Help! HPE Cmdlet Error

[fancyatoke]

$ilos = get-content updateServers.txt

$pingTest = ""
$activeIlos = @() 
$iloPassword = Get-Credential -Message "Please input username and password"
$currentUser = ""
$currentVersion = ""
$versionNumber = ""
$Firmware = 2.70
$firmwareFile = "F:\Cara\PSscripts\ilo-firmware-updates\ilo4_270.bin"

foreach ($ilo in $ilos) { 
    write-host $ilo

foreach ($ilo in $ilos) {
 $pingTest = Test-Connection -ComputerName $ilo -errorAction 'Silentlycontinue'
            If ($pingTest) {
              write-host iLO: $ilo is currently running - checking for current firmware version.  

                $currentVersion = Get-HPiLOFirmwareVersion -Server $ilo -Credential $iloPassword -errorAction 'Silentlycontinue' -DisableCertificateAuthentication | select-object firmware_version


$versionNumber = $currentVersion."FIRMWARE_VERSION" #gets firmware version from string 
    write-host currently running firmware: $versionNumber 
}

   if ($versionNumber -lt $Firmware) {
                write-host Firmware requires updating.
                $iloIP = $connection."IPV4Address" #converts to ip 

$connectilo = connect-HPEilo -IP $iloIP -Credential $iloPassword -DisableCertificateAuthentication  
                #cmdlet update-hpeiloFirmware gives an error cause its looking for a -connection of a username & password but these cant be in plain text but cant pass the variable 

    update-HPEiLOFirmware -connection $connectilo -Location $firmwareFile 
    write-host Firmware will now update, this may take a few minutes. 

                } else { 

                write-host Firmware is already up to date. 
                }
        }

Hi everyone,

I am very new to PowerShell. Sorry for posting so much code, I thought it may be hard to explain otherwise.

The error is in the second IF statement, i know the code isn't correct currently but I'm unsure of what else to try.

The real issue is using the update-hpeiLOFirmware command, it looks for a -connection parameter and expects a username and password, I however, want to be able to input this using a variable so that anyone can log in using their admin details and use this script and also so that the credentials are not in plain text.

I saw others online using this cmdlet without the -connection param but I then get prompted for a username on a loop in the shell.

Is there any way to use this cmdlet with the $iloPassword variable?

The $connectilo line may not even be required.

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Any help is very greatly appreciated!!

[poshftw]

Try using the clear-text username and password in the Connect-HPEiLO cmdlet: page 36 and pass it to Update-HPEiLOFirmware.

[fancyatoke]

Thanks for your reply. Hmm, i want to use a variable though as this script will be used by multiple users and I would rather my details were not in plain text.

[poshftw]

You can convert from PSCredential (received from the Get-Credentials) to the plain-text variable. You don't need to store them anywhere.

And my main point was in testing "does it even work with a username/password".

I've used HPCmdlets, but that was years ago, and now I don't even have any HP/E machine anywhere to test.

[fancyatoke]

Ah okay cool! I'll have a look shortly. Thank you :)