topic Re: Determining RAM Info in Operating System - Tru64 Unix

Determining RAM Info

Russ Park — Thu, 18 Sep 2003 22:54:57 GMT

Is there a way to get specific information on the Physical Ram configuration, primarily, am I one 4GB card, or four 1GB cards?

Thanks,
Russ

Re: Determining RAM Info

Hein van den Heuvel — Thu, 18 Sep 2003 23:47:11 GMT

Can you take down the box? Do you have access to the console? I like to use the SRM level to look at memory:

P00>>> show memory

and/or

P00>>> show config

To get to the P00>>> prompt, shutdown -h
or enter the 'escape sequence' for
example RMC or ^]^]SMC or...
depending on the platform you have.
With a bit of luck you can quit/continue
back into the running OS.

Not having used/looked for a tru64 function
myself I'd check out SYSCHECK or CRASH or kdbx

Hein.

Re: Determining RAM Info

Hein van den Heuvel — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 00:30:42 GMT

I just checked, and syscheck does report this.
It appears to extract it from DECevent.
So the onlien command to issue is something like:
dia -i configurations | more

hth,
Hein.

================ System Resource Subpacket ===============

Length x002E
Class 1. System Resource Subpacket
Type 3. Memory
Rev 2.

Total Memory Size x00000100 Mbytes Installed: 256.
Memory Available x00000100 Mbytes Available: 256.

Interleave Mode Digital

--------------------- FRU Subpacket ----------------------

Length x0052
Class 2. FRU Subpacket
Type 2. Memory FRU
Rev 2.

AlphaServer 800 Series
FRU Location 1. Slot Name: BANK 0 MEM0(J33)
MEM1(J35)
MEM2(J37)
MEM3(J39)

Re: Determining RAM Info

Russ Park — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 17:20:20 GMT

Thanks for that idea,

But, we're using ES45s and we were given the understanding that we should be getting away from dia, so I don't have it loaded. Is there any chance some form of the 'hwmgr' command will give this info? I tried reading up on the man pages, but no luck.

Anyone have any other ideas?

Thanks,
Russ

Re: Determining RAM Info

Ralf Puchner — Mon, 22 Sep 2003 01:31:46 GMT

Fro ES45 machines you must use Compaq Analyze (ca).