How to find the WWN (World Wide Name) in Sun Solaris

February 10, 2009 · Filed Under hardware · 1 Comment 

World Wide Name (WWN) are unique 8 byte (64-bit) identifiers in SCSI or fibre channel similar to that of MAC Addresses on a Network Interface Card (NIC).

Talking about the WWN names, there are also

World Wide port Name (WWpN), a WWN assigned to a port on a Fabric which is what you would be looking for most of the time.

World Wide node Name (WWnN), a WWN assigned to a node/device on a Fibre Channel fabric.

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How to display Processor information in Sun Solaris

May 9, 2008 · Filed Under hardware · 6 Comments 


Sun solaris has various different utilities to find the processor information on your hardware. Let’s have a look at the different utilities that can display the processor informations and the way they display information.

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