Serial number of machine

curious+cat · 12-05-2005, 10:37 AM

Hi all,
Just wondering, is the number displayed when you do a 'uname -m' is really the serial number of the machine?

root@machine $ uname -a
AIX 2 5 000D205F4C00

-m Displays the machine ID number of the hardware running the system. Note: The
-m flag cannot be used to generate a unique machine identifier for partitions in
an LPAR environment.

Does machine ID here means serial number? Thanks in advance

mebrelith · 12-05-2005, 10:59 AM

Doing uname -m gives you the arch of your box. Like if it is a x86 (in my case a 686). uname -a should give you complete info on kernel and stuff important from time to time. This machine ID (-m) is NOT a serial number, but a hardware id.

curious+cat · 12-05-2005, 11:01 AM

Thanks for the clarification!

Do you have any idea how I can find the serial number using a particular command on AIX then?

Thanks in advance.

crabboy · 12-05-2005, 12:28 PM

Code:

lsattr -El sys0

Look for the 'systemid' toward the bottom.

Mark Taylor · 12-08-2005, 09:39 AM

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerwork...-systemid.html

HTH
Mark Taylor