# How can I find information about the version of GPFS running on a cluster?

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**Tags:** hpc-getting-started, gpfs, spectrum-scale, researcher\
**Created:** [July 13, 2018, 2:49pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/how-can-i-find-information-about-the-version-of-gpfs-running-on-a-cluster/283 "2018-07-13T14:49:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![toreliza](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/user_avatar/ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/toreliza/32/157_2.png) [@toreliza](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/toreliza)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 2:49pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/how-can-i-find-information-about-the-version-of-gpfs-running-on-a-cluster/283/1 "2018-07-13T14:49:34Z")

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Our institution uses IBM’s GPFS for the file systems on all of our clusters. Is there a command, or set of commands, that will provide version (and other) information about each GPFS installation?

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**Author:** ![toreliza](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/user_avatar/ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/toreliza/32/157_2.png) [@toreliza](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/toreliza)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 2:54pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/how-can-i-find-information-about-the-version-of-gpfs-running-on-a-cluster/283/2 "2018-07-13T14:54:47Z")

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IBM answers these questions very well on its website. Here I offer two commands, and provide the appropriate IBM website links.

On Linux:

To display the GPFS version, type:

```auto
$ rpm -qa | grep gpfs

```

Associated link:  
[https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/forums/html/topic?id=77777777-0000-0000-0000-000014415658](https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/forums/html/topic?id=77777777-0000-0000-0000-000014415658)

To list GPFS configuration information for the cluster, type:

```auto
$ mmlscluster

```

Associated link:  
[https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/STXKQY\_4.2.0/com.ibm.spectrum.scale.v4r2.adm.doc/bl1adm\_clinfo.htm](https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/STXKQY_4.2.0/com.ibm.spectrum.scale.v4r2.adm.doc/bl1adm_clinfo.htm)