{"id":285,"date":"2018-10-05T10:52:19","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T10:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/24x7serversupport-blog\/?p=285"},"modified":"2018-10-05T10:52:19","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T10:52:19","slug":"how-to-find-out-bios-version-from-linux-shell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/how-to-find-out-bios-version-from-linux-shell\/","title":{"rendered":"How to find Out BIOS version from Linux Shell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One can find out BIOS version under for  Linux Box using the dmidecode command which is a great tool to analyse BIOS data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dmidecode command helps you to find out the BIOS version without rebooting the server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>root@server ] dmidecode &#8211;type 0<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>dmidecode 3.0<br \/>\nGetting SMBIOS data from sysfs.<br \/>\nSMBIOS 2.7 present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes<br \/>\nBIOS Information<br \/>\n        Vendor: American Megatrends Inc.<br \/>\n        Version: 2.0<br \/>\n        Release Date: 04\/24\/2014<br \/>\n        Address: 0xF0000<br \/>\n        Runtime Size: 64 kB<br \/>\n        ROM Size: 16384 kB<br \/>\n        Characteristics:<br \/>\n                PCI is supported<br \/>\n                BIOS is upgradeable<br \/>\n                BIOS shadowing is allowed<br \/>\n                Boot from CD is supported<br \/>\n                Selectable boot is supported<br \/>\n                BIOS ROM is socketed<br \/>\n                EDD is supported<br \/>\n                5.25&#8243;\/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)<br \/>\n                3.5&#8243;\/720 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h)<br \/>\n                3.5&#8243;\/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)<br \/>\n                Print screen service is supported (int 5h)<br \/>\n                Serial services are supported (int 14h)<br \/>\n                Printer services are supported (int 17h)<br \/>\n                ACPI is supported<br \/>\n                USB legacy is supported<br \/>\n                BIOS boot specification is supported<br \/>\n                Targeted content distribution is supported<br \/>\n                UEFI is supported<br \/>\n        BIOS Revision: 4.6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br \/>OR<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>root@server ] dmidecode -s bios-version<br \/>2.0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One can find out BIOS version under for Linux Box using the dmidecode command which is a great tool to analyse BIOS data. Dmidecode command helps you to find out the BIOS version without rebooting the server. root@server ] dmidecode &#8211;type 0 dmidecode 3.0 Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs. SMBIOS 2.7 present. 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