Showing posts with label host info. Show all posts
Showing posts with label host info. Show all posts

12 December 2010

BIOS Boot Device - Solaris

In 'Host Info - Boot Parameters', we saw how the boot device on Solaris
could be identified using 'prtconf'.  The output was similar to:
        boot-device:    '/pci@1e,600000/ide@d/disk@0,0:a

02 December 2010

Host Info - Windows Server pt. 1

What's this, a Windows Server post?  He's lost his mind, right?!
This post can be chalked up to "what if X", as in, what if I want to
get host information on a Windows server from the command line.  So,
adding to the host info series, here's how to get memory, cpu, and boot

29 November 2010

Host Info - Boot Parameters

Now entering the batter's box of the 'host info' series, boot parameters
of a running host.  Our lineup of hosts and "stats" are:
        HOSTS:          snorkle (sunhost), tux (linhost), beastie (bsdhost)
 

24 November 2010

Host Info - Network Interfaces

As part of the 'host info' series, we're on to network interfaces.
I know, can't be too hard, run 'ifconfig'.  That's fine if you want IP
(layer 3) related information, but what about layer 2 details?  To get
link status, associated interface speed, duplex, and VLAN tagging

17 November 2010

Host Info - Disks

Continuing the 'host info' series, we check out what disks are presented
to the system.  As usual, the details of our hosts are:
        HOSTS:          snorkle (sunhost), tux (linhost), beastie (bsdhost)

15 November 2010

Host Info - CPUs

Following up on memory in the 'host info' series is CPUs.  As with memory,
the details of our hosts are:
        HOSTS:          snorkle (sunhost), tux (linhost), beastie (bsdhost)

12 November 2010

Host Info - Memory

This post on memory is the first in a series on how to retrieve various
bits of host information from Solaris, Linux, and FreeBSD.  The OS
details are: