iPowerShellSmbios contains a collection of PowerShell Cmdlets that allow us to obtain the SMBIOS information.
Currently works fully on Windows, It has partial support on MacOS and Linux support is still pending development.
To check the currently supported cmdlets, please see the following link
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From PowerShellGallery
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From package manager console
User Command Administrator user Install-Module -Name iPowerShellSmbios -ForceCurrent user Install-Module -Name iPowerShellSmbios -scope CurrentUser -Force
| Step | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Create the iPowerShellSmbios folder in %programfiles%\WindowsPowerShell\Modules |
| 2 | Copy the contents of the output folder Release or Debug into the folder created in the previous step. %programfiles%\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\iPowerShellSmbios. |
| 3 | Run Windows PowerShell |
| 4 | For import iPowerShellSmbios module, please enter the following command: PS> Import-Module iPowerShellSmbios |
| 5 | Now try to get the information of available commands, please enter the following command: PS> Get-Help Smbios |
| 6 | Now to check that everything is correct, let's check the SMBIOS version, please enter the following command: PS> Get-SmbiosVersion or if you prefer, use its alias SMBIOS-Version |
| 7 | In both cases, in both cases we must obtain a response value, if this is so, perfect is already installed!! |
| 8 | Enjoy ;) |
Below is a table containing the commands supported by the various systems
| Cmdlet | Windows | MacOS | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get-SmbiosVersion | OK | OK | --- |
| Get-SmbiosAvailableStructures | OK | OK | --- |
| Get-SmbiosImplementedProperties | OK | --- | --- |
| Get-SmbiosLocateProperty | OK | --- | --- |
| Get-SmbiosProperty | OK | --- | --- |
| Get-SmbiosPropertyDetail | OK | --- | --- |
Where:
(---): Work in progress.
| Cmdlet | Alias | Description | Example(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get-SmbiosVersion | SMBIOS-Version | Returns a value that contains the SMBIOS version of the system | Get-SmbiosVersion |
| Get-SmbiosAvailableStructures | SMBIOS-Available-Structures | Returns a collection of elements where each element represents an available SMBIOS structure | GetSmbiosAvailableStructures |
| Get-SmbiosImplementedProperties | SMBIOS-Implemented-Properties | Returns a collection of elements where each element represents an implemented property for given structure class | GetSmbiosImplementedProperties |
| Get-SmbiosLocateProperty | SMBIOS-Locate-Property | Returns a value that contains the location or locations of the SMBIOS property by its name | GetSmbiosLocateProperty |
| Get-SmbiosProperty | SMBIOS-Property | Returns a reference that contains the information associated with the given property such as the key that identifies the property and its value | GetSmbiosProperty |
| Get-SmbiosPropertyDetail | SMBIOS-Property-Detail | Returns a reference that contains the complete data of the given property, includes its name, value, unit in which the property is expressed, description and structure class to which it belongs | GetSmbiosPropertyDetail |
- For full code documentation, please see next link documentation.
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