SYS_IDENT(8)

💖 NAME 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the sys_ident(8) page — this is the Linux on Power Service Tools utility that’s literally here to generate unique identification numbers. iconic behavior only. ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

/usr/sbin/sys_ident -s
/usr/sbin/sys_ident -p

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the sys_ident utility implements algorithms for generating identification numbers that are unique to each system. no cap, that’s the whole vibe. these numbers are generated with the same algorithm as the numbers generated by uname -f on AIX. 💅

when you invoke it with the -s option, a 64-bit identification number will be printed as a 16-character hexadecimal number. the number will also be unique for each partition on a partitioned system. main character uniqueness, fr fr. 👑

when you invoke it with the -p option, a 32-bit processor serial number will be printed as an 8-character hexadecimal number. cute, compact, processor-coded. 🎀

✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -s — generate a unique system/partition identification 64-bit number. yes, the 64-bit system/partition one. slay. ⭐
• -p — generate the processor serial number. that’s the 32-bit processor serial one. periodt. 💜

and that’s the whole page, bestie 🫶 this lil manual moment is from Linux, dated Jan 2006, and it’s the sys_ident(8) page — mwah 💋✨