It's inventory time for CIS computers and your participation in this endeavor will help tremendously with the warranty and maintenance contracts (the health and well being of your machines depends on this information). Please mail the infor. as soon as you can, no-shows will greatly impede this process. Directions: Please fill in as much information as you can. Vendor_name: This should be the manufacturer, DEC, SUN, HP, Apple etc. Serial_number: This should be the CPU serial number, NOT the mouse, monitor or keyboard. hardware_address: You can get this address on most machines if you telnet to another machine (from the machine you want the address for) and "/etc/arp your_machine" (must be on the same subnet). Model: The manufacturer name, ie VS2000, HP9000/700, DS5000/240, MacIIci generally the name is on the front of the box. Machine_name: The network name. IP_address: "whois -h argus your_machine" will give you the ip address, It's in the form of 36.nn.0.nn Owner: The person who bought the machine (Hennessy, Plummer, etc.) User: The person who calls the machine their own. Location: Building and room number, ie CIS 042, ERL 415, CSL Trailer L. whois_accuracy: Answer yes or no if the whois database is up to date. Use "whois -h argus your_machine" to check the infor. Peripherals: Please list the amount of memory (RAM) and the types of disks with the serial numbers or tape drive. (RZ23=103MB, RZ55=320MB, RZ56=600MB, RZ57=1GB) SU_Prop_Tag_Yellow: The yellow tag that we put on that says "Property Stanford University CIS. SU_Prop_Tag_White: The white tag that we put on that says "Stanford Univ. Property".. bar code type tag. Ater filling out the bottom section, please cut at the appropriate line and mail to inven@mojave with the subject field being the machine name (if your machine doesn't have a name use the model ie MacIIcx). This message can be obtained from mojave.stanford.edu using anonymous ftp (login anonymous, password anything) as inven.template and should be used anytime your machine characteristics change. The subject field for changes should be "update your_machine". -------------------------------------------------- %% Example To: inven@mojave Subject: strider ####### Please leave this line. Vendor_name: DEC Serial_number: AB9060003P hardware_address: 8:0:2b:e:fa:52 Model: DECStation 3100 Machine_name: strider IP_address: 36.22.0.144 Owner: Hennessy User: Orgish Location: CIS Rm. 221 whois_accuracy: yes SU_Prop_Tag_Yellow: S-00263, 1DEZ631-94427 SU_Prop_Tag_White: 0 0000076563 3 Peripherals: 16MB, 2-RZ55's in expansion box S/N AB94104NWM ____________CUT_HERE___MAIL_TO_inven@mojave_______ ####### Please leave this line. Vendor_name: Serial_number: hardware_address: Model: Machine_name: IP_address: Owner: User: Location: whois_accuracy: SU_Prop_Tag_Yellow: SU_Prop_Tag_White: Peripherals: