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Server Release Info: 1) - Sysinfo

This document provides commands to gather system information on a Linux server, including the operating system release, hardware details, memory and swap configuration, and kernel details. To get operating system release information, it recommends commands like cat /etc/enterprise-release, cat /etc/redhat-release, and lsb_release -a. For hardware details, it lists commands like lspci, lsusb, lshal, dmidecode, and querying /proc files. It also provides commands to view memory and swap configuration, add new swap partitions or files, and remove swap devices.

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Server Release Info: 1) - Sysinfo

This document provides commands to gather system information on a Linux server, including the operating system release, hardware details, memory and swap configuration, and kernel details. To get operating system release information, it recommends commands like cat /etc/enterprise-release, cat /etc/redhat-release, and lsb_release -a. For hardware details, it lists commands like lspci, lsusb, lshal, dmidecode, and querying /proc files. It also provides commands to view memory and swap configuration, add new swap partitions or files, and remove swap devices.

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1)-Sysinfo-:

Server Release info

cat /etc/enterprise-release

cat /etc/redhat-release

lsb_release -a

cat /proc/version

Server type

Dmidecode

Hardware Info

lspci

lsusb

lshal

Note: hal = hardware abstraction layer

Operating System

uname –a

Memory

cat /proc/meminfo (detailed)

free -om

cat /proc/slabinfo

CPU (type, number, etc)

cat /proc/cpuinfo (detailed)

Disk Drives

fdisk -l

sfdisk -l (advanced server)

parted <device> print

partprobe -s <device>

smartctl -a <device>

Kernel File and associated directories

/boot/initrd.?????.img

/boot/vmlinuz

Kernel 32 or 64

uname -a

uname -m

getconf -a |grep -i 'long_bit'

cat /proc/version

Display Firmware
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boot into the BIOS (normally F2 or F12)

Display IRQ, IO ports and DMA

/proc/interrupts

/proc/ioports

/proc/dma

GUI admin tool

linuxconf

2)-Memory and Swap-:

Memory

cat /proc/meminfo (detailed)

free –om

page size (memory)

/usr/bin/getconf -a| egrep -i 'pagesize|page_size'

display swap

cat /proc/swaps (detailed)

swapon –s

adding swap

device:

create partition with fdisk (type 82)

file(create 50MB swap file):

dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/swapfile bs=1024 count=50000

mkswap <device>|<file>

swapon <device>|<file>

update /etc/fstab

removing swap

swapoff <device>|<file>

Remove device or file as normal

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