The Intel Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) or New Instructions (AES-NI) engine enables high-speed hardware encryption and decryption for OpenSSL, ssh, VPN, Linux/Unix/OSX full disk encryption and more. How do I check support for Intel or AMD AES-NI loaded in my running Linux in my Linux based system including OpenSSL?
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How do I find out the number of CPU cores available under HP x86_64 Linux serer running on RHEL / Debian Linux 6.x?
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How do I display information from /proc such as memory, Load average, uptime, page activity, context, disk status, interrupts using a shell or perl script?
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I am a new CentOS Linux 7.x sysadmin and user. How do I find out information about my CPU like the number of cores, sockets, CPU type, make and other features provided by ARM, Intel, and AMD CPUs using the command line options on CentOS Linux 5.x/6.x/7.x?
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How do I find out CPU Information such as speed, processor, and cache under Ubuntu Linux operating systems?
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Q. Physical Address Extension (PAE) refers to a feature of x86 and x86-64 processors that allows more than 4G bytes of physical memory to be used in 32-bit systems. The x86 architecture presently uses only 36 bits out of 52 bits possible. On x86-64 processors, PAE is obligatory in native long mode; currently 40 bits are used out of 52 bits possible. How do I find out if my Linux kernel supports 36-bit or more physical addressing?
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