[sllug-members]: hardware probing question

[Doran L. Barton]

Spute, Mark K @ CSW-SLC wrote:
> I have a webserver I want to upgrade.  Without downing the server and
> taking it all apart, is there a way to determine:
> 
> what processor and speed I have,
> what kind of memory I have and how much,
> which slots it is in and how many slots I have,
> what video card I have and how much video RAM, etc.?
> 
> I think there are linux shell commands somewhere that will tell me this,
> but I don't know what they are or how to find them. 

 As mentioned already, the /proc/cpuinfo pseudo-file will tell  you about
the CPU(s).

The 'free' command will tell you how much RAM you've got. You may be able to
get some data on the number of RAM DIMMs and their speed if you have
lm_sensors configured and running. In which case, you can issue a 'sensors'
command.

The 'lspci -vv' command will tell you about your video card and will
probably indicate the amount of RAM it has as well.

If it were me, I'd just power off and crack the case open at 2a.m. on a
weekend. :)

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