LICENSE_TYPE

: iLO 3 Advanced

MANAGEMENT_PROCESSOR

: iLO3

IP

: 192.168.217.103

HOSTNAME

: iloromqap8207bc.company.net

STATUS_TYPE

: OK

STATUS_MESSAGE

: OK

FIRMWARE_DATE

: Nov 05 2013

FIRMWARE_VERSION

: 1.32

LICENSE_TYPE

: iLO 4 Advanced

MANAGEMENT_PROCESSOR

: iLO4

The verbose output shown indicates that seven threads are being used for Find-HPiLO, which lists each address being checked, and then two threads in the Get-HPiLOFirmwareVersioncommand. (This threading allows multiple commands to multiple iLOs to be sent at the same time.) The pipeline then sends to Add-Membertwice and for each item adds the –Usernameand –Passwordparameters to the returned objects that represent the iLOs found.

Those are in turn passed through to Get-HPiLOFirmwareVersionto drive its parameter inputs. The final results are the firmware version information for the two iLOs found by Find-HPiLO. Without the –Verboseparameters you would see the Warning line from Find-HPiLOand the firmware information for the two iLOs found in that range of addresses.

Using the Get-HPiLOModuleVersion and

Update-HPiLOModuleVersion cmdlets

These cmdlets are used to determine the current version of the HPiLOCmdlets module installed and update the HPiLOCmdlets module if necessary.

The Get-HPiLOModuleVersioncmdlet has no parameters. It accesses the installed module file and help files and displays information about them including version numbers. The following is typical Get-HPiLOModuleVersioncmdlet output.

PS C:\Users\Username> Get-HPiLOModuleVersion

Name

: HPiLOCmdlets

Path

: C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\PowerShell\Modules\

 

HPiLOCmdlets\HPiLOCmdlets.psm1

Description

: Cmdlets to interface with HP iLO

GUID

: 05545ade-5f25-4696-bfcc-e1d67fe32519

Version

: 1.1.0.0

UICultureName

: en-US

UICultureVersion

: 1.1.0.0

The Update-HPiLOModuleVersioncmdlet has no parameters. This cmdlet checks the version number of the installed cmdlets against the version number available for download. If the local version is the most recent, the output will indicate this.

PS C:\Users\Username> Update-HPiLOModuleVersion

The currently installed version 1.1.0.0 is the most current.

If there is a more recent version available than the one currently installed locally, the output will indicate this and give you option to download the latest version.

PS C:\Users\Username> Update-HPiLOModuleVersion

There is a newer version of HPiLOCmdlets available at

Using the Get-HPiLOModuleVersion and Update-HPiLOModuleVersion cmdlets

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