How to get the server serial number with powershell

Saturday, February 14th, 2015

I had to update some drivers and did a quick check of the server database and found it was wrong. I remembered there were a couple server changes before this install and was not sure the correct server was listed.

I needed the serial number of to verify I was updating the right information in the database.

Powershell can do this.  Note: this is a 2012 install on new hardware.  Older models might not work.

From Powershell; simply enter;

gwmi win32_bios | fl SerialNumber
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