System and Method for Persistent Hardware System Serial Numbers

A method for computer hardware system serial number management, comprising:

• attaching a first RFID tag to the physical computer system chassis in a first location, wherein the first RFID tag stores indicia of a physical serial number, wherein the physical serial number embodies a chassis serial number;
• retrieving the stored indicia of the physical serial number from the first RFID tag, by a first electronic device coupled to the computer system chassis, the first electronic device comprising a first RFID reader;
• and
• determining the chassis serial number based on the retrieved indicia of the physical serial number.

A computer program product for computer hardware system serial number management, the computer program product having a tangible computer-readable medium with a computer program embodied thereon, the computer program comprising:

• computer code for retrieving stored indicia of a physical serial number from a first RFID tag, wherein the physical serial number embodies a chassis serial number;
• wherein the first RFID tag is attached to a physical computer system chassis in a first location, and the first RFID tag stores the indicia of the physical serial number;
• and
• computer code for determining the chassis serial number based on the retrieved indicia of the physical serial number.