Alphaserver 4100 system serial number ...

[John Welsh_2]

Hi all,
Is it possible to obtain the system serial number of an Alphaserver 4100 running Tru64 V3.2G without shutting down the system ?
My customer's system is remotely located so I can't look at the back of the system box. Also I'd rather not install syscheck or any other app to do this.
Best regards,
John W.
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[Rob Leadbeater]

Hi John,

You *might* be able to get it using consvar

# consvar -g sys_serial_num

This attempts to read the console variable from the machine, however it can be unreliable on early machines.

I'm also not sure whether that command's available on V3.2G. That's a rather old version !!

Cheers,

Rob

[Kapil Jha]

consvar -g sys_serial_num should work on mist of the rserver.
Other ways
it is written in profile.txt at location
/usr/opt/hp/svctools/specific/desta/config

should work in most server
in others replace hp via compaq.

Hope this help.
BR,
Kapil+

[Rob Leadbeater]

Kapil: I very much doubt you'll find desta/webes etc. on a V3.2G box - or any reference to HP/Compaq for that matter !

Cheers,

Rob

[Kapil Jha]

>>>I very much doubt you'll find desta/webes etc. on a V3.2G box

Rob:I never get chance to work on V3.2G boxes so may be m not right....thanks for the info....I just thought since it works on most of the times..it may work here as well ;)

BR,
Kapil+

[John Welsh_2]

Hi Guys,
Thanks for your help but as it turns out consvar isn't implemented in V3.2G. I will have to go onsite and eyeball the serial number on the rear of the system box.

Regards,
John W.
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