Getting Started withn ECShell

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ECShell

Powershell extension for EMC ECS Rest API
This is the Readme for 2.2.1, 3.0 and 3.1, for 2.2.0 checkout branch 2.2.0

requirements

powershell 3.0 is required to load the ECShell Modules

getting started

installing

Install-Module ECshell -Scope CurrentUser

load the modules with 

import-module .\ECShell

to connect to a EMC ECS System, simply use: connect-ECSSystem
You can specify ECS credentials as Powershell PSCredentials or type them in interactively
if you connect using non-trusted certificates in the ecs, add -trustCert to the connection 

Windows PowerShell
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Connect-ECSSystem -ECSIP 10.64.253.161
Please Enter ECS username: root
Enter ECS Password for user root: ********
The underlying connection was closed: Could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel.
SSL/TLS secure channel error indicates untrusted certificates. Connect using -trustCert Option !
PS C:\Users\Karsten> Connect-ECSSystem -ECSIP 10.64.253.161 -trustCert
Please Enter ECS username: root
Enter ECS Password for user root: ********
Successfully connected to ECS https://10.64.253.161:4443

user_scope
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GLOBAL


PS C:\Users\Karsten>

you may also use the pipeline to pass credentials

Get-Credential -UserName root  -Message "enter password for ECS" | Connect-ECSSystem -ECSIP 192.168.2.246
Successfully connected to ECS https://192.168.2.246:4443