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How to locate the 7-digit part number on your option

Troubleshooting


Problem

The following contains a brief description on locating seven digit part numbers on accessory products and machine type/model numbers for option products.

Resolving The Problem

The following contains a brief description on locating 7-digit part numbers on accessory products, and machine type/model numbers for Monitors products.

Monitors

Item Location Format
Monitor - Flatpanel lower left hand corner towards the side M/T: xxxxxxx
S/N: xxxxxxx
Monitor - CRT lower left hand corner towards the side or
on the back panel
M/T: xxxxxxx
S/N: xxxxxxx
M/T: xxxxxxx
S/N: xxxxxxx

Options

Item Location Format
CD-ROM and DVD drive sticker on the top side of the drive P/N: xxaxxxx
FRU: xxaxxxx
Ethernet card bar code sticker on the underside FRU: xxaxxxx
Hard disk drive sticker on the top side of the drive P/N: xxaxxxx
FRU: xxaxxxx
Keyboard sticker on the underside FRU: xxaxxxx
P/N: xxaxxxx
Modem sticker on the underside P/N: xxaxxxx
FRU: xxaxxxx
Mouse sticker on the underside P/N: xxaxxxx
FRU: xxaxxxx
Tape drive plain sticker or bar code sticker on the top of the drive P/N: xxaxxxx
FRU: xxaxxxx
Video card sticker on the underside FRU: xxaxxxx

Document Location

Worldwide

Operating System

System x Hardware Options:Operating system independent / None

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Document Information

Modified date:
20 July 2021

UID

ibm1MIGR-63298