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Synopsis

Retrieves one or more storage systems registered with HPE OneView.

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Syntax

Get-OVStorageSystem
    [-Name <String>]
    [-Hostname <String>]
    [-Family <String>]
    [-ApplianceConnection <Object>]
    [<CommonParameters>]

Get-OVStorageSystem
    -SerialNumber <String>
    [-Family <String>]
    [-ApplianceConnection <Object>]
    [<CommonParameters>]

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Description

Get-OVStorageSystem returns storage system objects from the HPE OneView appliance. You can filter results by display name, hostname, serial number, or storage family. If no filter is provided, all managed storage systems are returned. Returned objects carry the HPEOneView.Storage.System type and can be piped to other storage cmdlets such as Get-OVStoragePool and Add-OVStoragePool.

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Parameters

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Name
String
Friendly name of the storage system as shown in HPE OneView. Supports wildcard matching. Aliased as SystemName.
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Hostname
String
IP address or FQDN of the storage system controller used at import time.
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SerialNumber
String
Serial number of the storage array. Aliased as SN. Use the Serial parameter set when filtering by serial number.
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Family
String
Limit results to a specific storage family. Accepted values: Alletra6000, Alletra9000, StoreVirtual, StoreServ, Nimble, Primera.
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ApplianceConnection
Object
One or more HPE OneView appliance connection objects. Defaults to the default connected session from ${Global:ConnectedSessions}. Aliased as Appliance.

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Examples

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List all storage systems

Get-OVStorageSystem
Returns all storage systems managed by the connected appliance.

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Get a storage system by name

$myStorageSystem1 = Get-OVStorageSystem -Name HP3Par_1
$myStorageSystem2 = Get-OVStorageSystem -Name HP3Par_2

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Get a storage system by hostname

Get-OVStorageSystem -Hostname HPEStoreServ_1-array.contoso.com

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Filter by storage family

Get-OVStorageSystem -Family Primera
Returns only HPE Primera arrays.

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Pipe to Get-OVStoragePool

Get-OVStorageSystem -Name HP3Par_1 | Get-OVStoragePool
Retrieves all storage pools belonging to the named system.

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Output

HPEOneView.Storage.System Each object includes the system name, hostname, family, firmware version, managed domain, storage capacity, and port configuration.

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