The swversion command displays the product name, instance name, software version, and product deployment. See the following example:
Product Name : ASBCE-8.X
Product Instance Name : IPCS ID=[2] NODE ID=[11]
Product Version : 8.1.2.0-25-19490
Product Deployment : VMware Virtual Platform
Note:
You must be logged on as superuser, such as root, to run this command.