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3.
C
OMMAND
L
INE
P
ARAMETERS OF
U
TILITIES AND
T
OOLS
The Advantech QuickStart Linux Image comes with several useful utilities and tools
preinstalled for hardware monitoring and management. The following subsections will
provide more details about the usage of those utilities.
3.1
Afru
The
Afru
tool is used to read FRU information stored in an EEPROM on platforms without a
BMC such as the FWA-T011 series. FRU Information includes serial numbers, manufacturing
date of the system and boards.
Change to the /root/bin directory first then executing any Afru command:
#afru
Figure 19: Usage of Afru
3.1.1
Command Examples
Only the
–V
and
–R
commands are supported on the FWA-T011 platform. Using other Afru
command parameters may lead to undesired platform behavior.
Print the software version of the afru utility:
#afru -V
Figure 20: Print Afru Version Information
Retrieve FRU information for the system and motherboard:
