N1200 fan power controller web shows wrong machine type VPD - Lenovo NeXtScale n1200 Enclosure

N1200 fan power controller web shows wrong machine type VPD - Lenovo NeXtScale n1200 Enclosure

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N1200 fan power controller web shows wrong machine type VPD - Lenovo NeXtScale n1200 Enclosure

Symtom

For NeXtScale N1200 System Fan with Power Controller (FPC) FRU: 00Y8605 or 00KG699, the web Graphic User Interface (GUI) displays incorrect Machine Type/Model, 545611Z, in Chassis Vital Product Data (VPD).

(where FRU = Field Replaceable Unit)

Affected configurations

The system may be any of the following IBM servers:

  • NeXtScale n1200 Enclosure, Type 5456, any model

This tip is not option specific.

This tip is not software specific.

Solution

Users can replace Lenovo FPC (FRU 00Y8605 / 00KG699) with IBM FPC (FRU 00KA860) to fix this issue.

Workaround

The workaround for this issue is to apply the following IPMI commands:

For M/T 5456FT1 to issue below command:

​ipmitool.exe -H %fpcip% -U USERID -P PASSW0RD -I lanplus raw 0x6 0x52 0x1 0xa2 0x00 0x01 0xFA 0x35 0x34 0x35 0x36 0x46 0x54
ipmitool.exe -H %fpcip% -U USERID -P PASSW0RD -I lanplus raw 0x6 0x52 0x1 0xa2 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x31

For M/T 5456PAF to issue below command:
ipmitool.exe -H %fpcip% -U USERID -P PASSW0RD -I lanplus raw 0x6 0x52 0x1 0xa2 0x00 0x01 0xFA 0x35 0x34 0x35 0x36 0x50 0x41
ipmitool.exe -H %fpcip% -U USERID -P PASSW0RD -I lanplus raw 0x6 0x52 0x1 0xa2 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x46 

(where IPMI= Intelligent Platform Management Interface)

Additional Information

This is a cosmetic issue of NeXtScale n1200 system FPC (FRU 00Y8605 / 00KG699) Web GUI displaying incorrect Machine Type/Model in Chassis VPD. NextScale system n1200 and FPC operate normally and there is no functional impact.

Alias Id:91615
Document ID:HT501884
Original Publish Date:09/01/2016
Last Modified Date:07/04/2019