[pSerious]

Is there an equivilant of the AIX CLI command 'prtconf' available for the HMC. Basically I'm trying to gather system specific information about the the HMC itself, i.e. memory amount, kernel type, processor type etc all from the one place. I've tried the CLI lshmc command but its output is very limited.

Thanks in advance.

[duke900ssd]

Why?
checkout the lshmc command.
lshmc -v
lshmc -V
etc.

[pSerious]

Originally Posted by duke900ssd

Why?
checkout the lshmc command.
lshmc -v
lshmc -V
etc.

duke990ssd,

As mentioned in my first post I've used the CLI lshmc command to collect some of the info but find it very limited. It doesn't show me processor speed or amount of memory installed, unlike the AIX prtconf.

I want to gather this information as we auto-generate an inventory of all our systems showing hardware / software makeup of them. This then helps us feed our asset management database, allowing us check on out of date hardware, softrware etc. I can do this easily from prtconf on AIX and HP but HMC (Linux) is not so generous with its output.

Hope this helps.

pSerious

[duke900ssd]

As the HMC has embedded code and not an operating system - OK it is based on Linux but you must not think of it as a Linux machine - the machine type and model should be all you need to check if it will satisfy your future support requirements.

If an HMC has a 1 or a 2 GHz processor or 1 or 2 GB Ram it should not matter to you because this will be fixed for the mahine type and model.

What you gonna do, order some more RAM or a faster processor for your HMC? I think not.

Just keeping a record of the type of system is all you need.

If it is a 7310-CR3 then that is all you need to know.

[ross.mather]

As Duke900ssd says - the HMC is a closed box. In fact it actually has a different BIOS from a regular System X of the same type. As such he is correct that knowing which type of HMC you have - and that is retrievable from lshmc -V is enough.

I would also keep a note of the serial number (same command).

In the event of a full HMC failure it will be replaced under the hardware warranty of the server it was delivered with. You should always ensure that that your HMCs are covered in this way - in case of failure.

The only other thing that is of interest is the version of the HMC Software you are running as that may limit which servers it can support - example you need version 7 for POWER 6.