[CentOS] Identify motherboard from SSH login

[Greg Bailey]

Dogsbody wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have CentOS 4.4 installed on a system at an ISP and I am trying to 
> setup lm_sensors.  It would be a lot easier to setup if I knew what 
> motherboard I was using!  :-)
>
> Is there any way of identifying the motherboard of a system remotely 
> (via SSH)?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Regards, Dan
You could try using the "dmidecode" utility, available as part of the 
"kernel-utils" RPM.  The first part of the output would probably 
identify the motherboard information.

-Greg