The following table describes each General data type and their meanings.
Table 2.1. General Data Types
| Name | Description | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Host Name | The canonical hostname. | speed.acme.com |
| Host Aliases | Aliases the host is known bye. Each entry is seperated by a comma (,). | quick, fast |
| Host Addresses | The IP address(es) used by the host. Each entry is seperated by a comma (,). | 192.168.1.1, 192.168.99.1 |
| Host ID | The host identifier of the system. This is not usually the system serial number, but some form of unique ID based on the systems boot PROM or ethernet MAC address. | 05c0201a |
| Serial Number | The system's unique serial number which is typically assigned by the system manufacturer. | A1234567BC |
| Manufacturer | A verbose string specifying the manufacturer of the system. | Acme (Acme International Inc) |
| Manufacturer (Short) | A short, one word string specifying the manufacturer of the system. | Acme |
| Manufacturer (Long) | A multi-word string specifying the manufacturer of the system. | Acme International Inc |
| System Model | The hardware system model. | Excalibur 4500 |
| Main Memory | The amount of system memory (RAM). | 512 MB |
| Virtual Memory | The amount of virtual memory. This value usually includes the System Memory plus the swap/paging space. | 1.2 GB |
| ROM Version | The version of the system ROM/PROM found on the system's mainboard. This value is not provided by most modern hardware platforms. | 1.2 |
| CPU Count - Socketed | The number of CPU's socketed into a system. On systems with multi-core CPU's, each multi-core CPU will count as 1 for this value. | 1 |
| CPU Count - Physical | The number of CPU's physically present in a system. On systems with multi-core CPU's, each core will count as 1 for this value. | 1 |
| CPU Count - Virtual | The number of CPU's virtually present in a system. On systems with multi-core CPU's, each core will count as 1 for this value. On systems with multi-threaded CPU's, each CPU thread will count as 1 for this value. | 1 |
| CPU Count - Online | The number of CPU's the system has online and available for use. | 1 |
| CPU Count - Offline | The number of CPU's the system has present but which are offline/disabled. | 0 |
| CPU Type | The type/architecture of CPU found in the system. | i786 |
| CPU Model | The model of CPU found in the system. | Pentium 4 |
| CPU Speed | The speed of the first CPU found in the system. | 2.6 GHz |
| App Architecture | The application architecture of the system. This value represents the most common architecture supported by the system and CPU platform. | x86 |
| Kernel Architecture | The kernel architecture of the system. This value represents the architecture the system kernel supports. It's typically the most specific architecture supported by the platform. | x64 |
| Kernel Bit Size | The bit size supported by the kernel. Typically it's either 32-bit or 64-bit. | 64 |
| OS Name | The name of the Operating System. | Linux |
| OS Version | The version of the Operating System. | 2.6.14 |
| OS Distribution | The full Operating System Distribution. | Fedore Core release 4 |
| OS Distribution Name | The name of the Operating System Distribution. | Fedore Core |
| OS Distribution Short Name | The short, common name of Operating System Distribution. | fedore |
| OS Distribution Version | The version of the Operating System Distribution. | 4 |
| Libc Name | The name for the primary C Library (libc). | glibc |
| Libc Version | The version for the primary C Library (libc). | 2.3.5 |
| Kernel Version | The version string for the OS kernel. | Linux version 2.6.14 |
| System Up Time | The amount of time the system has been running since the system booted. | 22 Days, 20 Hours, 12 Minutes |
| System Boot Time | The time the system booted. | Sun Dec 18 18:43:44 2005 PST |
| Current Time | The current time as of when SysInfo was run. | Mon Jan 2 15:06:58 2006 PST |
| Time Zone | The system's timezone. | PST |
| Language Locale | The system's language locale. | en_US.UTF-8 |
| Primary User Login | The username of the system's primary user. On UNIX based systems, this value is calculated by determining who has logged into the system the most. On Windows based systems, this value is taken to be the name of the registered user recorded in the system's Registry. | jsmith |
| Primary User Name | The full name of the Primary User Login. | John Smith |