"dmidecode" utility also reports information about your system's hardware as described in your system BIOS according to the SMBIOS/DMI standard. This information typically includes system manufacture, model name, seial number, BIOS version, asset tag as well as a log of other details of varying level of interest and reliability depending on the manufacturer.
From command line, simply just rum "dmidecode":
# dmidecode # dmidecode 2.11 SMBIOS 2.4 present. 38 structures occupying 1178 bytes. Table at 0x000F0100. Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes BIOS Information Vendor: Award Software International, Inc. Version: F3 Release Date: 08/20/2010 Address: 0xE0000 Runtime Size: 128 kB ROM Size: 8192 kB Characteristics: ...
You can specify --string or --type to filter the results:
# dmidecode --type dmidecode: option '--type' requires an argument Type number or keyword expected Valid type keywords are: bios system baseboard chassis processor memory cache connector slot # dmidecode --type bios # dmidecode 2.11 SMBIOS 2.4 present. Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes BIOS Information Vendor: Award Software International, Inc. Version: F3 Release Date: 08/20/2010 Address: 0xE0000
You can consult "dmidecode"'s man page for details.
To get system serial number (sometimes it is very important, for example, you need to call support for a particular server that's can't be take down), you can use "dmidecode -s system-serial-number".
# dmidecode -s system-serial-number. Invalid string keyword: system-serial-number. Valid string keywords are: bios-vendor bios-version bios-release-date
A helpful alias:
alias bios='[ -f /usr/sbin/dmidecode ] && sudo -v && echo -n "Motherboard" && sudo /usr/sbin/dmidecode -t 1 | grep "Manufacturer\|Product Name\|Serial Number" | tr -d "\t" | sed "s/Manufacturer//" && echo -ne "\nBIOS" && sudo /usr/sbin/dmidecode -t 0 | grep "Vendor\|Version\|Release" | tr -d "\t" | sed "s/Vendor//"'
This will spit out a nicely formatted summary of the bios and motherboard information, using sudo so it can be run as a normal user. Example output:
# bios Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Product Name: H55M-D2H Serial Number: BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. Version: F3 Release Date: 08/20/2010
If you prefer graphic inteface, you can install "hardinfo",
# yum install hardinfo # hardinfo
1 comment:
Another way to get this info is lshw
http://ezix.org/project/wiki/HardwareLiSter
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