Updated Date: 07/07/2026
About Machine Info
The Machine Info action retrieves MAC addresses for network adapters on Mac, Linux, and Windows clients. It retrieves additional information on Windows clients
After retrieving the information, the Machine Info action creates session variables and stores the values in them. Session variables can be used in Tcl expressions and are also available for configuring an expression using the expression builder pull-down menu item Machine Info.
Note: In a session variable value, any special characters are represented by ASCII characters. For example, a space character is represented by the value %20. Leading and trailing white space characters are removed.
The Machine Info action collects the following information and creates the following session variables.
| Information | Session variable name |
|---|---|
| CPU Name | session.machine_info.cpu.name |
| CPU Vendor ID | session.machine_info.cpu.vendor |
| CPU Description | session.machine_info.cpu.description |
| CPU maximum clock | session.machine_info.cpu.max_clock |
| Motherboard manufacturer | session.machine_info.motherboard.manufacturer |
| Motherboard serial number | session.machine_info.motherboard.sn |
| Motherboard product | session.machine_info.motherboard.product |
| BIOS manufacturer | session.machine_info.bios.manufacturer |
| BIOS serial number | session.machine_info.bios.sn |
| BIOS version | session.machine_info.bios.version |
| Number of network adapters | session.machine_info.net_adapter.count |
| First network adapter name | session.machine_info.net_adapter.list.0.name |
| Second network adapter name | session.machine_info.net_adapter.list.1.name |
| First network adapter MAC address (Collected from Linux, Mac, and Windows clients) | session.machine_info.net_adapter.list.0.mac_address |
| Second network adapter MAC address (Collected from Linux, Mac, and Windows clients) | session.machine_info.net_adapter.list.1.mac_address |
| Number of hard drives | session.machine_info.hdd.count |
| First hard drive model number | session.machine_info.hdd.list.0.model |
| Second hard drive model number | session.machine_info.hdd.list.1.model |
| First hard drive serial number | session.machine_info.hdd.list.0.sn |
| Second hard drive serial number | session.machine_info.hdd.list.1.sn |