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Get server hardware specifications remotely

Hi all,

I took over a physical server from someone else on my project. I want to use this server as a report server - previously the machine just stood on idle the whole day doing nothing.

I want to insert a few more hard drives into this server and also some RAM.

I don't have physical access to the machine to check how many hard drive bays are open, what type of drives I need to get or what RAM to get.

It's OS is Windows Server 2003.

Is there any way Windows will tell me this information or is there a 3rd party utility I can use to get this information?

Thanks

PowerEdgeTech

The manufacturer of your server or board most likely has software that not only can give you all the info on your hardware that you need, but will also allow you to interact with the hardware directly (RAID, BIOS settings, etc.). For example, Dell servers use OpenManage Server Administrator.

PantoffelSlippers

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Thanks PowerEdgeTech - the problem is that I don't know who the manufacturer of the server or board is. It's a server that I have no history with - I took it over from someone else and also it's located physically 200km away from my office - I can only log in via Windows remote desktop to ascertain what upgrade components I need.

Thanks

PantoffelSlippers

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Thanks djsharma - I'll check out the links now...

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