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Getting information on a machine's hardware in Linux

I have an "older" system here, something before 2005.

1) cat /proc/cpuinfo gives Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.00GHz as model - how can I find out, which xeon exactly it is?

2) Same for RAM, how do I find out, which type of RAM (DDRx) it is?

3) How to find out the used mainboard? Especially is it possible to identify which server it is? (server = which ready-built system from which company)

It's a Debian system as far as I know, currently I don't have root access.

Thanks for any hint!

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Debian should have the tool dmidecode available. You should find just about everything you need from there.

dmidecode: http://www.nongnu.org/dmidecode/

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  • it says command not found ): note that I currently don't want to install/change anything on the system, even if possible without root access. – stefan.at.kotlin May 31 '12 at 17:35
  • Can you reboot it? If so, you may be able to run a live CD with the required tools. Does it have a BMC (e.g. DRAC on Dell, xLOM on Suns, etc)? If so, you can get info via it. Otherwise, rebooting might show the details of the CPU/RAM. – Alexios May 31 '12 at 18:52
  • The reboot will also show the hardware probing that happens at boot time in /var/log/dmesg with lots of useful hints. Should help narrow the field a little – charlesbridge Jun 01 '12 at 11:25
  • @charlesbridge following that logic, he should be able to just run `dmesg|less` to view the dmesg of the last boot without having to reboot – Tim Jun 01 '12 at 11:43