AES_NI

How to find out AES-NI (Advanced Encryption) Enabled on Linux System

One can find out that the processor has the AES/AES-NI instruction set using the lscpu command:

lscpu

Type the following grep command to make sure that the processor has the AES instruction set and enabled in the BIOS:

grep -o aes /proc/cpuinfo

OR

grep -m1 -o aes /proc/cpuinfo