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* What I recall is that VPD is provided by the device (driver) via queries - as agent.kgb suggested. * The VPD (or ODM file CuVPD (for Cu(rrent) VPD is primarily, perhaps solely, as a way to determine the firmware of a device without actually querying the device.

By using hdparm you can see your Harddisk serial number. Prefer a way how to read out the ser. You the serial number against the familiar disk name. Aug 17, 2009 Tech Tip: Retrieve Disk Info from the. And one additional way that you can determine the model and serial number of your disk. Linux 4.15 Kernel. Linux hard drive serial number as non. ID_SERIAL_SHORT; there are also /dev/disk/by-id/ata-* symlinks for ATA drives based on those. Embedded linux serial.

What I also recall is when VPD status is changed (e.g., a new disk drive firmware) the VPD is updated. ** So, who is responsible? The device driver would be my simple answer. * A related question (that you did not pose) is how does AIX keep track of a disk - is it new, or just moved within the system? Atomic List Manager Serial. The primary means to identify a disk (volume) is to use the PVID - which is an ID that AIX assigns when the disk (aka volume) is first assigned to a volume group.

There is a second attribute 'unique_id' that may also be used. This value, most generally, is derived from a WWID of some kind especially for LUNs from SAN, or VSCSI. So, a virtual (scsi) disk may not have any VPD data - as it is not physical! As an example, my hdisk0 - it's VSCSI.

Creative Advertising Pdf Books: Software Free Download here. Send article as PDF Ever needed to obtain the serial number (or other details) for a remote server? Couldn’t be bothered to walk/run/drive/fly all the way there just to read a sticky label on the back or bottom of said server?

Read on then. The command you want to run, as root, is dmidecode.

For example, to get the make and model and serial number of a server, do this: dmidecode -t system The result will be similar to: # dmidecode 2.11 SMBIOS 2.5 present. Handle 0x0002, DMI type 1, 27 bytes System Information Manufacturer: Dell Inc. Product Name: Vostro 1720 Version: Null Serial Number: 996C4L1 UUID: Not Settable Wake-up Type: Power Switch SKU Number: Null Family: Vostro Handle 0x000F, DMI type 12, 5 bytes System Configuration Options Option 1: Jumper settings can be described here. Handle 0x0018, DMI type 32, 20 bytes System Boot Information Status: No errors detected Other options for the -t parameter are: • bios – tells you all about your bios. • system – tells you about the system hardware.

• baseboard – all about the mother board. • chassis – all you need to know about the “box” the system is made up of. • processor – fairly obvious. Logicom Gt300 Manual. • memory – again, fairly obvious.

• cache – information about your CPU cache. • connector – what sockets are present on the computer. USB, firewire, ethernet etc. • slot – appears to be the bus information, and voltages present, supplied etc.