Inventory Explorer - Description and access

Inventory Explorer gathers all relevant software license and software maintenance for IBM Power and IBM Storage as well as hardware inventory records and hardware services for IBM Power, IBM Storage and IBM Z.

The data includes information for most other Configured Inventory available for purchase directly from IBM or through our Business Partners when using the IBM Configurator for e-business (e-config).

Inventory Explorer is available for all our users - End Customers, Business Partners, Distributors, and IBMers. For End Customers preferring to limit the accessibility to their inventory, a Block Business Partner access is available under the left menu function that is called Manage Customer Numbers.

There are 2 ways to browse inventory information:

• My customer numbers tab - in order to visualize customers' data, you must Register Customer Numbers in your profile by following the guidance in Registering customers in profile or
• Advanced search tab - where you can use a specific search criteria to find a machine and also register the customer number that is associated to it in your profile on demand