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Get Basic System Configuration Information on Solaris
Solaris includes a command line utility to get basic current system configuration information and output it to the console.
prtconf
The prtconf command is used to Print Configuration information to the console
Example:
# prtconf
System Configuration: Sun Microsystems i86pc
Memory size: 516 Megabytes
System Peripherals (Software Nodes):i86pc
scsi_vhci, instance #0
isa, instance #0
i8042, instance #0—– truncated ——
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- Published 12/1/06




On Sparc systems, there also is the prtdiag commmand, which takes a -v argument for more info. It’s typically in /usr/platform/sun4u/bin. The sun4u could change depending on the hardware type.
On Sparc systems, there also is the prtdiag commmand, which takes a -v argument for more info. It’s typically in /usr/platform/sun4u/bin.