How I get the serial number from a Hardware Appliance?

[ThomasLoewl]

I want to get the serial number from Hardware Appliance. How can I do it? Can I use a function from Authentication Manager 8.2?

[EdwardDavis · Accepted solution]

as root on command line run

dmidecode | more

and you'll see it

this example is a Dell R210, Intel appliances will have serial numbers also

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Handle 0x0100, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: PowerEdge R210
Version: Not Specified
Serial Number: 21WMMS1
UUID: 44454C4C-3100-1057-804D-B2C04F4D5331
Wake-up Type: Power Switch
SKU Number: Not Specified
Family: Not Specified

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