile,whichare

typicallyblankspaces,orthedataontheFRUdevice(dependingonthechoicesmadein

Step 5).

Thedataenter edmustmatchthedefaultlengthofthefield(usually20characters).

Otherwisefrugen.plwillpromptagainforthesamefield.Usespaces orothercharact ers

tomaketheinputvaluematchthelengthrequired.

Thedatacanalternatively bespecifiedonthecommandlineforscriptingpurposes.For

example:

frugen.pl‐f<filename>.sf‐o<filename>.bin‐noi

‐d"BoardProductName"="CustomBrdProdName"

‐d"BoardPartNumber"="CustomBrdPartNum"...etc.

frugen.plprintsanerrorifthe‐doptionismissingforanycustomizedfield.

4. Openthecustomdata.cfgfileinatexteditor.

5. Removethecommentcharacter(#)fromthefrontofthelinesinthefilethatrepresent

thefieldstobeoverwrittenintheFRUdevice.Donotleaveanywhitespaceatthe

beginningoftheline.

TokeeptheexistingdatathatisintheFRUdeviceforafield,keepthe#characterinfront

ofthefield.

Thesefieldscanbehavethecommentcharacterremoved:

ChassisInfoArea(forshelfFRUdataonly):

#CHASSISREPLACECUSTOM2

#CHASSISREPLACECUSTOM3

#CHASSISREPLACECUSTOM4

BoardInfoArea:

#BOARDREPLACEPRODNAME

#BOARDREPLACEPARTNUM

#BOARDREPLACECUSTOM1

#BOARDREPLACECUSTOM2

#BOARDREPLACECUSTOM3

ProductInfoArea:

#PRODUCTREPLACEASSETAG

#PRODUCTREPLACECUSTOM1

#PRODUCTREPLACECUSTOM2

#PRODUCTREPLACECUSTOM3

6. WritethecustomizedfieldstotheFRUdevice,asdescribedinUpdating FRUdataon

page 49.Specifythecustomfields.cfgand.binfilesinthefru_updatecommand.