Hwdiscovery; Synopsis; Description; Options - HP BL860c Administrator's Manual

Table 5 hpshowdisk return codes (continued)
Return
Code Name
7 ERROR_NO_SHOWDISK
8 ERROR_INVALID_DISK
9 ERROR_INVOKING_SHOWDISK
10 ERROR_NO_MEMORY

hwdiscovery

Synopsis

hwdiscovery [-v | --version] [-f filename]

Description

The hwdiscovery utility captures the hardware configuration of a target machine and saves it
to an XML file. Captured information includes the following:
System Name
Serial Number
Asset Tag
EFI Firmware version
BMC Firmware version
MP Firmware version
Number of Cells
Total RAM size
Number of Processors
PCI devices present in the system
Depending on the system type (Mid-range and high end, Blade, or Virtual Machine), additional
information is captured. For PCI devices, hwdiscovery captures the following device path and
ID information:
Bus
Device
Function
Device ID
Device Sub ID
NOTE: Segment or domain information is not necessary on Windows. All PCI devices use
Segment=0.
You can use the ifhw and hwquery utilities to perform queries on the hwdiscovery output. This
enables you to create conditional scripts for the Windows installation process.

Options

-f filename
Meaning
The Altiris showdisk utility was not found.
An invalid disk index was specified with the i option.
A problem occurred while invoking the Altiris showdisk utility.
The utility tried to allocate memory and failed. For example, the system
memory is exhausted.
Specifies the output file name. If you do not specify a file name, the default
is hwdisc.dat.
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