Web Hosting Talk : Web Hosting Main Forums : Hosting Security and Technology : How to check for hardware details in Linux shell

[Gearbox]

hi guys,i run a dedicated server with theplanet.i have LAMP.what commands can i use in ssh to view the hardware details of my server ? i have centOS 5

thanks

[StevenG]

# lspci

or lspci -v

# man lspci

[Winstyn]

Memory Information

cat /proc/meminfo

CPU Information

cat /proc/cpuinfo

Realtime Memory Information in MB

free -m

List Mounted Disks and Usage

df -h

List Disks and Partitions

fdisk -l

These are all the big ones I use.

[tajidyakub]

To dump BIOS Info

dmidecode

[whrss]

Install 'lshw' (h/w lister tool). and execute it "lshw".

[PCS-Chris]

As someone else said probably the best way to check overall hardware in a system is "dmidecode"

You can also use "cat /proc/scsi/scsi" to check SAS/SATA disks etc.