Command dmidecode Does Not Provide DMI Info on Paravirtual Xen Guest

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Querying the system for DMI (SMBIOS) information with the dmidecode command on a paravirtual xen guest produces the following error message:
No SMBIOS nor DMI entry point found

Environment

  • Xen paravirtual guest
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 & 6

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