PsDellAsset (Decommissioned)

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*** Decommissioned, online for archive purposes only ***
Dell decommissioned the SOAP API on which this module depends on. As a result the module will return a "error 503". Alternative provided by Dell is a REST API. More information can be found here (pdf).

 

Description

This PowerShell module enables you to query Dell for asset and entitlement (warranty) information based on a Dell ServiceTag. The output is returned as a Dell Asset object. The module is able to detect the ServiceTag when run on a Dell system. However a ServiceTag can also be manually provided. As a treat, the module is also able to calculate the Dell Express code for easy and quick assistance from Dell. This module can also be used in any monitoring system that supports PowerShell based sensor.

Prerequisites

• .NET 3.5 (or higher)
• PowerShell 2.0 or higher
• Internet Access
• Only Dell systems are supported

Tested on / with

• Windows 10 64-bit
• Windows 2008 R2 64-bit
• Windows 2012 R2 64-bit
• PowerShell 2.0 and 5.0

Quick Start

Download the ZIP file. For a single user extract the zip contents to "%USERPROFILE%\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules". For all users to (64-bit) "%SystemRoot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules" or (32-bit) "%SystemRoot%\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules".

# Import Module Import-Module PsDellAsset -Verbose   # Show provided cmdlets $(Get-Command -Module PsDellAsset).Name   # Show help for each provided cmdlet $(Get-Command -Module PsDellAsset).Name | ForEach-Object {get-help $_}

Installation Notes

n/a

Known Limitations

PowerShell 2.0 doesn't support TAB completion for parameter sets and dynamic
parameters. Please check the cmdlet help in order to get the full set of
parameters.

Upgrade from earlier releases

Simply remove the old PsDellAsset folder and replace it with the new one.

Help

Full (en_US) help is provided with the module. You may view the online help by clicking the help button located in the header of this page.

Change Log

------------------------------------------------------------------------ 30 May 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ### Decommissioned. - Dell decommissioned SOAP API   ### Known Issues - Error 503 is returned when querying asset management ------------------------------------------------------------------------   ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6 April 2016 - v1.1.5939.39581 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ### New - Module now supports passing credentials to remote servers using the added parameters -Username, -Password or -Credential. - Module is now signed with a public certificate.   ### Changed - Help has be updated with the newly added parameters. - Help has been improved.   ### Fixed - Unable to connect through proxy that doesn't support Expect:100-continue header.   ### Known Issues - When no or unknown ServiceTag is provided, Null will be returned instead of an error.   ### Known Limitations - No proxy can be specified at this time. The system default proxy is used and the current user credentials to authenticate. ------------------------------------------------------------------------   ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 October 2015 - v1.0.5753.28893 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * First Public Release ------------------------------------------------------------------------