hwdisc

Synopsis

hwdisc -f[path]filename

Description

The hwdisc utility provides an inventory of the server being configured or captured. The hwdisc utility is executed by the server configuration script and captures the following information:

System Name
Serial Number
Asset Tag
EFI Firmware version
BMC Firmware version
MP Firmware version
Number of Cells
Total RAM size
Number of Processors
PCI devices present in the system

Table 6-18 Options

Command Line Input	Result
-f	This argument specifies the location and name of the hwdisc data file. If [`path`] is unspecified, the utility assumes that filename is in the current working directory. If no file is specified, the utility generates a file in the current directory utilizing the default name `hwdisc.dat`.
hwdisc -f/mnt/data/hwdisc.xml	This command generates the file `hwdisc.xml` in the `/mnt/data` location.
hwdisc	This command generates the file `hwdisc.dat` in the current directory.

Example

hwdisc –f/mnt/data/hwdisc.xml

This command generates the file hwdisc.xml in the /mnt/data location.

A typical file generated by the hwdisc command is similar to the following:

<!-- generated by Linux hwdisc for IPF version 2.01 -->
<HWDiscovery Version="1.0">
	<ServerInformation>
		<SystemName>server rx2600</SystemName>
		<SerialNumber>US21729947</SerialNumber>
		<AssetTag> </AssetTag>
		<EFIFw>1.22</EFIFw>
		<BMCFw>1.53</BMCFw>
		<MPFw>E.03.15</MPFw>
		<Cells>0</Cells>
		<RAM>1998</RAM>
		<Processors>2</Processors>
		<PCIDevices>
			<PCIDevice num="0">
				<Bus>0</Bus>
				<Device>1</Device>
				<Function>0</Function>
				<Id>10330035</Id>
				<SubId>10330035</SubId>
			</PCIDevice>
			<PCIDevice num="1">
				<Bus>0</Bus>
				<Device>1</Device>
				<Function>1</Function>
				<Id>10330035</Id>
				<SubId>10330035</SubId>
			</PCIDevice>
			<PCIDevice num="2">
				<Bus>0</Bus>
				<Device>1</Device>
				<Function>2</Function>
				<Id>103300E0</Id>
				<SubId>103300E0</SubId>
			</PCIDevice>
			<PCIDevice num="3">
				<Bus>0</Bus>
				<Device>2</Device>
				<Function>0</Function>
				<Id>10950649</Id>
				<SubId>10950649</SubId>
			</PCIDevice>
			<PCIDevice num="4">
				<Bus>0</Bus>
				<Device>3</Device>
				<Function>0</Function>
				<Id>80861229</Id>
				<SubId>103C1274</SubId>
			</PCIDevice>
			<PCIDevice num="5">
				<Bus>20</Bus>
				<Device>1</Device>
				<Function>0</Function>
				<Id>10000030</Id>
				<SubId>10001000</SubId>
			</PCIDevice>
			<PCIDevice num="6">
				<Bus>20</Bus>
				<Device>1</Device>
				<Function>1</Function>
				<Id>10000030</Id>
				<SubId>10001000</SubId>
				<DeviceName>/dev/sda</DeviceName>
				<Drive0>
					<Size>34732</Size>
				</Drive0>
			</PCIDevice>
			<PCIDevice num="7">
				<Bus>20</Bus>
				<Device>2</Device>
				<Function>0</Function>
				<Id>14E41645</Id>
				<SubId>103C12A4</SubId>
			</PCIDevice>
			<PCIDevice num="8">
				<Bus>E0</Bus>
				<Device>1</Device>
				<Function>0</Function>
				<Id>103C1290</Id>
				<SubId>103C1291</SubId>
			</PCIDevice>
			<PCIDevice num="9">
				<Bus>E0</Bus>
				<Device>1</Device>
				<Function>1</Function>
				<Id>103C1048</Id>
				<SubId>103C1282</SubId>
			</PCIDevice>
			<PCIDevice num="10">
				<Bus>E0</Bus>
				<Device>2</Device>
				<Function>0</Function>
				<Id>10025159</Id>
				<SubId>103C12AB</SubId>
			</PCIDevice>
		</PCIDevices>
	</ServerInformation>
</HWDiscovery>

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