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This article will explain in detail how to check the system hardware manufacturer, model and serial number in Linux. The editor thinks it is very practical, so I share it with you as a reference. I hope you can get something after reading this article.

Method 1: use the dmidecode command

Dmidecode is a tool that reads the contents of a computer DMI (Desktop Management Interface Desktop Management Interface) table and displays system hardware information in a human-readable format. (others say it is to read SMBIOS-system management BIOSSystem Management BIOS)

This table contains descriptions of the hardware components of the system, as well as other useful information such as serial numbers, manufacturers, release dates, and BIOS revision numbers.

The DMI table not only describes the current system composition, but also reports possible upgrade information (such as the fastest CPU or memory capacity that can be supported).

This will help to analyze your hardware compatibility, such as whether the * * version of the program is supported.

# dmidecode-t system # dmidecode 2.1 SMBIOS entry point at 0x7e7bf000SMBIOS 2.7 present. Handle 0x0024, DMI type 1,27 bytesSystem Information Manufacturer: IBM Product Name: System x2530 M4:-[1214AC1]-Version: 0B Serial Number: MK2RL11 UUID: 762A99BF-6916-450F-80A6-B2E9E78FC9A1 Wake-up Type: Power Switch SKU Number: Not Specified Family: System X Handle 0x004B, DMI type 12,5 bytesSystem Configuration Options Option 1: JP20 pin1-2: TPM PP Disable, pin2-3: TPM PP Enable Handle 0x004D, DMI type 32, 20 bytesSystem Boot Information Status: No errors detected

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Method 2: use the inxi command

Inxi is a clever gadget for viewing hardware information on Linux. It provides a large number of options to get all the hardware information, which I have never seen in other existing Linux toolsets. It comes from the ancient but hitherto flexible infobash fork written by locsmif.

Inxi is a script that can quickly display system hardware, CPU, driver, Xorg, desktop, kernel, GCC version, process, memory usage and a large number of other useful information. It can also be used as a technical support and debugging tool.

# inxi-MMachine: Device: server System: IBM product: n inxi A v: 0B serial: MK2RL11 Mobo: IBM model: 00Y8494 serial: 37M17D UEFI: IBM v:-[VVE134MUS-1.50]-date: 08 Greg 30max 2013

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Method 3: use the lshw command

Lshw (hardware listener Hardware Lister) is a small and flexible tool that can generate detailed reports of various hardware components in machines such as memory configuration, firmware version, motherboard configuration, CPU version and speed, cache configuration, USB, network card, graphics card, multimedia, printer and bus speed.

It generates hardware information by reading the contents of various files and DMI tables in the / proc directory.

Lshw must be run with superuser privileges to detect complete hardware information, otherwise it reports only part of the information. There is a special option called class in lshw that displays specific hardware information in detailed mode.

# lshw-C systemenal-dbo01t description: Blade product: System x2530 M4:-[1214AC1]-vendor: IBM version: 0B serial: MK2RL11 width: 64 bits capabilities: smbios-2.7 dmi-2.7 vsyscall32 configuration: boot=normal chassis=enclosure family=System X uuid=762A99BF-6916-450F-80A6-B2E9E78FC9A1

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Method 4: use the / sys file system

The kernel exposes some DMI information in files in the / sys directory. Therefore, we can easily get the machine type by running the grep command as follows.

# grep "" / sys/class/dmi/id/ [pbs] *

Alternatively, you can use the cat command to print out only specific details.

# cat / sys/class/dmi/id/board_vendorIBM # cat / sys/class/dmi/id/product_nameSystem x2530 M4:-[1214AC1]-# cat / sys/class/dmi/id/product_serialMK2RL11 # cat / sys/class/dmi/id/bios_version- [VVE134MUS-1.50]-method 5: use the dmesg command

The dmesg command is used to log kernel messages (startup messages) on Linux before syslogd or klogd starts. It gets the data by reading the kernel's ring buffer. Dmesg is useful when troubleshooting problems or just trying to get system hardware information.

# dmesg | grep-I DMIDMI: System x2530 M4:-[1214AC1]-/ 00Y8494, BIOS-[VVE134MUS-1.50]-08 VVE134MUS-1.50 30Universe 2013 method 6: use the hwinfo command

Hwinfo (hardware Information hardware information) is another great tool for detecting the hardware stored in the current system and displaying the details of various hardware modules in a human-readable manner.

It reports information about CPU, memory, keyboard, mouse, video card, sound card, storage, network interface, disk, partition, BIOS, and bridge. It can display more detailed information than other tools such as lshw, dmidecode, or inxi.

Hwinfo uses the libhd library libhd.so to collect hardware information on the system. The tool was specially designed for openSuse and was later included in its official repository by other distributions.

# hwinfo | egrep "system.hardware.vendor | system.hardware.product" system.hardware.vendor = 'IBM' system.hardware.product =' System x2530 M4:-[1214AC1] -'on how to check the system hardware manufacturer, model and serial number in Linux "is here. I hope the above content can be of some help to you, so that you can learn more knowledge, if you think the article is good Please share it for more people to see.

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