How to get information about hardware in HP-UX
There are plenty commands like machinfo, ioscan, olrad, scsimgr in HP-UX ,
which can tell us many useful things about our server hardware configuration :
1. Information about server – model and machinfo commands:
#model
ia64 hp server rx6600
#machinfo
CPU info:
1 Intel(R) Itanium 2 9100 series processor (1.59 GHz, 18 MB)
532 MT/s bus, CPU version A1
2 logical processors (2 per socket)
Memory: 8161 MB (7.97 GB)
Firmware info:
Firmware revision: 04.11
FP SWA driver revision: 1.18
IPMI is supported on this system.
BMC firmware revision: 5.24
Platform info:
Model: “ia64 hp server rx6600″
Machine ID number: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
Machine serial number: SGHxxxxxxx
OS info:
Nodename: test
Release: HP-UX B.11.31
Version: U (unlimited-user license)
Machine: ia64
ID Number: xxxxxxxxxx
vmunix _release_version:
@(#) $Revision: vmunix: B.11.31_LR FLAVOR=perf
2. Information about installed hardware – ioscan and olrad:
- disk information:
#ioscan -knfC disk
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
===============================================================================
disk 7 0/0/2/1.0.16 UsbScsiAdaptor CLAIMED DEVICE USB SCSI Stack Adaptor
/dev/deviceFileSystem/Usb/MassStorage/dsk/disk@hp-1008+294=A60020000001
/dev/deviceFileSystem/Usb/MassStorage/rdsk/disk@hp-1008+294=A60020000001
disk 3 0/4/1/0.0.0.0.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP DG0146FAMWL
/dev/dsk/c2t0d0 /dev/dsk/c2t0d0s2 /dev/rdsk/c2t0d0 /dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s2
/dev/dsk/c2t0d0s1 /dev/dsk/c2t0d0s3 /dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s1 /dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s3
disk 2 0/4/1/0.0.0.1.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP DG0146FAMWL
/dev/dsk/c2t1d0 /dev/dsk/c2t1d0s2 /dev/rdsk/c2t1d0 /dev/rdsk/c2t1d0s2
/dev/dsk/c2t1d0s1 /dev/dsk/c2t1d0s3 /dev/rdsk/c2t1d0s1 /dev/rdsk/c2t1d0s3
- lan cards information:
#ioscan -C lan
H/W Path Class Description
================================================
0/3/1/0/6/0 lan HP AD193-60001 PCI/PCI-X 1000Base-T 4Gb FC/1000B-T Combo Adapter
0/4/2/0 lan HP AB352-60003 PCI/PCI-X 1000Base-T Dual-port Core
0/4/2/1 lan HP AB352-60003 PCI/PCI-X 1000Base-T Dual-port Core
0/6/1/0/6/0 lan HP AD193-60001 PCI/PCI-X 1000Base-T 4Gb FC/1000B-T Combo Adapter
- lun information:
#ioscan -m lun
Class I Lun H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Health Description
======================================================================
tape 1 64000/0xfa00/0×0 estape CLAIMED DEVICE online HP C7438A
0/7/1/0.0×2.0×0
/dev/rtape/tape1_BEST /dev/rtape/tape1_BESTb /dev/rtape/tape1_BESTn /dev/rtape/tape1_BESTnb
disk 4 64000/0xfa00/0×1 esdisk CLAIMED DEVICE online HP DG0146FAMWL
0/4/1/0.0x5000c50016e1b30d.0×0
/dev/disk/disk4 /dev/disk/disk4_p2 /dev/rdisk/disk4 /dev/rdisk/disk4_p2
/dev/disk/disk4_p1 /dev/disk/disk4_p3 /dev/rdisk/disk4_p1 /dev/rdisk/disk4_p3
disk 5 64000/0xfa00/0×2 esdisk CLAIMED DEVICE online HP DG0146FAMWL
0/4/1/0.0x5000c50016e143a5.0×0
/dev/disk/disk5 /dev/disk/disk5_p2 /dev/rdisk/disk5 /dev/rdisk/disk5_p2
/dev/disk/disk5_p1 /dev/disk/disk5_p3 /dev/rdisk/disk5_p1 /dev/rdisk/disk5_p3
- EFI boot disk path:
#ioscan -eN | grep -i efi
Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,400)/Pci(1|0)/Sas(Addr5000C50016E143A5, Lun0)/HD(Part1,SigD8571580-DFCF-11DE-8000-D6217B60E588)/\EFI\HPUX\HPUX.EFI
Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,400)/Pci(1|0)/Sas(Addr5000C50016E1B30D, Lun0)/HD(Part1,Sig7F270182-FC49-11DE-8000-D6217B60E588)/\EFI\HPUX\HPUX.EFI
- hardware health – i.e. FC cards:
ioscan -P health -C fc
Class I H/W Path health
==================================
fc 0 0/3/1/0/4/0 online
fc 1 0/6/1/0/4/0 online
- full hardware listing:
#ioscan -f
3. Information about slot olrad – speed, occupancy, configuration:
#olrad -q

4. Information about lun wwid – scsimgr:
#scsimgr get_attr -a wwid -H 64000/0xfa00/0×2
SCSI ATTRIBUTES FOR LUN : 64000/0xfa00/0×2
name = wwid
current = 0x5000c50016e143a7
default =
saved =
#scsimgr get_attr -a wwid all_lun
SCSI ATTRIBUTES FOR LUN : /dev/rtape/tape1_BEST
name = wwid
current =
default =
saved =
SCSI ATTRIBUTES FOR LUN : /dev/rdisk/disk4
name = wwid
current = 0x5000c50016e1b30f
default =
saved =
SCSI ATTRIBUTES FOR LUN : /dev/rdisk/disk5
name = wwid
current = 0x5000c50016e143a7
default =
saved =
5. System summary information – print_manifest :
#print_manifest | more
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