Check the mysql version,protocol version as well as mysql uptime to using the following command from the shell but you need to use server root login details to run the command from the shell.
[root@youknowlinux ~]mysqladmin -hlocalhost version
mysqladmin Ver 8.42 Distrib 5.5.23, for Linux on x86_64
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mysqladmin Ver 8.42 Distrib 5.5.23, for Linux on x86_64
Copyright (c) 2000, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Server version 5.5.23-55
Protocol version 10
Connection Localhost via UNIX socket
UNIX socket /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
Uptime: 12 days 23 hours 54 min 3 sec
Threads: 14 Questions: 789066661 Slow queries: 1463 Opens: 2747102 Flush tables: 1 Open tables: 4096 Queries per second avg: 702.739