You can find the Service Tag on the luggage tag at the front of a PowerEdge or VxRail Appliance. If you’re looking for a way to get that Service Tag remotely, check out one of the following methods.
Finding the Service Tag in the vCenter UI
PowerEdge Servers
You’ll find the service Tags for each Power Edge Server by navigating to Hosts & Clusters > Cluster > Configure > Hardware > Processors.
VxRail Appliances
You’ll find the Service Tags for each VxRail Appliance in the VxRail Plugin for vCenter. Navigate to Hosts & Clusters > Cluster > Configure > VxRail > Hosts.
Finding the Service Tag using PowerCLI
Once you’ve connected to your VxRail vCenter, run the following bit of code. Get-Hosts -Server VxRailManager_IP -Username administrator@vsphere.local -Password <Password> |ft sn, hostname
Finding the Service Tag using the ESXi Console
Once you’ve consoled to the PowerEdge Server or VxRail appliance, run the following command. /opt/vxrail/tools/ipmitool fru print 17…
Deploying infrastructure over the years has exposed some pretty useful shortcuts. It’s tedious to program an iDRAC using the front LED. Sometimes, unconfigured network switches hold up the entire configuration process. This method will allow you to hook up a USB console cable and control your iDRAC directly, which can be a life saver and makes configuration and deployment much easier and without the need for a network connection.
Connect your laptop to the USB Management Port on the front of the PowerEdge or VxRail.
Wait for your laptop to install the appropriate drivers.
The USB interface on your laptop will be assigned an IP address of 169.254.0.4.
Open the browser of your choice.
Browse to https://169.254.0.3, which is the IP address assigned to the iDRAC USB interface.
