...hopefully some useful VMware related stuff
Find number and size of physical Memory in a host
Open a putty session and become an admin user.
type the following:
dmidecode | grep "Size"
You will get the following output:
Runtime Size: 57104 bytes
ROM Size: 4096 kB
Installed Size: 32 KB
Maximum Size: 32 KB
Installed Size: 4096 KB
Maximum Size: 4096 KB
Installed Size: 32 KB
Maximum Size: 32 KB
Installed Size: 4096 KB
Maximum Size: 4096 KB
Size: 4096 MB
Size: 4096 MB
Size: 4096 MB
Size: 4096 MB
Size: No Module Installed
Size: No Module Installed
Size: No Module Installed
Size: No Module Installed
Range Size: 16 GB
Range Size: 8 GB
Range Size: 8 GB
Range Size: 8 GB
Range Size: 8 GB
Range Size: 1 kB
Range Size: 1 kB
Range Size: 1 kB
Range Size: 1 kB
The highlighted section gives you the slots and DIMMs installed, in this case 4 x 4GB = 16GB.