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How to find Computer Model in Linux

Asked by: sivaramaprasadvemuri

I've a "HP ProLiant DL380 G3" box. I want a Linux command to print this model number.

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Answers

 

by: Heem14Posted on 2009-01-20 at 21:46:18ID: 23427182

echo  "HP ProLiant DL380 G3"

that's about the only way you are going to do it.

Sorry, but that information is just not available to the operating system.

 

by: sivaramaprasadvemuriPosted on 2009-01-20 at 22:51:23ID: 23427407

Hey thanks for that echo command :-)
However, I know I could get this information using the below command:
# /usr/sbin/dmidecode | /bin/grep -i "Product Name"
But unfortunately, it must be run as "root" only. Please tell me if any other way to get it.

 

by: ahoffmannPosted on 2009-01-21 at 00:54:44ID: 23427909

the technical correct answer is that from Heem14
if you want to do it more automated but not that precise, you can use
  cat /proc/cpuinfo
but that won't tell you the vendor of the enclosure

 

by: mwecomputersPosted on 2009-01-21 at 05:25:32ID: 23429288

Dmidecode is about the only way to got the exact data you are looking for, but yes, it does have to run as root or via 'sudo'. Dmidecode runs at the device level, so only root can access these libraries.

 

by: Heem14Posted on 2009-01-21 at 06:17:16ID: 23429721

glad you could take the joke, ha. I do stand corrected though, I had never used dmidecode before, and in some cases it does return that info you are looking for. perhaps a sudo would satisfy your needs?

 

by: dzamfirPosted on 2009-01-23 at 06:59:40ID: 23449455

From the uname is not possible?  See man uname:

     The displayed fields are interpreted as follows:

          HP-UX                    The operating system name (option -s).

          myhost                   The UUCP network system name by which
                                   the system is known (-n).

          A.09.01                  The operating system release identifier
                                   (-r).

          C                        The operating system version identifier
                                   (-v).

          9000/750                 The machine and model numbers (-m).

          2015986034               The machine identification number (-i).

          32-user license          The operating system license level (-l).


 

by: Heem14Posted on 2009-01-23 at 07:14:44ID: 23449604

sivar:

Do you not have any access to the root account on these machines in question?

Not knowing exactly what you are trying to do here - but maybe you could have the root user dump that info into a text file and set permissions on that so your non-root user can read it? than you can grep it to your heart's content.

 

by: ahoffmannPosted on 2009-01-23 at 07:31:37ID: 23449744

hmm, without a proper adjusted camera, I don't know any system which can programatically report the model written on the case, can someone?

 

by: sivaramaprasadvemuriPosted on 2009-01-27 at 22:00:21ID: 23483848

Thanks everyone for your comments.
I don't have root on the Linux box. However, sudo will satisfy our need for time-being. But, that takes something more than today's "sudo -l".

 

by: mwecomputersPosted on 2009-02-03 at 11:08:00ID: 23540805

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by: lasdanPosted on 2009-08-15 at 04:00:15ID: 25104837

It could be the information you need is in the computer's BIOS. On a lot of systems a tool called 'dmidecode' is availible, which can gather that info (and more). A good link of info is here: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/querying-dumping-bios-from-linux-command-prompt.html

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