Working with iDRAC9 Redfish API using PowerShell - Part 4

In this article, I will explain how to use iDRAC Redfish API to Power On and Graceful Shutdown a server using PowerShell. This is applicable to all Dell EMC servers having iDRAC. It can be a general-purpose PowerEdge rack server, Ready Node, Appliance, etc. I've tested on iDRAC9.

Note: In a production environment please make sure to follow proper shutdown or reboot procedure (if any) before performing any system reset actions on the server.

[CmdletBinding()]

param(

    [Parameter(Mandatory)]

    [String]$idrac_ip,

    [Parameter(Mandatory)]

    [ValidateSet('On', 'GracefulShutdown')]

    [String]$ResetType

)

#To fix the connection issues to iDRAC REST API

add-type @"

    using System.Net;

    using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;

    public class TrustAllCertsPolicy : ICertificatePolicy {

    public bool CheckValidationResult(

        ServicePoint srvPoint, X509Certificate certificate,

        WebRequest request, int certificateProblem) {

        return true;

        }

    }

"@

[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::CertificatePolicy = New-Object TrustAllCertsPolicy

[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12 -bor [System.Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls11

#Get iDRAC creds

$Credentials = Get-Credential -Message "Enter iDRAC Creds"

$JsonBody = @{"ResetType" = $ResetType} | ConvertTo-Json

$u1 = "https://$($idrac_ip)/redfish/v1/Systems/System.Embedded.1/Actions/ComputerSystem.Reset"

Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $u1 -Credential $Credentials -Method Post -UseBasicParsing -ContentType 'application/json' -Body $JsonBody -Headers @{"Accept"="application/json"} -Verbose

Hope it was useful. Cheers!

Related posts

Working with iDRAC9 Redfish API using PowerShell - Part 1

Working with iDRAC9 Redfish API using PowerShell - Part 2

Working with iDRAC9 Redfish API using PowerShell - Part 3

References

iDRAC9 Redfish API guide