Conference hydra::axp-developer

3425.0. "Quest Software" by HYDRA::AXPDEVELOPER (Alpha Developer support) Tue Apr 01 1997 03:24

    Company Name :  Quest Software
    Contact Name :  John Jensen
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    Email        :  [email protected]
    Date/Time in :   1-APR-1997 02:24:10
    Entered by   :  John Wood
    SPE center   :  REO

    Category     :  unix
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    Brief Description of Problem:
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From: "John Jensen" <[email protected]>
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     Hello,
     
     On other platforms, I have been using
     
        sysinfo(SI_HW_SERIAL,buf,bufsize)
     
     to get the harware serial number of a server to track licenses.  My 
     Alphaserver 255 does not return a value to this call, and I notice in 
     the man page for sysinfo that SI_HW_SERIAL is not supported.
     
     Is there an alternate, supported, way to get a serial number on DEC 
     ALPHA servers?
     
     Thanks,
     
     John Jensen
     Quest Software
     
     My Software Migration Assistance Program Access Code is 102896

Date:	 1-APR-1997 08:32:59.29
From:	DEC:.REO.REOVTX::WOOD_J       "[email protected]"
Subj:	re. mail to alpha-developer re. sysinfo()
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John,

re. your mail about calling sysinfo() to try to get a serial number
for Alpha systems for licensing purposes:

This is a frequently asked question, and the answer is to use the
Ethernet address. This is described on the world-wide-web page

	http://www.partner.digital.com/www-swdev/pages/Home/TECH/
		faqs/dunix/ethernU.html

which includes a link to a code example.

Let me know if you don't have web access and I'll mail you the
notes.

Regards,
  John Wood
  Software Partner Engineering (UK)
  Digital Equipment Co