Grab SKU information from SMBIOS via API/CIM

[DyJohnnY]

Hi,

I'm trying to get the CIM equivalent of information returned by smbiosDump.

I am especially interested in the SKU field of smbiosDump

Example of SKU section of the "system info" from smbiosDump

System Info (Type 1): #1
Manufacturer: "IBM"
Product: "Some Server"
Version: "07"
Serial: "....."
SKU: "ABCDSomeSKU"

I searched the view object for the vmhost under hardware.systeminfo on all properties and this is not returned anywhere.

Is there any way I can grab this via the API or CIM?

[LucD]

This is completely dependant on the HW Vendor and HW Type.
Some provide that info, others don't.

The best way to access the data, imho, is to use Get-CIMInstance, a regular PowerShell cmdlet.
There is some sample code in ESXi get CIM via vCenter PowerCLI