Is my server physical or virtual?
Am I real or virtual? That is the question! That's the realm of philosophy and adhyatma . When and if I put this question to my server, it becomes technical and here's the answer. On Linux # dmidecode | more or dmidecode -s system-manufacturer Sample Output # dmidecode | more # dmidecode 2.9 SMBIOS 2.4 present. 364 structures occupying 17030 bytes. Table at 0x000E0010. Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes BIOS Information Vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD Version: 6.00 Release Date: 04/14/2014 Address: 0xEA050 Runtime Size: 90032 bytes ROM Size: 64 kB Characteristics: ISA is supported PCI is supported PC Card (PCMCIA) is supported PNP is supported APM is supported BIOS is upgradeable BIOS shadowing is allowed ESCD support is available Boot from