Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Get Hardware Information On Linux Using 'dmidecode' Command


"dmidecode" command reads the system DMI table to display hardware and BIOS information of the server. Apart from getting current configuration of the system, you can also get information about maximum supported configuration of the system using "dmidecode". For example, "dmidecode" gives both the current RAM on the system and the maximum RAM supported by the system.

DMI Type id will give information about a particular hardware component of your system. Following command with type id 4 will get the information about CPU of the system.

Type   Information
----------------------------------------
0   BIOS
1   System
2   Base Board
3   Chassis
4   Processor
5   Memory Controller
6   Memory Module
7   Cache
8   Port Connector
9   System Slots
10   On Board Devices
11   OEM Strings
12   System Configuration Options
13   BIOS Language
14   Group Associations
15   System Event Log
16   Physical Memory Array
17   Memory Device
18   32-bit Memory Error
19   Memory Array Mapped Address
20   Memory Device Mapped Address
21   Built-in Pointing Device
22   Portable Battery
23   System Reset
24   Hardware Security
25   System Power Controls
26   Voltage Probe
27   Cooling Device
28   Temperature Probe
29   Electrical Current Probe
30   Out-of-band Remote Access
31   Boot Integrity Services
32   System Boot
33   64-bit Memory Error
34   Management Device
35   Management Device Component
36   Management Device Threshold Data
37   Memory Channel
38   IPMI Device
39   Power Supply


Example:

To get processor info: # dmidecode -t 4

To get memory info   : # dmidecode -t 17




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