[pve-devel] [PATCH manager 5/7] report: overhaul `dmidecode` related output

[Alexander Zeidler]

While using keywords (-t bios,...) would be possible, depending on the
server it also bloats the report with uninteresting information,
hiding the relevant.

Therefore the non-grouped, specific number types are used. Where we
only need specific information, not serial numbers etc., we print the
information from /sys/... which is the same source that dmidecode uses
per default.

New output includes:

sys_vendor:	HP
product_name:	ProLiant DL380p Gen8
product_version:	Not specified

and

board_vendor:	ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
board_name:	Z13PP-D32 Series
board_version:	60SB09M0-SB0G11

also because there are not always both data blocks available.

`-t 0`:
(like the previous "BIOS" output, but without "BIOS Language" block)

`-t 3`:
Chassis Information
	Manufacturer: HP
	Type: Rack Mount Chassis
	Boot-up State: Critical
	Power Supply State: Critical
	Thermal State: Safe
	Number Of Power Cords: 2
	(...)

and

`-t 32`:
System Boot Information
	Status: Firmware-detected hardware failure

which can hint to Proxmox-independant issues, debug-able via IPMI.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Zeidler <a.zeidler at proxmox.com>
---
v2:
* reformat and extend board output
* add product output
* adapt dmidecode output

v1: https://lists.proxmox.com/pipermail/pve-devel/2024-March/062350.html


 PVE/Report.pm | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/PVE/Report.pm b/PVE/Report.pm
index 1ed91c8e..9d1b9b27 100644
--- a/PVE/Report.pm
+++ b/PVE/Report.pm
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ my $init_report_cmds = sub {
 	hardware => {
 	    order => 70,
 	    cmds => [
-		'dmidecode -t bios',
+		'cd /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id; grep -HT "" sys_vendor product_name product_version',
+		'cd /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id; grep -HT "" board_vendor board_name board_version',
+		'dmidecode -t 0,3,32',
 		'lspci -nnk',
 	    ],
 	},
-- 
2.39.2