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:
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System Name
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Serial Number
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Asset Tag
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EFI Firmware version
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BMC Firmware version
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MP Firmware version
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Number of Cells
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Total RAM size
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Number of Processors
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PCI devices present in the system
Table 6-19 hwdisc Options
Command Line Input
-f
hwdisc
-f/mnt/data/hwdisc.xml
hwdisc
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>
Result
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.
This command generates the file hwdisc.xml in the /mnt/data location.
This command generates the file hwdisc.dat in the current directory.
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