diff --git a/audit/internal/app/app.go b/audit/internal/app/app.go
index 4013f7f..2d4d7ab 100644
--- a/audit/internal/app/app.go
+++ b/audit/internal/app/app.go
@@ -237,10 +237,12 @@ func readAuditSnapshot(auditJSON []byte) (schema.HardwareIngestRequest, error) {
 }
 
 func (a *App) RunAudit(runtimeMode runtimeenv.Mode, output string) (string, error) {
-	if runtimeMode == runtimeenv.ModeLiveCD {
-		if err := a.runtime.CaptureTechnicalDump(DefaultTechDumpDir); err != nil {
-			slog.Warn("capture technical dump", "err", err)
-		}
+	// Capture the raw techdump on every audit, not just LiveCD: it's the only
+	// place IPMI FRU / Elabel (server model), mc info and LAN config land, and
+	// downstream views (webui /topo, support bundle) expect it fresh per audit
+	// cycle. Best-effort — a missing tool or read-only path only warns.
+	if err := a.runtime.CaptureTechnicalDump(DefaultTechDumpDir); err != nil {
+		slog.Warn("capture technical dump", "err", err)
 	}
 	result := collector.Run(runtimeMode)
 	applyLatestSATStatuses(&result.Hardware, DefaultSATBaseDir, a.StatusDB)
diff --git a/audit/internal/app/app_test.go b/audit/internal/app/app_test.go
index 1f10789..a1df766 100644
--- a/audit/internal/app/app_test.go
+++ b/audit/internal/app/app_test.go
@@ -13,9 +13,35 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"bee/audit/internal/platform"
+	"bee/audit/internal/runtimeenv"
 	"bee/audit/internal/schema"
 )
 
+// TestRunAuditAlwaysCapturesTechnicalDump locks in that the raw techdump —
+// the only place IPMI FRU / Elabel, mc info and LAN config are captured — is
+// taken on every audit, not just under LiveCD as it used to be.
+func TestRunAuditAlwaysCapturesTechnicalDump(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, mode := range []runtimeenv.Mode{runtimeenv.ModeLocal, runtimeenv.ModeLiveCD, runtimeenv.ModeAuto} {
+		mode := mode
+		t.Run(string(mode), func(t *testing.T) {
+			var dumped string
+			a := &App{
+				runtime: fakeRuntime{
+					collectFn: func(string) (schema.RuntimeHealth, error) { return schema.RuntimeHealth{}, nil },
+					dumpFn:    func(dir string) error { dumped = dir; return nil },
+				},
+			}
+			out := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "audit.json")
+			if _, err := a.RunAudit(mode, "file:"+out); err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("RunAudit(%s): %v", mode, err)
+			}
+			if dumped == "" {
+				t.Fatalf("RunAudit(%s) skipped the technical dump", mode)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 type fakeNetwork struct {
 	listInterfacesFn func() ([]platform.InterfaceInfo, error)
 	defaultRouteFn   func() string
diff --git a/audit/internal/platform/techdump.go b/audit/internal/platform/techdump.go
index eed3d3e..2acc593 100644
--- a/audit/internal/platform/techdump.go
+++ b/audit/internal/platform/techdump.go
@@ -25,7 +25,14 @@ var techDumpFixedCommands = []struct {
 	{Name: "lsblk", Args: []string{"-J", "-d", "-o", "NAME,TYPE,SIZE,SERIAL,MODEL,TRAN,HCTL"}, File: "lsblk.json"},
 	{Name: "sh", Args: []string{"-c", StorageControllerMapScript}, File: "storage-controllers.txt"},
 	{Name: "sensors", Args: []string{"-j"}, File: "sensors.json"},
-	{Name: "ipmitool", Args: []string{"fru", "print"}, File: "ipmitool-fru.txt"},
+	// FRU / Elabel: the identity fields the Export Tools "FRU / Elabel" editor
+	// reads and rewrites (Product Name / server model, serial, part numbers).
+	// "fru print 0" pins FRU device 0 to match that editor exactly.
+	{Name: "ipmitool", Args: []string{"fru", "print", "0"}, File: "ipmitool-fru.txt"},
+	// BMC identity + LAN config, so a support bundle carries the same context
+	// the FRU editor shows alongside the elabel.
+	{Name: "ipmitool", Args: []string{"mc", "info"}, File: "ipmitool-mc-info.txt"},
+	{Name: "ipmitool", Args: []string{"lan", "print"}, File: "ipmitool-lan-print.txt"},
 	{Name: "ipmitool", Args: []string{"sdr"}, File: "ipmitool-sdr.txt"},
 	{Name: "ipmitool", Args: []string{"sensor"}, File: "ipmitool-sensor.txt"},
 	{Name: "ipmitool", Args: []string{"sel", "list"}, File: "ipmitool-sel.txt"},
diff --git a/audit/internal/platform/techdump_test.go b/audit/internal/platform/techdump_test.go
index d8bb4a4..e618c18 100644
--- a/audit/internal/platform/techdump_test.go
+++ b/audit/internal/platform/techdump_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,27 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
+func TestTechDumpCapturesIPMIIdentity(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	want := map[string][]string{
+		"ipmitool-fru.txt":       {"fru", "print", "0"},
+		"ipmitool-mc-info.txt":   {"mc", "info"},
+		"ipmitool-lan-print.txt": {"lan", "print"},
+	}
+	for _, cmd := range techDumpFixedCommands {
+		if args, ok := want[cmd.File]; ok {
+			if cmd.Name != "ipmitool" || !reflect.DeepEqual(cmd.Args, args) {
+				t.Fatalf("%s: got %s %v, want ipmitool %v", cmd.File, cmd.Name, cmd.Args, args)
+			}
+			delete(want, cmd.File)
+		}
+	}
+	if len(want) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("techdump missing IPMI identity captures: %v", want)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestLSBLKDumpDevices(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()