how to perform a hardware inventory
 

is there an easy way for me to get the hardware specs of a linux machine, such as number and type of processors, RAM, BIOS version, # of power supplies, etc from a command line?

I'm dealing with Dell servers, but even if i can just get number and type of processors and RAM config, that'd be great. I know how to easily do it in Windows, no clue on Linux.

...lshw... (you may need to install this first)

See http://embraceubuntu.com/2007/02/18/...your-computer/

will provide the CPU and RAM info on RHEL machiches.

I would use Dell Open Manage Server Administrator to pull all the hardware info that you listed.

hardware inventory
 

Or from remote using SNMP. There are some excellent OSS tools for provisioning and polling using this protocol.

I was about to suggest the usual...

...etc. --- until I saw arochester's post. I'd not come across lshw before, so I wandered over to Slackbuilds and there it was.

It's pretty nifty, too: thanks for the tip! :)

Thanks. I was hoping to accomplish this without having to install anything, other than possibly dell openmanage. Thanks for all your replies.

I recommend installing hardinfo, if it's not already there.

It takes up very little room and returns lots of information.