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How to check whether AMT is enabled and provisioned under Linux

last updated May 14, 2017 in CentOS, Debian / Ubuntu, Hardware, Linux, RedHat and Friends, Suse, Troubleshooting

How do I check whether Intel Active Management Technology (AMT) and Intel Standard Manageability (ISM) enabled or disabled under Linux using command line for CVE-2017-5689 vulnerability?

FreeBSD find CPU (processor) temperature command

last updated July 11, 2018 in FreeBSD, FreeBSD Jails (VPS), Hardware, UNIX

I am a new FreeBSD Unix user. How do I get the temperature of an Intel or AMD processor (CPU) in FreeBSD using command line option? Is there a command line option for determining CPU temperature on FreeBSD Unix operating system?

Linux: Reset High Speed USB Device Using ehci_hcd Error and Solution

last updated October 13, 2011 in Linux, RedHat and Friends

I’ve recently installed CentOS / RHEL 6.x on the server. I’m getting the following messages in /var/log/messages file logged frequently :

Oct 13 14:00:20 server1 kernel: usb 1-7: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
Oct 13 14:05:57 server1 kernel: usb 1-7: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
Oct 13 14:09:18 server1 kernel: usb 1-7: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
Oct 13 14:11:42 server1 kernel: usb 1-7: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
Oct 13 14:11:49 server1 kernel: usb 1-7: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2

How do I solve this problem?

Linux Find Out Kernel Module (Device Driver) Version Number

last updated June 10, 2011 in Linux

How do I find the version of a kernel module (*.ko files located in /lib/modules/… directory) in Linux server?

Linux: Determine the Manufacturer of a PCI Device

last updated April 24, 2011 in Hardware, Linux

How do I determine the manufacturer of a PCI device under Linux operating systems?

SUSE Linux Restart / Stop / Start Network Service

last updated November 8, 2010 in Suse

How do I start / stop or restart networking service under Suse Linux without rebooting the server?

Linux: Configuring RX POLLING (NAPI)

last updated November 27, 2009 in CentOS, Debian / Ubuntu, Fedora Linux, Linux, Networking, RedHat and Friends, Suse, Troubleshooting, Ubuntu Linux

My CentOS / RHEL based server is configured with Intel PRO/1000 network interface cards. NAPI (Rx polling mode) is supported in the e1000 driver. I’ve multiple CPUs. How do I configure NAPI, decreasing interrupts and improve overall server network performance?