How to find System Serial number from command line
A simple article on how to find the Serial number or Product number for a given system from the command line on Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Linux and Windows systems.
Solaris
To get the System Serial number of a system running Solaris (SPARC or x86), run the following:
# prtdiag -v | egrep "Chassis Serial Number"
An alternative is to use the prtpicl
command. For example:
# prtpicl -v -c chassis | grep SerialNumber :SerialNumber 06******21
We can also use prtconf
. For example:
# prtconf -pv | grep chassis chassis-sn: 'BD******4E'
If your system is managed with ILOM, ALOM, or XSCF, you can query the service processor for the same information. For example:
sc> showplatform SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise-T5120 Chassis Serial Number: BE******GA
HP-UX
To get System Serial number from command in HP-UX run:
# echo "map;sel dev 1;info;infolog"|cstm|egrep -i "system serial" System Serial Number.......: US******VB
AIX
Use the lsattr
command on an AIX sytstem to get the System Serial number. For example:
# lsattr -E -l sys0 -a systemid systemid IBM,01*****1F
An alternative is to use the lsconf
command. For example:
# lsconf | grep -e "Machine Serial" Machine Serial Number: 06***CG
Microsoft Windows
You can find your Windows systems serial number with WMIC
command. The WMIC
(Windows Management Instrumentation Command) is a command line utility that reads a huge range of information about local or remote computers.
Go to Start > RUN > type CMD and hit Enter to open command prompt.
or press Window + R keys together to open Run command box > Type CMD and hit Enter or click OK button.
In the command prompt type the following:
C:\> wmic bios get serialnumber SerialNumber S1***********81
or
C:\> wmic csproduct get identifyingnumber IdentifyingNumber CN******JW
Linux - Redhat/SuSE/CentOS/Fedora
To get Serial and Product Number from command in these flavours of Linux, use the dmidesamp
commmand. For example:
# sudo dmidecode -t 1 | egrep -i "serial|product" Product Name: 96***76 Serial Number: L9***88
Linux - Ubuntu
To get the System Serial number from command line on an Ubuntu Server or Unbuntu Desktop, we still use the dmidesamp
command with different options. For example:
# sudo dmidecode -s system-serial-number LX******************BC