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(New page: Category:Engineering You can get the '''Dell Service Tag''' from a machine remotely. You don't have to look up Service Tag from an inventory list and you don't have to go try to read ...)
 
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If WScript.Arguments.Count = 0 Then
 
If WScript.Arguments.Count = 0 Then
 
 
     Wscript.Echo "Usage: GetDesllSvcTag.vbs computer1 [computer2] [computer3] ......"
 
     Wscript.Echo "Usage: GetDesllSvcTag.vbs computer1 [computer2] [computer3] ......"
 
 
     WScript.Quit
 
     WScript.Quit
 
 
End If
 
End If
 
 
 
 
For Each strComputer In wscript.Arguments
 
For Each strComputer In wscript.Arguments
 
 
     Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
 
     Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
 
 
     Set colSMBIOS = objWMIService.ExecQuery ("Select * from Win32_SystemEnclosure")
 
     Set colSMBIOS = objWMIService.ExecQuery ("Select * from Win32_SystemEnclosure")
 
 
     For Each objSMBIOS in colSMBIOS
 
     For Each objSMBIOS in colSMBIOS
 
 
         Wscript.Echo strComputer & ": " & objSMBIOS.SerialNumber
 
         Wscript.Echo strComputer & ": " & objSMBIOS.SerialNumber
 
 
     Next
 
     Next
 
 
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Revision as of 17:10, 22 August 2008


You can get the Dell Service Tag from a machine remotely. You don't have to look up Service Tag from an inventory list and you don't have to go try to read the number off the tiny sticker. It turns out that Dell puts the Service Code into BIOS. You can query the BIOS for the Service Tag.

Linux

dmidecode -s system-serial-number
2M1XDB1

Some systems such as Red Hat and CentOS don't support the '-s' option so these system may need to do something a little tricky (it will probably print twice):

dmidecode | grep --extended-regexp Serial[[:space:]]Number:[[:space:]]*[A-Z0-9]{7}$
                Serial Number: 2M1XDB1
                Serial Number: 2M1XDB1

Windows

In Windows you can use a tiny VBScript to query the WMI for the Service Tag.

Save this script as `service_tag.vbs`:

If WScript.Arguments.Count = 0 Then
    Wscript.Echo "Usage: GetDesllSvcTag.vbs computer1 [computer2] [computer3] ......"
    WScript.Quit
End If
For Each strComputer In wscript.Arguments
    Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
    Set colSMBIOS = objWMIService.ExecQuery ("Select * from Win32_SystemEnclosure")
    For Each objSMBIOS in colSMBIOS
        Wscript.Echo strComputer & ": " & objSMBIOS.SerialNumber
    Next
Next 

Start up a Command Prompt (cmd.exe) and run the `service_tag.vbs` script to get something like this:

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop>service_tag.vbs 127.0.0.1
127.0.0.1: 2M1XDB1