StorSimple 8k software release 4.0

Around mid February 2017, Microsoft released StorSimple software version 4.0 (17820). This is a release that includes firmware and driver updates that require using Maintenance mode and the serial console.

Using this PowerShell script to save the Version 4.0 cmdlets and compare them to Version 3.0, I got:

Trying the new cmdlets, the Get-HCSControllerReplacementStatus cmdlet returns a message like:

The Get-HCSRehydrationJob returns no output (no restore jobs are running)

The Invoke-HCSDisgnostics seems pretty useful and returns output similar to:

The cmdlet takes a little while to run. In this case it took 14 minutes and 38 seconds:

It returns data from its several sections like;

System Information section:

This is output similar to what we get from the Get-HCSSystem cmdlet for both controllers.

Update Availability section:

This is output similar to Get-HCSUpdateAvailability cmdlet, although the MaintenanceModeUpdatesTitle property is empty !!??

Cluster Information section:

This is new exposed information. I’m guessing this is the output of some Get-HCSCluster cmdlet, but this is pure speculation on my part. I’m also guessing that this is a list of clustered roles in a traditional Server 2012 R2 failover cluster.

Service Information section:

This is also new exposed information. Get-Service is not an exposed cmdlet.

Failed Hardware Components section:

This is new exposed information. This device is in good working order, so this list may be false warnings.

Firmware Information section:

This output is similar to what we get from Get-HCSFirmwareVersion cmdlet

Network Diagnostics section:

Most of this information is not new, but it’s nicely bundled into one section.

Performance Diagnostics section:

Finally, this section provides new information about read and write latency to the configured Azure Storage accounts.

The full list of exposed cmdlets in Version 4.0 is:

Clear-DnsClientCache
Set-CloudPlatform
Select-Object
Restart-HcsController
Resolve-DnsName
Out-String
Out-Default
Set-HcsBackupApplianceMode
Measure-Object
Invoke-HcsmServiceDataEncryptionKeyChange
Invoke-HcsDiagnostics
Get-History
Get-Help
Get-HcsWuaVersion
Get-HcsWebProxy
Invoke-HcsSetupWizard
Set-HcsDnsClientServerAddress
Set-HcsNetInterface
Set-HcsNtpClientServerAddress
Test-HcsNtp
Test-HcsmConnection
Test-Connection
Sync-HcsTime
Stop-HcsController
Start-Sleep
Start-HcsUpdate
Start-HcsPeerController
Start-HcsHotfix
Start-HcsFirmwareCheck
Set-HcsWebProxy
Set-HcsSystem
Set-HcsRemoteManagementCert
Set-HcsRehydrationJob
Set-HcsPassword
Get-HcsUpdateStatus
Trace-HcsRoute
Get-HcsUpdateAvailability
Get-HcsSupportAccess
Enable-HcsRemoteManagement
Enable-HcsPing
Enable-HcsNetInterface
Disable-HcsWebProxy
Disable-HcsSupportAccess
Disable-HcsRemoteManagement
Enable-HcsSupportAccess
Disable-HcsPing
Test-NetConnection
Test-HcsStorageAccountCredential
TabExpansion2
Reset-HcsFactoryDefault
prompt
Get-NetAdapter
Disable-HcsNetInterface
Enable-HcsWebProxy
Enter-HcsMaintenanceMode
Enter-HcsSupportSession
Get-HcsRoutingTable
Get-HcsRemoteManagementCert
Get-HcsRehydrationJob
Get-HcsNtpClientServerAddress
Get-HcsNetInterface
Get-HcsFirmwareVersion
Get-HcsDnsClientServerAddress
Get-HCSControllerReplacementStatus
Get-HcsBackupApplianceMode
Get-Credential
Get-Command
Export-HcsSupportPackage
Export-HcsDataContainerConfig
Exit-PSSession
Exit-HcsMaintenanceMode
Get-HcsSystem
Update-Help

February 28, 2017 | Categories: Azure, Powershell, Storage, StorSimple | Tags: Azure, Powershell, StorSimple, StorSimple Software 4.0 | 5 Comments