Obtaining vital product data of a non-active component

摘要

A computer system for obtaining vital product data (VPD) of a non-active component installed in the computer system. The computer system includes an active component, wherein the active component includes an optical sensor, wherein the optical sensor is positioned such that the optical sensor is able to scan an optically machine-readable representation of VPD of a non-active component when the non-active component is installed in the computer system, and wherein the non-active component includes the optically machine-readable representation of the VPD of the non-active component. The computer system is operable to scan the optically machine-readable representation of the VPD of the non-active component, decode the optically machine-readable representation of the VPD to determine the VPD of the non-active component, and store the determined VPD of the non-active component.

主权项

1. A computer system for obtaining vital product data (VPD) of a non-active component installed in the computer system, the computer system comprising:
an active component, wherein the active component includes an optical sensor, wherein the optical sensor is positioned such that the optical sensor is able to scan an optically machine-readable representation of VPD of a non-active component when the non-active component is installed in the computer system, wherein the non-active component includes the optically machine-readable representation of the VPD of the non-active component; one or more computer processors; one or more computer-readable storage media;wherein the computer system is operable to:
scan the optically machine-readable representation of the VPD of the non-active component; decode the optically machine-readable representation of the VPD to determine the VPD of the non-active component; and store the determined VPD of the non-active component.