Cisco Systems 12000 series manual Show inventory raw entity, Raw, CF-689

show inventory

show inventory

To display the product inventory listing of all Cisco products installed in the networking device, use the show inventory command in user EXEC or privileged EXEC mode.

show inventory [raw] [entity]

Syntax Description

Command Modes

Command History

raw	(Optional) Retrieves information about all of the Cisco products—referred
	to as entities—installed in the Cisco networking device, even if the entities
	do not have a product ID (PID) value, a unique device identifier (UDI), or
	other physical identification.
entity	(Optional) Name of a Cisco entity (for example, chassis, backplane, module,
	or slot). A quoted string may be used to display very specific UDI
	information; for example “sfslot 1” will display the UDI information for
	slot 1 of an entity named sfslot.
User EXEC
Privileged EXEC
Release	Modification
12.3(4)T	This command was introduced.
12.0(27)S	This command was integrated into Cisco IOS Release 12.0(27)S.
12.2(25)S	This command was integrated into Cisco IOS Release 12.2(25)S.
12.2(27)SBC	This command was integrated into Cisco IOS Release 12.2(27)SBC.
12.2(18)SXE5	This command was integrated into Cisco IOS Release 12.2(18)SXE5.

Usage Guidelines The show inventory command retrieves and displays inventory information about each Cisco product in the form of a UDI. The UDI is a combination of three separate data elements: a product identifier (PID), a version identifier (VID), and the serial number (SN).

The PID is the name by which the product can be ordered; it has been historically called the “Product Name” or “Part Number.” This is the identifier that one would use to order an exact replacement part.

The VID is the version of the product. Whenever a product has been revised, the VID will be incremented. The VID is incremented according to a rigorous process derived from Telcordia GR-209-CORE, an industry guideline that governs product change notices.

The SN is the vendor-unique serialization of the product. Each manufactured product will carry a unique serial number assigned at the factory, which cannot be changed in the field. This is the means by which to identify an individual, specific instance of a product.

The UDI refers to each product as an entity. Some entities, such as a chassis, will have subentities like slots. Each entity will display on a separate line in a logically ordered presentation that is arranged hierarchically by Cisco entities.

Use the show inventory command without options to display a list of Cisco entities installed in the networking device that are assigned a PID.

	Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Command Reference
July 2008		CF-689