AIX - How to get CPU infomation

Question : How to get CPU model, number of cores and speed on an AIX machine?
Answer : Use prtconf to display system configuration information and look for information related to processor.
Example :

root@server # prtconf |grep -i processor Processor Type: PowerPC_POWER5 Processor Implementation Mode: POWER 5 Processor Version: PV_5_3 Number Of Processors: 2 Processor Clock Speed: 2097 MHz Model Implementation: Multiple Processor, PCI bus + proc0 Processor + proc2 Processor

Question : How to get system model and machine serial number from AIX operating system?
Answer : Use prtconf command and look for system model and machine serial number information.
Example :

root@server # prtconf |egrep -i 'serial|model' System Model: IBM,9110-51A Machine Serial Number: 06B73FD

Question : How to monitor CPU usage on AIX operating system?
Answer : Use sar command to monitor CPU usage on AIX operating system.
Example :

root@server # sar -u 5 5 AIX server 1 6 00CB73FD4C00 03/05/14 System configuration: lcpu=2 ent=0.10 mode=Uncapped 05:26:01 %usr %sys %wio %idle physc %entc 05:26:06 4 6 0 90 0.02 15.3 05:26:11 2 5 0 93 0.01 11.4 05:26:16 7 7 0 86 0.02 19.4 05:26:21 28 20 0 52 0.06 55.5 05:26:26 3 6 0 92 0.01 13.4 Average 9 9 0 82 0.02 23.1