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CF-689
Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Command Reference
July 2008
show inventory
To display the product inventory listing of all Cisco products installed in the networking device, use the
show inventory command in user EXEC or privileged EXEC mode.
show inventory [raw] [entity]
Syntax Description
Command Modes User EXEC
Privileged EXEC
Command History
Usage Guidelines The show inventory command retrieves and displays inventory information about each Cisco product in
the form of a UDI. The UDI is a combination of three separate data elements: a product identifier (PID),
a version identifier (VID), and the serial number (SN).
The PID is the name by which the product can be ordered; it has been historically called the “Product
Name” or “Part Number.” This is the identifier that one would use to order an exact replacement part.
The VID is the version of the product. Whenever a product has been revised, the VID will be
incremented. The VID is incremented according to a rigorous process derived from Telcordia
GR-209-CORE, an industry guideline that governs product change notices.
The SN is the vendor-unique serialization of the product. Each manufactured product will carry a unique
serial number assigned at the factory, which cannot be changed in the field. This is the means by which
to identify an individual, specific instance of a product.
The UDI refers to each product as an entity. Some entities, such as a chassis, will have subentities like
slots. Each entity will display on a separate line in a logically ordered presentation that is arranged
hierarchically by Cisco entities.
Use the show inventory command without options to display a list of Cisco entities installed in the
networking device that are assigned a PID.
raw (Optional) Retrieves information about all of the Cisco products—referred
to as entities—installed in the Cisco networking device, even if the entities
do not have a product ID (PID) value, a unique device identifier (UDI), or
other physical identification.
entity (Optional) Name of a Cisco entity (for example, chassis, backplane, module,
or slot). A quoted string may be used to display very specific UDI
information; for example “sfslot 1” will display the UDI information for
slot 1 of an entity named sfslot.
Release Modification
12.3(4)T This command was introduced.
12.0(27)S This command was integrated into Cisco IOS Release 12.0(27)S.
12.2(25)S This command was integrated into Cisco IOS Release 12.2(25)S.
12.2(27)SBC This command was integrated into Cisco IOS Release 12.2(27)SBC.
12.2(18)SXE5 This command was integrated into Cisco IOS Release 12.2(18)SXE5.