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Does anyone know a deterministic way how to find out, if the memory modules in a RUNNING Linux server are registered or unregistered?

I am aware of dmidecode and lshw but so far I did not find any way to differentiate between buffered and unbuffered memory mobuldes.

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what type of hardware is it running on? – Alan Aug 4 '11 at 16:33
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dmidecode -t 16 | grep "Error Correction Type:"

Fully buffered: Multi-bit ECC
Unbuffered: Single-bit ECC
No EEC is None

dmidecode -t 17 | grep "Part Number:" -> google
Unfortunately, doesn't always yield a part number.

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Hi, there are two different types of server motherboards: Intel S5000VSA and Intel SC5220HC(R). Thank you very much. This seems to be a good way, which works on all of our systems. :-) – Michael Müller Aug 5 '11 at 11:33
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