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Miscellaneous Operations : System Operations : Get General System Information
Get General System Information
Description
Get basic system information, including software version and build information, and the system serial number.
Requests
Syntax
GET http[s]://{datapathDNSname}/_rest_/system_information/
Responses
Response Elements
<Data>
   <ApiVersion>{string}</ApiVersion>
   <BackendActivated>TRUE|FALSE</BackendActivated>
   <BuildInformation>
      <Branch>{string}</Branch>
      <Revision>{string}</Revision>
      <Version>{string}</Version>
   </BuildInformation>
   <InstanceId>{string}</InstanceId>
   <Now>{64‑bit integer}</Now>
   <SerialNumber>{string}</SerialNumber>
</Data>
where the response elements are defined as follows:
Parameter
Description
Data
The container for the response.
ApiVersion
The version of the Spectra S3 API. The version is in the form X.Y, where X is the MD5 checksum across all request handler major revisions and Y is the MD5 checksum across all request handler full versions (including the minor revision).
BackendActivated
Whether the BlackPearl system is allowed to send data to the data path backend (pool or tape partitions).
Values: TRUE, FALSE
BuildInformation
A container for the information about the build.
Branch
The branch used to build the API.
Revision
The revision of the software build.
Version
The version of the software build.
InstanceID
The UUID for the BlackPearl system session.
Now
The number of seconds that have elapsed since January 1, 1970 at 00:00:00 GM (UNIX time).
SerialNumber
The serial number of the BlackPearl Converged Storage System
Example
Sample Request
This request gets general system information.
GET http://blackpearl-hostname/_rest_/system_information/ HTTP/1.1
Sample Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
<Data>
   <ApiVersion>
      5107E9A4021B822F2533C3B619AB1C4C.
      4C2BB2339FC04CDAFB523E1B86F5F2D5
   </ApiVersion>
   <BuildInformation>
      <Branch>//BlueStorm/mainline</Branch>
      <Revision>1099282</Revision>
      <Version>1.0.0</Version>
   </BuildInformation>
   <InstanceId>3c498151-8e6f-4101-acca-7dd9279f0548</InstanceId>
   <Now>1465434924352</Now>
   <SerialNumber>50030480003e6abf</SerialNumber>
</Data>