
Chapter 8. Open system servers - Linux for xSeries 281
You can use uptime to narrow down a problem to your server or the network. If, for example, a
network application is running poorly, run uptime and you will see if the system load is high or
not (see Example 8-8). If not, the problem may more likely be related to your network than to
your server.
Example 8-8 Sample output of uptime
7:22pm up 2:31, 3 users, load average:1.12, 1.04, 0.77
For more information about uptime, see the online help (uptime) or the man pages on uptime.
8.3.2 dmesg
With dmesg, you can determine what hardware is installed in your server. During every boot,
Linux checks ...