HP Scripting Tools for Windows PowerShell Release Notes: OA cmdlets v1.0

Version
1.0
Description
The HP Scripting Tools for Windows PowerShell includes a set of PowerShell cmdlets that provides
configuration management for HP hardware. This release provides a set of cmdlets for managing and
configuring HP Onboard Administrator (OA) using PowerShell scripts. It provides a native PowerShell
interface that simplifies writing scripts. These cmdlets provide out-of-band automation from a Windows
Management workstation directly to OA systems.
Operating environment
Windows Management workstations that have .NET 4.0 or later and the Windows Management
Framework 3.0 or later (including PowerShell 3.0 or later) installed.
Devices supported
These cmdlets allow scripting and automation of administrative functions for the supported management
endpoints. The following items are the manageable endpoints currently supported:
• Onboard Administrator version 3.11 or later
• Onboard Administrator version 3.5 or later for IPv6 support
Testing was performed on OA firmware version 3.11 or later. Using a version earlier than 3.11 is not
recommended. Some features do not work in certain versions and a later version must be used to get
the feature. These are documented in the help for the cmdlets.
Testing was performed on C3000 and C7000 enclosures with a variety of ProLiant servers.
Operating systems
The HP OA cmdlets can be installed on Windows operating systems that have .NET 4.0 or later and
Windows Management Framework 3.0 or later installed. This includes the following:
• Microsoft Windows 7 SP1
• Microsoft Windows 8
• Microsoft Windows 8.1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
Languages
This release supports English only. All HP PowerShell cmdlets have built-in Help functions that document
syntax and usage examples.
Features
• Communicates directly to OA
• Uses connection parameter - one time login per session
• Multi-threaded operation
• Provides a secure communication link to OA
• Provides the ability to pipe objects to or from cmdlets, including arrays and object arrays
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