Command to determine type of AIX hardware
Yes, prtconf will give you more details.
System Model: IBM,7998-61X
Machine Serial Number: 06sd1fk
Processor Type: PowerPC_POWER6
Processor Implementation Mode: POWER 6
Processor Version: PV_6
Number Of Processors: 4
Processor Clock Speed: 4005 MHz
CPU Type: 64-bit
Kernel Type: 64-bit
LPAR Info: 1 06-5BD4A
Memory Size: 31616 MB
Good Memory Size: 31616 MB
Platform Firmware level: EA350_132
Firmware Version: IBM,EA350_132
Console Login: enable
Auto Restart: true
Full Core: false
Network Information
Host Name: SAPIBM
IP Address: 192.168.1.1
Sub Netmask: 255.255.252.0
Gateway: 192.168.1.1
Name Server:
Domain Name:
Paging Space Information
Total Paging Space: 512MB
Percent Used: 3%
Volume Groups Information
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INSTALLED RESOURCE LIST
The following resources are installed on the machine.
+/- = Added or deleted from Resource List.
* = Diagnostic support not available.
Model Architecture: chrp
Model Implementation: Multiple Processor, PCI bus
+ sys0 System Object
+ sysplanar0 System Planar
* vio0 Virtual I/O Bus
* vsa0 U7998.61X.065BD4A-V1-C0 LPAR Virtual Serial Adapter
* vty0 U7998.61X.065BD4A-V1-C0-L0 Asynchronous Terminal
* pci3 U78A5.001.WIH4F4F-P1 PCI Bus
+ fcs0 U78A5.001.WIH4F4F-P1-C6-T1 FC Adapter
+ fscsi0 U78A5.001.WIH4F4F-P1-C6-T1 FC SCSI I/O Controller Protocol Device
* hdisk1 U78A5.001.WIH4F4F-P1-C6-T1-W5006048C52A8FD87-L25000000000000 EMC Symmetrix FCP Raid5
* hdisk2 U78A5.001.WIH4F4F-P1-C6-T1-W5006048C52A8FD87-L26000000000000 EMC Symmetrix FCP Raid5
* hdisk0 U78A5.001.WIH4F4F-P1-C6-T1-W5006048C52A8FD87-L0 EMC Symmetrix FCP Raid1
* hdisk30 U78A5.001.WIH4F4F-P1-C6-T1-W5006048C52A8FD87-L44000000000000 EMC Symmetrix FCP Raid5
* hdiskpower0 U78A5.001.WIH4F4F-P1-C6-T1-L2 PowerPath Device
* hdiskpower1 U78A5.001.WIH4F4F-P1-C6-T1-L3 PowerPath Device
* hdiskpower2 U78A5.001.WIH4F4F-P1-C6-T1-L4 PowerPath Device
* hdisk3 U78A5.001.WIH4F4F-P1-C6-T1-W5006048452A8FD86-L0 EMC Symmetrix FCP Raid1
* hdisk4 U78A5.001.WIH4F4F-P1-C6-T1-W5006048C52A8FD86-L0 EMC Symmetrix FCP Raid1
+ fcs1 U78A5.001.WIH4F4F-P1-C6-T2 FC Adapter
+ fscsi1 U78A5.001.WIH4F4F-P1-C6-T2 FC SCSI I/O Controller Protocol Device
* pci2 U78A5.001.WIH4F4F-P1 PCI Bus
+ ati0 U78A5.001.WIH4F4F-P1-C5-T1 Native Display Graphics Adapter
* pci1 U78A5.001.WIH4F4F-P1 PCI Bus
+ usbhc0 U78A5.001.WIH4F4F-P1 USB Host Controller (33103500)
+ usbhc1 U78A5.001.WIH4F4F-P1 USB Host Controller (33103500)
+ usbhc2 U78A5.001.WIH4F4F-P1 USB Enhanced Host Controller (3310e000)
* pci0 U78A5.001.WIH4F4F-P1 PCI Bus
+ sissas0 U78A5.001.WIH4F4F-P1-T5 PCI-X266 Planar 3Gb SAS Adapter
* sas0 U78A5.001.WIH4F4F-P1-T5 Controller SAS Protocol
* sfwcomm0 SAS Storage Framework Comm
+ ses0 U78A5.001.WIH4F4F-P1-Y1 SAS Enclosure Services Device
* sata0 U78A5.001.WIH4F4F-P1-T5 Controller SATA Protocol
* lhea0 U78A5.001.WIH4F4F-P1 Logical Host Ethernet Adapter (l-hea)
+ ent1 U78A5.001.WIH4F4F-P1-T7 Logical Host Ethernet Port (lp-hea)
+ ent0 U78A5.001.WIH4F4F-P1-T6 Logical Host Ethernet Port (lp-hea)
+ L2cache0 L2 Cache
+ mem0 Memory
+ proc0 Processor
+ proc2 Processor
+ proc4 Processor
+ proc6 Processor
+ cd0 U78A5.001.WIH4F4F-P1-T1-L1-L2-L3 USB DVD-ROM Drive
* kbd0 U78A5.001.WIH4F4F-P1-T2-L1 USB keyboard
* mouse0 U78A5.001.WIH4F4F-P1-T2-L1 USB mouse
The most simple way to resolve this is to get the uname output for the machine type.
uname -M
and then search the web to find out what that device is.
Or, you can get that and more from AIX with,
prtconf
The system architecture is queried using:
uname -p
The man page has more details in case you want different information than just the CPU architecture.