There was a comment regarding the SGI "hinv" (hardware inventory) command and
other UNIX systems. I've attached inline a "hinv" of my Onyx2 system. As you
can see, it gives both hardware information as well as serial and part
numbers of all boards in the system. In addition, I've also provided a
"gfxinfo" command - which inventories and describes the graphics hardware on
the system. There are other "info" commands which describe other system
options - but I figured this would be enough to get the idea...
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hinv -m
            IP31 Board: barcode MJT049     part 030-1523-001 rev  C
   IP31PIMMR12KS Board: barcode MJS498     part 030-1423-002 rev  H
        MODULEID Board: barcode K0010378   part              rev
            IP31 Board: barcode LAM652     part 030-1523-001 rev  C
      4P1G5_MPLN Board: barcode DAW270     part 013-1839-001 rev  E
   IP31PIMMR12KS Board: barcode LAT574     part 030-1423-002 rev  G
          GE16-4 Board: barcode GMR170     part 030-1398-001 rev  B
            DIVO Board: barcode DDE075     part 030-1046-002 rev  H
          BASEIO Board: barcode GKN285     part 030-0734-002 rev  N
             MIO Board: barcode GJJ660     part 030-0880-003 rev  F
4 400 MHZ IP27 Processors
CPU: MIPS R12000 Processor Chip Revision: 3.5
FPU: MIPS R12010 Floating Point Chip Revision: 3.5
Main memory size: 3072 Mbytes
Instruction cache size: 32 Kbytes
Data cache size: 32 Kbytes
Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 8 Mbytes
Integral SCSI controller 0: Version QL1040B (rev. 2), single ended
  Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0
  Disk drive: unit 2 on SCSI controller 0
  CDROM: unit 6 on SCSI controller 0
Integral SCSI controller 1: Version QL1040B (rev. 2), single ended
IOC3 serial port: tty1
IOC3 serial port: tty2
IOC3 serial port: tty3
IOC3 serial port: tty4
IOC3 parallel port: plp1
Graphics board: InfiniteReality2E
Integral Fast Ethernet: ef0, version 1, module 1, slot io1, pci 2
Iris Audio Processor: version RAD revision 7.0, number 1
Origin BASEIO board, module 1 slot 1: Revision 4
DIVO Video: controller 0 unit 0: Input, Output
IOC3 external interrupts: 1
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/usr/gfx/gfxinfo -v
Graphics board 0 is "KONAL" graphics.
        Managed (":0.0") 1280x1024
        Display has 8 channels
        4 GEs (of 4), occmask = 0x0f
        4MB external BEF ram, 32bit path
        2 RM9 boards (of 2) 1/1/0/0
        Texture Memory: 64MB/64MB/-/-
        Large pixel depth
        32K cmap, 64K external gamma
        brd: f61806 3020c06/3020c06/-/- 51bf1002
         ge: 0 14832057 24731057 14231057
        rm0: 15032057 15431057
              4631057 2/2/2/2
              4d31057 2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2
              4938057 5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5
        rm1: 15032057 15431057
              4631057 2/2/2/2
              4d31057 2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2
              4938057 5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5
         dg: 05532057
              5838057 1/1/1/1
              5631057 1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1
        GE:   NIC #:      0000.002a.e7eb (family: 0b)
              Serial #:   GMR170
              Part #:     030-1398-001
        KT:   No NIC serial number available.
        RM0:  NIC #:      0000.0025.9d10 (family: 0b)
              Serial #:   HGM627
              Part #:     030-1402-001
        TM0:  NIC #:      0000.002e.44a7 (family: 0b)
              Serial #:   FDS892
              Part #:     030-1053-001
        RM1:  NIC #:      0000.0025.9be5 (family: 0b)
              Serial #:   DEM993
              Part #:     030-1402-001
        TM1:  NIC #:      0000.001d.b564 (family: 0b)
              Serial #:   DEM879
              Part #:     030-1053-001
        RM2:  No NIC serial number available.
        TM2:  No NIC serial number available.
        RM3:  No NIC serial number available.
        TM3:  No NIC serial number available.
        BP:   No NIC serial number available.
        DG:   NIC #:      0000.0021.1bed (family: 0b)
              Serial #:   GPV767
              Part #:     030-1087-001
        DGOPT:No NIC serial number available.
        Input Sync: Voltage - Video Level; Source - Internal;
        Genlocked - False
        Channel 0:
         Origin = (0,0)
         Video Output: 1280 pixels, 1024 lines, 72.00Hz (1280x1024_72.vfo)
         Video Format Flags:  (none)
         Sync Output(s):
          Composite sync on Green
          Composite TTL sync on Aux 0
         Using Gamma Map 0
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Lyle Bickley
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
Mountain View, CA
http://bickleywest.com
"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"