There is a server farm of about 40 xserves from 2006 through 2009 (model numbers 1,1, 2,1, 3,1). Outside of going to each one and running a system report, is there a way to poll them for that model number (1,1, etc.) so that I could have a report matching machine name to a model number? What's the best way to do it?
Thanks!
If you have Apple Remote Desktop, this is cake...
Select all your servers and run a Send Unix task. Enter this command:
sysctl -n hw.model
Simple and effective. Or, if you want a more comprehensive report, use the reporting function of ARD and ask for Serial Number and Machine Model (plus just about any other piece of data you need).
Nice server farm by the way. Ah, Xserves. My heart swells with longing.
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Strontium90's right ARD is definitely tool to use.
I did this not long ago on a more modest 'farm' where the needs, different to yours, you may find useful?
system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep Model\ Identifier | awk '{ print $3; }'
system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep Serial\ Number | awk '{ print $4; }'
system_profiler SPNetworkDataType | grep IPv4\ Addresses | awk '{ print $3; }'
This 'tied-in' the model and serial number to a particular server's IP address (fixed and therefore known). The resulting data was entered into the customer's audit database afterwards. Took about 15 minutes. The longest (and hardest) part was instructing the customer on how to get that data into their excel spreadsheet.
My boss did exactly that command after I posted the question. Gotta say, I was shocked with the simplicity of sending a single shell command to multiple servers and then reading the results. Don't think anything like that is possible in Windows GUI. ARD rocks.
Thank you.
best way to poll 40 xserves for model numbers
