How to find unix machine

Muthu R · 01-05-2011, 03:15 AM

Hi all, I am new to this forum world. Let me shoot my first question.

Is there any UNIX coomand to find the unix machine type (like whether the machine is belongs to Sun ultra 45 type) like that .. please help me

Sayan Acharjee · 01-05-2011, 03:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Muthu R

Hi all, I am new to this forum world. Let me shoot my first question.

Is there any UNIX coomand to find the unix machine type (like whether the machine is belongs to Sun ultra 45 type) like that .. please help me

Try uname -a or arch or cat /proc/cpuinfo

Soadyheid · 01-05-2011, 09:48 AM

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Try uname -a or arch or cat /proc/cpuinfo

Note that these commands will only tell you the type of CPU you're using; i486,i586, i686 means the kernel was compiled for Intel/AMD. Sparc means it's for a Sun box.

Solaris has a command: "banner" which will tell you the CPU type. memory, Mac Address and Sun Architecture; Sun -4u, Sun-4d, etc. It doesn't exist in Linux as far as I know.

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mesiol · 01-05-2011, 10:00 AM

Hi,

Solaris has prtconf command, the first line stes the machine type. Linux has dmi_decode which provides information about the machine, and in case vendor provides it the machine type (eg. DELL 2950 or HP DL380).