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Chapter 6. Working with the HMC 233
6.11 Determining the HMC serial number
For some HMC or Service Processor troubleshooting situations, a Product Engineer PE) will
have to sign on to the HMC. The PE password changes daily and is not available for normal
customer use. If the PE determines that a local service engineer can sign on to the HMC, the
PE may request the HMC serial number.
To find the HMC serial number, open a restricted shell window and run the following
command, lshmc -v. Figure 6-50 is an example of the information displayed.
Figure 6-50 lshmc -v command detail
The *SE field is the HMC serial number.