Enhanced getconf Command

ID number for each physical machine. Returned as an opaque string of printable ascii characters not to exceed 64 bytes including the string terminator. This string has the same value for all partitions in a physical machine. For hardware classes first released with HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 (B.11.20) or later this ID number is unique across all hardware classes. For earlier hardware classes the ID number is unique only within the hardware class. A null string is returned if no ID number is available (expected to be the case only for prototype machines or others improperly configured in manufacturing).

ID number for each partition existing on a machine. Returned as an opaque string of printable ascii characters not to exceed 64 bytes including the string terminator. For any machine not supporting partitions this value will be the same as MACHINE_IDENT.

machine serial number as found labeled on the external machine chassis. The value will be a printable ascii string not to exceed 64 bytes including the string terminator. This string is not available on all classes of machines; if unavailable, the string will be empty. This string is not a unique identifier of the machine, since machines of different classes can have the same serial number. If a unique identifier is needed, use MACHINE_IDENT or PARTITION_IDENT.