Saturday, February 16, 2008

How to Obtain BIOS Information Remotely

dmidecode is very useful as it provides the details about your system such as the number of memory slots, BIOS version, etc.

root@V2000# dmidecode
# dmidecode 2.9
SMBIOS 2.31 present.
18 structures occupying 595 bytes.
Table at 0x000DC010.

Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 20 bytes
BIOS Information
Vendor: Hewlett-Packard
Version: F.25
Release Date: 03/23/2006
Address: 0xE5BF0
Runtime Size: 107536 bytes
ROM Size: 512 kB
Characteristics:
PCI is supported
PC Card (PCMCIA) is supported
PNP is supported
APM is supported
BIOS is upgradeable
BIOS shadowing is allowed
ESCD support is available
Boot from CD is supported
Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
Serial services are supported (int 14h)
Printer services are supported (int 17h)
CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h)
ACPI is supported
USB legacy is supported

Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 25 bytes
System Information
Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
Product Name: Presario V2000 (PV340AV#ABA)
Version: Rev 1
Serial Number: XXXXXXXXX
UUID: XXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXX
Wake-up Type: Power Switch

Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 8 bytes
Base Board Information
Manufacturer: Quanta
Product Name: 3097
Version: 47.0E
Serial Number: None

Handle 0x0003, DMI type 3, 21 bytes
Chassis Information
Manufacturer: Quanta
Type: Notebook
Lock: Not Present
Version: N/A
Serial Number: None
Asset Tag:
Boot-up State: Safe
Power Supply State: Safe
Thermal State: Safe
Security Status: None
OEM Information: 0x00000000
Height: 52 U
Number Of Power Cords: 18
Contained Elements: 0

Handle 0x0004, DMI type 4, 35 bytes
Processor Information
Socket Designation: U23
Type: Central Processor
Family: Opteron
Manufacturer: AMD
ID: 42 0F 02 00 FF FB 8B 07
Signature: Family 15, Model 36, Stepping 2
Flags:
FPU (Floating-point unit on-chip)
VME (Virtual mode extension)
DE (Debugging extension)
PSE (Page size extension)
TSC (Time stamp counter)
MSR (Model specific registers)
PAE (Physical address extension)
MCE (Machine check exception)
CX8 (CMPXCHG8 instruction supported)
APIC (On-chip APIC hardware supported)
SEP (Fast system call)
MTRR (Memory type range registers)
PGE (Page global enable)
MCA (Machine check architecture)
CMOV (Conditional move instruction supported)
PAT (Page attribute table)
PSE-36 (36-bit page size extension)
CLFSH (CLFLUSH instruction supported)
MMX (MMX technology supported)
FXSR (Fast floating-point save and restore)
SSE (Streaming SIMD extensions)
SSE2 (Streaming SIMD extensions 2)
Version: AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile ML
Voltage: 2.2 V
External Clock: 200 MHz
Max Speed: 1600 MHz
Current Speed: 1600 MHz
Status: Populated, Enabled
Upgrade: ZIF Socket
L1 Cache Handle: Not Provided
L2 Cache Handle: 0x0005
L3 Cache Handle: Not Provided
Serial Number: Not Specified
Asset Tag: Not Specified
Part Number: Not Specified

Handle 0x0005, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
Socket Designation: L2 Cache
Configuration: Enabled, Socketed, Level 2
Operational Mode: Write Back
Location: Internal
Installed Size: 1024 KB
Maximum Size: 1024 KB
Supported SRAM Types:
Burst
Pipeline Burst
Installed SRAM Type: Synchronous
Speed: Unknown
Error Correction Type: Unknown
System Type: Unknown
Associativity: Unknown

Handle 0x0006, DMI type 9, 13 bytes
System Slot Information
Designation: MiniPCI Slot J20
Type: 32-bit PCI
Current Usage: Available
Length: Long
ID: 0
Characteristics:
5.0 V is provided
3.3 V is provided
PME signal is supported

Handle 0x0007, DMI type 10, 6 bytes
On Board Device Information
Type: Video
Status: Enabled
Description: 128

Handle 0x0008, DMI type 11, 5 bytes
OEM Strings
String 1: $HP$

Handle 0x0009, DMI type 16, 15 bytes
Physical Memory Array
Location: System Board Or Motherboard
Use: System Memory
Error Correction Type: None
Maximum Capacity: 4 GB
Error Information Handle: Not Provided
Number Of Devices: 2

Handle 0x000A, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x0009
Error Information Handle: No Error
Total Width: 32 bits
Data Width: 32 bits
Size: 512 MB
Form Factor: DIMM
Set: 1
Locator: U5
Bank Locator: Channel A0
Type: DRAM
Type Detail: Synchronous
Speed: Unknown
Manufacturer: Not Specified
Serial Number: Not Specified
Asset Tag: Not Specified
Part Number: Not Specified

Handle 0x000B, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x0009
Error Information Handle: No Error
Total Width: 32 bits
Data Width: 32 bits
Size: 512 MB
Form Factor: DIMM
Set: 1
Locator: U6
Bank Locator: Channel A3
Type: DRAM
Type Detail: Synchronous
Speed: Unknown
Manufacturer: Not Specified
Serial Number: Not Specified
Asset Tag: Not Specified
Part Number: Not Specified

Handle 0x000C, DMI type 19, 15 bytes
Memory Array Mapped Address
Starting Address: 0x00000000000
Ending Address: 0x0003FFFFFFF
Range Size: 1 GB
Physical Array Handle: 0x0009
Partition Width: 0

Handle 0x000D, DMI type 20, 19 bytes
Memory Device Mapped Address
Starting Address: 0x00000000000
Ending Address: 0x0001FFFFFFF
Range Size: 512 MB
Physical Device Handle: 0x000A
Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x000C
Partition Row Position: 2
Interleave Position: 2
Interleaved Data Depth: 2

Handle 0x000E, DMI type 32, 20 bytes
System Boot Information
Status:

Handle 0x000F, DMI type 126, 4 bytes
Inactive

Handle 0x0010, DMI type 127, 4 bytes
End Of Table

Handle 0x0011, DMI type 127, 4 bytes
End Of Table