Intel® System Information Retrieval Utility (sysinfo) User Guide Sysinfo Version 11.
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Contents 1 2 Introduction ................................................................................1 1.1 Document Scope ........................................................................................ 1 1.2 Overview .................................................................................................. 1 1.3 Supported Operating System/Platforms ........................................................ 2 1.4 Related Information ...............................................
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1 Introduction The Intel® System Information Retrieval Utility (hereinafter referred to as sysinfo) is used for collecting system information. Intel offered UEFI version, Windows version and Linux version Intel ® System Information Retrieval Utility that the customers are able to collecting system information under these environments. 1.1 Document Scope The purpose of this document is to help you install and use the Intel® System Information Retrieval Utility.
Memory Processor SATA IDESCSI HARD Drive Operating System Information Device Manager Information (aka drivers) List Of Software Installed Operating System Event Log PCI Bus Device Information RAID settings and RAID log BIOS Settings (per BIOS SETUP F2 Screen) Note: log information results maybe varied between different versions, Please refer detailed information from specific sections. 1.
1.4 Related Information The following table lists the related information: Document/Information Intel Support Source http://support.intel.com 1.5 Terminology The following table lists the terminology used in this document and the description: Term SATA Description Serial ATA.
2 Install and Un-install This section provides some basic steps on how to install and un-install the Intel® System Information Retrieval Utility. 2.1 UEFI version 2.1.1 Prerequisites Download the latest System Firmware Update Package for the platform and install it. Ensure system is running with the latest platform BIOS, BMC and FRUSDR. For the latest System Firmware Update Package, please get it from http://support.intel.com. 2.1.
2.2 Windows version 2.2.1 Prerequisites Following are the Prerequisites to install and use the Intel ® System Information Retrieval Utility: 1. Boot to Windows 2003* R2 SP2 or Windows 2008* (32 bit or EM64T) with WMI enabled. 2. All RAID drivers for the corresponding platform to be installed. Otherwise, utility will not display RAID information. 2.2.2 Installation This section explains the steps to install the Intel ® System Information Retrieval Utility: 1.
b. RAID_NVRAMlog.txt (RAID settings and RAID log) c. OS_Eventlog.txt (Operating System Event Log) Sysinfo.exe also logs SATA and PCI information in 2 different log files in “LogFiles” folder. d. SATA_log.txt (SATA information) e. PCI_log.txt (PCI Bus information). 2.2.3 Uninstallation This section explains the steps to uninstall the Intel® System Information Retrieval Utility. 1. Go to Binaries\ folder in the main folder 2. Run uninstall.bat (for un-installing sysinfo). 2.3 Linux version 2.3.
( Platform Firmware Inventory, Sensor information, Sensor Data Records, BMC SEL (IN HUMAN READABLE FORM), BMC SEL (IN HEX FORM), Base Board FRU, System BMC Boot Order, BMC User Settings, BMC LAN Channel Settings, BMC SOL Channel Settings, BMC Power Restore Policy Settings, BMC channel settings, SMBIOS Type 1, Type 2, Type 3, Processor,Memory, Operating System Information, Device drivers installed, List of S/W installed,). b. RAID_NVRAMlog.txt (RAID settings and RAID log) c. PCI_Log.txt (PCI Bus info). d.
3 Using Intel® System Information Retrieval Utility This section provides explain on how to Intel® System Information Retrieval Utility under different OS environments. 3.1 Using UEFI version Intel® System Information Retrieval Utility Command line Interface sysinfo.efi a. To view the command-line help page: sysinfo.efi -h or -? b. sysinfo logs system information in 3 log files in a folder called “LogFiles” in the current directory (sysinfo_log.txt, RAID_NVRAMlog.txt, PCI_log.txt). sysinfo.efi c.
“LogFiles” in the current directory (sysinfo_log.txt, RAID_NVRAMlog.txt, OS_Eventlog.txt). o sysinfo.exe [followed by ENTER key] sysinfo logs system information in 3 log files in a folder called “LogFiles” in the current directory (sysinfo_log.txt, RAID_NVRAMlog.txt, PCI_log.txt) in a non-interactive way. o sysinfo.exe –ni [followed by ENTER key] sysinfo logs SATA and PCI bus information in 2 log files (SATA_log.txt, PCI_log.txt) sysinfo.
OSEvents_log.txt). ./sysinfo sysinfo logs system information in 4 log files in a folder called “LogFiles” in the current directory (sysinfo_log.txt, RAID_NVRAMlog.txt, PCI_log.txt, OSEvents_log.txt) in a non-interactive way. .
