I was asked to provide more ram for a server today, specified only by name. I have login details, but it’s in a datacentre in Auckland, and I’m in Hamilton, so I can’t wander over to check details. <\/p>\n
Enter dmidecode:
\n[code]
\n…
\nSystem Information
\n Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
\n Product Name: PowerEdge 860
\n…
\n[\/code]<\/p>\n
That’s basically all I need right there. Having a namebrand machine helps, of course – getting the same sort of information from a generic motherboard isn’t as easy or useful. However, while checking which ram banks are populated I can also (typically) get the type of ram as well:<\/p>\n
[code]
\nHandle 0x1100, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
\nMemory Device
\n Array Handle: 0x1000
\n Error Information Handle: Not Provided
\n Total Width: 72 bits
\n Data Width: 64 bits
\n Size: 1024 MB
\n Form Factor: DIMM
\n Set: 1
\n Locator: DIMM1_A
\n Bank Locator: Not Specified
\n Type: DDR2
\n Type Detail: Synchronous
\n Speed: 533 MHz (1.9 ns)
\n Manufacturer: 7F7F7F0B00000000
\n Serial Number: 7A947291
\n Asset Tag: 0D0718
\n Part Number: NT1GT72U8PB0BY-37B
\n[\/code]<\/p>\n
In this case, the other “Memory Device” entries had “No module installed” in the Size: section, so I know that this machine has one (1) 1GB DDR2-533 DIMM installed. <\/p>\n
Of course, that output doesn’t seem to tell me that the Dell PowerEdge 860 wants ECC ram (although I know that anyway). And the output from dmidecode on a newer machine:<\/p>\n
[code] That’s from a brand new HP DL360 with FB-DIMMs, so I guess my version of dmidecode on this machine isn’t new enough to handle that. <\/p>\n In general though, it’s more than good enough :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was asked to provide more ram for a server today, specified only by name. I have login details, but it’s in a datacentre in Auckland, and I’m in Hamilton, so I can’t wander over to check details. Enter dmidecode: [code] … System Information Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation Product Name: PowerEdge 860 … [\/code] That’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meta.net.nz\/~daniel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meta.net.nz\/~daniel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meta.net.nz\/~daniel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meta.net.nz\/~daniel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meta.net.nz\/~daniel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.meta.net.nz\/~daniel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90,"href":"https:\/\/www.meta.net.nz\/~daniel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87\/revisions\/90"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meta.net.nz\/~daniel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meta.net.nz\/~daniel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meta.net.nz\/~daniel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nHandle 0x1100, DMI type 17, 23 bytes.
\nMemory Device
\n Array Handle: 0x1000
\n Error Information Handle: Not Provided
\n Total Width: 72 bits
\n Data Width: 64 bits
\n Size: 2048 MB
\n Form Factor:
\n Set: 1
\n Locator: DIMM 1A
\n Bank Locator: Not Specified
\n Type: <\/out>
\n Type Detail: Synchronous
\n Speed: 667 MHz (1.5 ns)
\n[\/code]<\/out><\/p>\n