Problem with CONNECT-HPEBIOS on DL380 Gen11

[CymruWizard]

Hi,

Hoping someone can help.

I have a new HPE Proliant DL380 Gen11 and I am trying to connect to it using the CONNECT-HPEBIOS command and it fails.

I have installed the latest powershell module (V3.1.0.0) and it still fails with the following:-

Connect-HPEBIOS -IP 1.2.3.4 -Username Uname -Password Pword -DisableCertificateAuthentication
WARNING: [1.2.3.4] DNS name translation not available.
Connect-HPEBIOS : [1.2.3.4] : Atleast one connection type has to be specified for the module to connect.
At line:1 char:8
+ $con = Connect-HPEBIOS -IP 1.2.3.4 -Username Uname -Password Pw ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (:) [Connect-HPEBIOS], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : HPE.BIOS.Cmdlet.Connector.ConnectHPEBIOS

The same command works fine on the Gen9 and Gen10 servers that we also have.

The Connect-HPEiLO command works correctly on the Gen11 server too.

Thanks in advance.

[thutchings]

Hello,

It appears that for the Gen11 (iLO 6), it does not know what type of connection to use to connect into the iLO and BIOS. I tested this out and I get the same results that you observed. I notice the following for the other generation servers (when using the -verbose parameter):

iLO 4

VERBOSE: [Connect-HPEBIOS][10.226.244.68]: Creating connection for connection type(s): RIBCL, REST

iLO 5

VERBOSE: [Connect-HPEBIOS][10.226.246.76]: Creating connection for connection type(s): Redfish

I believe a case will need to be created for this. 

Regards

[Sunitha_Mod]

Hello @CymruWizard,

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[CymruWizard]

I expect that this will be fixed in a future version of the HPE BIOS Cmdlets for Powershell. None of the versions I have found even mention the Gen11 servers.

[knichols]

I'm obvserving the same problem on all Gen11 ProLiant models...

I've actually seen something similar on Gen10 Plus ProLiants, but the error was along the lines of incorrectly formatted XML data. 

HPE PowerShell Cmdlets are some of the best there is, and I'm grateful that the iLOCmdlets continues to work and be updated, but I'd really like to see either an update to the HPEBIOSCmdlets module to support Gen11 and Gen10 Plus ProLiants. That or either sunset the HPEBIOSCmdlets and incorporate their functionality into the iLOCmdlets.

[CymruWizard · Accepted solution]

I have seen that V4.0.0.0 of the BIOSCmdlets are now available.

After a quick download and test, they seem to be working with Gen11 servers.

A lot of testing ahead to make sure all is ok!!

[Sunitha_Mod]

Hello @CymruWizard,

Perfect! 

We are extremely glad to know the issue has been resolved and we appreciate you for keeping us posted.