ARCHIVED: For my SGI computer, what command will show my serial number?

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SGI desktop computer serial numbers range from 08006906xxxx onward. You can also find your serial number on a white label on the back of all SGI computers, usually near the power supply or rear chassis (where external connectors are located).

For O2, Indy, Indigo2, CHALLENGE S, and CHALLENGE M

At the shell prompt, enter:

  /usr/etc/netstat -iaI ec0 | grep 08:00 | sed 's/ *//;s/://g' | tr '[a-f]' '[A-F]'

For CHALLENGE L, CHALLENGE XL, Onyx, POWER CHALLENGE, and POWER Onyx

At the shell prompt enter:

  sysinfo | sed 's/53/S/;s/ 3//g;s/ *00//g;s/ //g'

For Octane, Onyx2, Origin200, and Origin2000

At the shell prompt, enter:

  sysinfo -vv | cut -d" " -f2

Using IRIX

If you have IRIX on your SGI computer, to display your serial number, you can use the lmhostid command. Alternatively, you can use the system -vv command. The second number returned is your serial number.

Most of the information in this document came from SGI's web site. You can visit it at:

  http://www.sgi.com/