This document provides an introduction to Powershell and the Dell Command | Powershell Provider (DCPP). It discusses the history and versions of Powershell, how to get help and use the Integrated Scripting Environment. It also covers the basics of Powershell cmdlet structure and aliases. The document then introduces DCPP, which can be used to configure BIOS settings on Dell devices, and provides instructions for installing DCPP either from a zip file or using the Powershell Gallery.

1. Powershell
&
Dell Command | Powershell Provider
Arti Srivastava

2. Agenda
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• Powershell Introduction
• Dell Command | Powershell Provider

3. History
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Powershell Version Release
Date
OS Supported .Net framework version
supported
Powershell1.0 2006 Windows2003, XP .Net 2.0
Powershell 2.0 2009 Windows 2008 R2 .Net 2.0
Powershell 3.0 2012 Windows 2012,
Windows 8
.Net 4.0
Powershell 4.0 2013 Wwindows 2012 R2,
Windows 8.1
.Net 4.5
Powershell 5.0 2014 NA .Net 4.5

4. Determine Power shell Version
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• Windows Management Framework
• Download MSU file
• RT is for tablet
• $PSVersionTable
• $PSVersionTable.PSVersion

5. How to get Help
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• Help
• Get-help
• Get-help get-date -showwindow
• Gcm is alias
• Gcm event*
• Gcm –verb get
• Gcm –noun even*
• Update-help(Update all the help files)
• Save-help

6. ISE
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• Integrated Scripting Environment
• IDE -> Integrated Development Environment

7. Cmdlet structure
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• Verb-Noun –parameter value switch
• Parameter
– Positional
– Named
• switch-> whatif,
• Get-log –logname Application –computername dc1 –newest 3

8. 8
Alias cat -> Get-Content
Alias cd -> Set-Location
Alias copy -> Copy-Item
Alias ls -> Get-ChildItem
Alias echo -> Write-Output
Alias history -> Get-History
Alias kill -> Stop-Process
Alias man -> help
Alias mount -> New-PSDrive
Alias mv -> Move-Item
Alias ps -> Get-Process
Alias wget -> Invoke-WebRequest
Get-alias(Some of the linux commands in Powershell)

9. Cmdlet structure
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• Verb-Noun –parameter value switch
• Parameter
– Positional
– Named
• switch-> whatif,
• Get-log –logname Application –computername dc1 –newest 3

10. Dell Command | Powershell Provider
DCPP can configure the BIOS settings on
Precision, Latitude, Optiplex and Venue line of
client systems.
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11. DCPP Installation
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• DCPP can be installed in 2 ways
– Zip/Self Extractable file available in techcenter
– Using Powershell Gallery

12. DCPP Installation(Zip/Self Extractable file)
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• DCPP Zip/Self Extractable file - link
• Refer this link for detailed instructions

13. DCPP Installation(Powershell Gallery)
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• PowerShell 5.0 required to deploy DCPP using Powershell gallery
• Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
• Check if dellbiosprovider is already available -> Get-module -listavailable
• Find-module dell*
• Install-module dellbiosprovider
• Import-module dellbiosprovider
• gdr
• cd dellsmbios:
• dir
• Get-item .Adaptersettings | select *
• set-item .Adaptersettings

14. References
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http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/enterprise-client/w/wiki/6901.dell-client-
powershell-provider
https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/DellBIOSProvider/
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=46889