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List:       aix-l
Subject:    Re: does anyone know how to find the serial number of a Linux box?
From:       Ray Van Dolson <rvandolson () ESRI ! COM>
Date:       2013-03-08 22:31:35
Message-ID: 20130308223134.GA6142 () esri ! com
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On Fri, Mar 08, 2013 at 05:24:40PM -0500, Emily R. Adams wrote:
> "uname - -help" tells me to use uname -m, but all that gives me is the
> processor type.  

Try "dmidecode".  The serial-ish information will typically be towards
the top of your output.  For example:

  Handle 0x0002, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
  System Information
          Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
          Product Name: HP Z400 Workstation
          Version:  
          Serial Number: XXXX1708LB
          UUID: C1F21BA1-70B1-11E0-BBDA-C0BE206F78AC
          Wake-up Type: Power Switch
          SKU Number: VS933AV
          Family: 103C_53335X

Ray
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