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I just tried using dmidecode on ESXi5, which was not working, looked around for the command to gather information about the serial number, product information, firmware version. Want to keep this recorded. Use the following command to get those information. SSH to ESXi with root login.

Go to /var/log # cd /var/log Now use the following command. /var/log # smbiosDump will provide all the available hardware details. If you want to filter to certain things use grep with that as follows. /var/log # smbiosDump grep System -A10 -- System Info: # Manufacturer: Product: Version: Serial: UUID: Wake-up: Board Info: Manufacturer: Product: Version: Serial: Asset Tag: '(none)'. Drivers Ed 4.02 Assignment Answers.

RHEL 6 on IBM X Series [root@ibm ~]# dmidecode grep -A4 'System Information' System Information Manufacturer: IBM Product Name: System x3650 M4: -[7915AC1]- Version: 0B Serial Number: XXXXXX. RHEL 6 on UCS C Series [root@ucs ~]# dmidecode grep -A4 'System Information' System. This document contains information about how to find the Serial Number of the Host Server running ESXi 5.0. Run the following command in the ESXi Shell Console. Esxcfg-info less -I. First few lines of the command output will provide the user with the details. Output of the command is shown below.