Question about obtaining GBIC serial numbers online

[kgfall2004]

Does anyone know if its possible to obtain the serial numbers of the GBIC's in a 3550 or 2950 switch without actually pulling them out to read the serial numbers off the case ? I know that when you insert a gbic the IOS reads the GBIC's imbedded serial number to be sure that the GBIC is a Cisco part.

[paddyxdoyle]

Hi,

I'm not sure if this is possible

One thing i would truy is record the serial number from an existing GBIC in one of your switch ports

From a SNMP application/server, so an SNMPwalk on the switch and either grep for the serial number sting recorded earlier or save the SNMP info to a text file and then search for your string.

This should tell you whether the switch record these values and which specific OIDs you need to query to get this information.

HTH

Paddy