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title: "show hardware-type"
canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/nios85/35478293/show%20hardware-type"
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Use the `show`` ``hardware-type`` `command to display the current hardware type, member host platform, and hypervisor details for your appliance.

For IB-FLEX only, you can set the hardware type on an appliance and configure it as an IB-FLEX appliance. For more information, see <span style="color: #0000ff">[*set hardware-type*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35416333)</span>. For information about IB-FLEX, see <span style="color: #0000ff">[*About IB-FLEX*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35882266)</span>.

# Syntax

`show hardware-type`

This command has no arguments.

# Example

To display the hardware type of an appliance:

`Infoblox > show hardware-type `

`Member hardware type: IB-V825 `

`Member host platform = Openstack `

`Member hypervisor = KVM`

> ⚠️ **Note**
> ⚠️ 
> ⚠️ The `Member hypervisor` value differs based on the underlying hypervisor. For example, in Nutanix host platforms, the `Member hypervisor` value is displayed as `HYPERV` or `KVM`. This is because Nutanix AHV supports different types of hypervisors in Windows and Linux platforms.