Linux Command To Check System Profile

Linux system administrator and experienced users might interested in getting a Linux server profile in order to understand how the Linux system being setup, what is the server hardware specification, what are the software packages or drivers being installed, does it need to be patched or upgraded, etc.

• less /etc/sysconfig/hwconf to get installed hardware information.
• less /proc/cpuinfo to get installed CPUs specification.
• less /var/log/dmesg or dmesg to get the Linux boot up information.
• less /proc/interrupts to list the IRQ used by system devices.
• less /proc/ioports to list I/O ports used by system.
• less /proc/dma to list DMA channels and device used by system.
• less /proc/version or uname -a or less /etc/redhat-release or lsb_release -a to show the Linux version.
• kudzu -p to show the probe information about hardware detected
• /usr/bin/lsdev to list devices and information on system hardware.
• /sbin/lspci to list detected PCI devices.
• /sbin/lsmod to list loadable modules.
• /sbin/lsraid to list raid device.
• /sbin/lsusb to list USB device.
• /sbin/usbmodules to list kernel driver modules available for USB devices.
• hdparm -I /dev/hda to get installed harddisk details.