Serial Number Lookup

Isn't this dependent on whether serials can be read with snmp.  I know even with Cisco devices this isn't 100% consistent... I suppose that's no reason not to try.  I have reports that list them for Dell Servers and Cisco devices but I don't get them for all.  Also some of my Cisco devices have 40 serial numbers if you consider all the modules.  I assume you guys are saying the chassis serial number... which for some Cisco devices is almost debatable.

Isn't this dependent on whether serials can be read with snmp.  I know even with Cisco devices this isn't 100% consistent... I suppose that's no reason not to try.  I have reports that list them for Dell Servers and Cisco devices but I don't get them for all.  Also some of my Cisco devices have 40 serial numbers if you consider all the modules.  I assume you guys are saying the chassis serial number... which for some Cisco devices is almost debatable.

My thought was the chassis serial number.  My management has a nightmare of a time every year when maintenance contracts come due.  Finding what was replaced and what changed is hard but if he can lookup a sn# and know its online, that would help tremendously.

And thats just the main reason... 

This is based on the Hardware Health being polled - I have some Cisco 4948's which don't report due to an IOS error - in that case add a node custom property for serial number and add that to the above script (like my assettag) then you can manually enter them all for tracking...

Exactly some just don't give up their real serial that on the actual device and do give something else even.

Check that the SysObjectID listed is correct for that node and then report to SW as a possible bug or request.

I had a custom property in NCM with all of the Cisco switch serial numbers entered, including the switches that were not online (shelfware), but one of the product upgrades wiped all of them out.  I would be careful with that.  I also rely heavily on our inventory management in our SharePoint as a result.  That can have all the attachments like the original PO and such as well.  But it does require more manual work than a SolarWinds solution would.