i series or z series

[dineshb]

Hi,
Can anyone tell me how to find out the series (i series or z series)in redhat enterprise linux
If i give uname -a it gives
Linux hostname 2.6.9-55.ELsmp #1 SMP Fri Apr 20 17:03:35 EDT 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Does this mean that my server is in i series as it says i386..?

[Irithori]

dmidecode

will show you more.

You can also connect to the out-of-band management webinterface, if it set up for that box.

[dineshb]

Hi Irithori,
Is that a command...?
can you tell me the exact path of dmidecode.
In my server it says
$ dmidecode
ksh: dmidecode: not found

Also is there any other way to find out the series
Can we find out from the uname -a output.?

[Irithori]

yes, it´s a command.

The RPM package dmidecode will install it in
/usr/sbin/dmidecode

So, just do
yum install dmidecode
to get and install it.

[dineshb]

Hi Irithori,
Sorry i dont have permission to execute that
/usr/sbin/dmidecode
/dev/mem: Permission denied


Is there any other way to find out the series i or z..?
Cant we get it from /proc/ files or uname command..?

[Irithori]

It may be possible, that this information is hidden somehwere in /proc or /sys.
But sorry, I dont know the exact location, nor did I find it in a quick search.


You could gather some information from
cat /proc/cpuinfo
cat /proc/meminfo
/sbin/lspci -v
and dmesg (if the ringbuffer of dmesg hasnt already overwritten boot time information)

With that hardware info, you should be able to draw some conclusion which series it is.


Or you just ask the admin to get the output of dmidecode?
When asked nicely, admins tend to be nice, too