View Switch type in command line

[Aaatsu]

Hi, 

I work at a company with a large number of different types of HP switches. And we have now decided to change the banner message at the prompt from the default one. 

Sometimes when I am administering, I would want to check what type of switch I am working on (eg: 2650, 5406zl,). Is there any command from the CLI that will display this information directly? Iknow how to display system information, but this does only display the serial number for the device. 

Thank you!

[Richard Litchfield]

Try this command:

show modules details

The one below tells you the firmware code which by extension tells you the model number ;-)

Show version

[HP-Browniee]

And what about the command show version?

[Aaatsu]

The Show Modules command does not work.
Show version does not give me the information I need.

I am starting to think that there are no way of actually finding what kind of device youre working on in an easy way..

[KurtVWa]

Show run command gives you the produktnumber on one of the first lines of the output

[Aaatsu]

Yes, Thank you. That way we can google the product number and find the switch type. 

But, I was wondering if there are no way to display it directly, like it is displayed in the standard banner.

[AbeAbe]

Hi,
You can with snmp....

On the CLI try:
Getsnmp sysDescr.0

You get the productnumber the software and... the name of the product

HTH
Alex

[Aaatsu]

Thanks, 

But that command does not seem to work on any of our switches unfortunately.

[AbeAbe · Accepted solution]

Ok.. i testet and as i always wrote get sysdecr.0 I thought it would be getsnmp but it is getmib. So please try

Getmib sysDescr.0

HTH
Alex

[Aaatsu]

Voila!  There it is! 
Thank you very much, this was exactly what I was looking for.

Have a nice day!

[pavan_redknee]

for me both "show modules" and "show modules details" are working

dasw1# show modules

Status and Counters - Module Information

Chassis: 5412zl J8698A! Serial Number: Confidential Info Erased
Allow V1 Modules: Yes

Management Module: J8726A Serial Number: --- Core Dump: YES

Core Mod
Slot Module Description Serial Number Status Dump Ver
---- -------------------------------------- -------------- -------- ----- ---
A HP J9309A 4p 10-GbE SFP+ zl Module -- Up NO 1
B HP J9534A 24p Gig-T PoE+ v2 zl Module -- Up YES 2
C HP J8702A 24p Gig-T zl Module -- Up NO 1
D HP J8702A 24p Gig-T zl Module -- Up NO 1
E HP J8702A 24p Gig-T zl Module -- Up NO 1
F HP J8702A 24p Gig-T zl Module -- Up NO 1
G HP J8705A Gig-T/SFP zl Module -- Up NO 1
H HP J9534A 24p Gig-T PoE+ v2 zl Module -- Up YES 2

dasw1#

[Aaatsu]

Yes, those are good if you have a module switch and you need to know the info about the different modules.

"getmib sysdescr.0" was indeed what I was looking for.

[Rookie_B]

show lldp info local

If your switch supports piping it you can filiter the output (case sensitive):

show lldp info local | inc System Description

or 

show lldp info local | inc J

Cheers!

[alykov]

show tech components | incl Product