What hardware profile tool exists for RHEL 5.x similar to `lscfg` or `system_profiler`?

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I am looking for an equivalent tool or command to dump connected hardware (and optionally software) to a text or XML file for documenting system configuration on RHEL 5.8 specifically.

I am used to lscfg on AIX to dump status of all connected hardware. On Mac, I have system_profiler which dumps both hardware and software details.

Is there a similar tool to these on Red Hat Enterprise Linux that dumps connected hardware information for inventory and discovery purposes?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 16 '13 at 19:38

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There should be a utility called dmidecode in the path, that sounds like it provides what you are looking for. Some details can be found on the RHEL documentation here.

answered Jul 16 '13 at 19:38

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This looks highly useful. I'll dig into it - might be the perfect tool. – bmike Jul 16 '13 at 21:22

What hardware profile tool exists for RHEL 5.x similar to `lscfg` or `system_profiler`?

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