Get System Management BIOS table in Human readable format, DMI Decode
Dmidecode is a tool which queries DMI/SMBIOS information and presents it in human readable form. DMIDecode runs on BSD systems and a variety of other *nix distributions. Let’s see it in action. Fire up a terminal and type:
dmidecode –t x
where x can be any of these valid type keywords:
- bios
- system
- baseboard
- chassis
- processor
- memory
- cache
- connector
- slot
dmidecode –s x
where x can be any of these valid type keywords:
- bios-vendor
- bios-version
- bios-release-date
- system-manufacturer
- system-product-name
- system-version
- system-serial-number
- system-uuid
- baseboard-manufacturer
- baseboard-product-name
- baseboard-version
- baseboard-serial-number
- baseboard-asset-tag
- chassis-manufacturer
- chassis-type
- chassis-version
- chassis-serial-number
- chassis-asset-tag
- processor-family
- processor-manufacturer
- processor-version
- processor-frequency
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One word of caution, Dmidecode does not scan your hardware, it only reports what the BIOS reports. Windows users don’t be disheartened, there is an open source port of this power tool, DmiDecode for Windows.
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