Cisco "show inventory" command

[Ed Ravin]

On another mailing list that I (and some of you) subscribe to, someone
mentioned the "show inventory" command.  It seems to be tailor-made
for RANCID.  It's in 12.0(30)S, and apparently in other recent releases.
Sample output below...

	-- Ed

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NAME: "7513 chassis,ID:73002384", DESCR: "7513 chassis"
PID: 2                 , VID: Hardware Version : 1.00, Board Revision : B0, SN: 73002384

NAME: "Line Card 0", DESCR: "Versatile Interface Processor (VIP2)"
PID: VIP2              , VID: Hardware Version : 2.04, Board Revision : D0, SN: 6354210

NAME: "Card Slot 0,Bay 0", DESCR: "FastEthernet Port Adapter "
PID: PA-FE-TX-ISL      , VID: Hardware Version : 1.00, Board Revision : A0, SN: 6714008

NAME: "Card Slot 0,Bay 1", DESCR: "HSSI Port Adapter"
PID: PA-AH1T           , VID: Hardware Version : 1.17, Board Revision : A0, SN: 12382154

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