From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 6 16:00:09 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28CD216A469 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 16:00:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D998913C458 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 16:00:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from c83-253-25-183.bredband.comhem.se ([83.253.25.183]:62276 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1J0J8v-0005YH-4k for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:00:08 +0100 Received: (qmail 58209 invoked from network); 6 Dec 2007 17:00:02 +0100 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with ESMTP; 6 Dec 2007 17:00:02 +0100 Received: (qmail 40702 invoked by uid 1001); 6 Dec 2007 17:00:02 +0100 Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 17:00:02 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson To: robert@webtent.com Message-ID: <20071206160002.GA40638@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: robert@webtent.com, FreeBSD References: <1196954428.7656.9.camel@columbus.webtent.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1196954428.7656.9.camel@columbus.webtent.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Originating-IP: 83.253.25.183 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1J0J8v-0005YH-4k. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net 1J0J8v-0005YH-4k 0f6bef5a52f5b17c152c6ee5f6c1d89a Cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: Determining bus speed/memory X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:00:09 -0000 On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 10:20:28AM -0500, Robert Fitzpatrick wrote: > I have a couple of servers (5.5 and 6.2) at a remote location that I > need to order additional memory. I need to know bus speed and, if > possible, how many chips currently installed to help determine whether I > need to replace or match and fill available slots. For instance, I know > one server has 1GB of mem, but do I have two 512MB or a single 1GB chip > in place now. Can someone tell me the commands to determine either of > these things? The best and most reliable way of doing that is probably to open the server and look inside to see what is installed (or look at the paperwork from when you originally bought the servers.) When you boot the BIOS will often display this information as well. You could also try the sysutils/dmidecode port which will try to retrieve various information from the BIOS. Beware though that due to buggy BIOSes you cannot always trust this information. If none of the above works, I am afraid you are out of luck, A note for future consideration: When you have remote servers, or servers which must not be shutdown if it can be avoided, then it is a very good idea to write down on a paper exactly what is installed in each of them, at the time they are first installed. This can simplify things quite a bit a couple of years down the line. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se