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Chapter 5
Using the BCM50 Hardware Inventory
This chapter describes how to use the BCM50 Hardware Inventory. The Hardware Inventory task
in the Element Manager displays information about the BCM50 system, including:
• connected expansion units
• populated Media Bay Modules (MBMs)
• attached telephone devices
You can view the information in the Hardware Inventory remotely, using Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP) management systems and the Entity Management Information
Base (MIB), RFC2737.
About the BCM50 Hardware Inventory
The BCM50 Hardware Inventory panel provides information about the BCM50 physical system.
There are three tabs on the main Hardware Inventory panel:
Table 2 Hardware Inventory panel
Tab Description
BCM50 System Provides information about the key components of the BCM50.
For more information, see “Viewing and updating information
about the BCM50 system” on page 126.
Devices Provides information about any non-BCM50 components
connected to the system. For more information, see “Viewing
information about devices” on page 129.
Additional information Provides manufacturer details about the BCM50. For more
information, see “Viewing additional information about the
BCM50 hardware inventory” on page 130.
Note: You can also add information about certain devices, such as an asset ID and
location information, to facilitate tracking o f the BCM50 hardware inventory in
asset management systems.
Note: You can save all of the information configured and displayed on the
Hardware Inventory panels as a programming record. See “Saving programming
records” on page 58 for information about how to generate this record.