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#REF1: https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000126566/windows-how-to-identify-your-dell-docking-station-using-powershell | |
Set-Location -Path C:\temp | |
$dellcabURL = 'https://downloads.dell.com/catalog/DellSDPCatalogPC.cab' | |
$fileName = $dellcabURL.Substring($dellcabURL.LastIndexOf('/') + 1) | |
#Download Dell Cab | |
Invoke-WebRequest -URI $dellcabURL -UseBasicParsing -OutFile "c:\temp\$fileName" | |
#Extact DellSDPCatalogPC.xml | |
& extrac32.exe "c:\temp\$fileName" DellSDPCatalogPC.xml /Y | |
#find the line (would be beettr ro pharse the XML) | |
$MSIregex = 'https:\/\/.*DSIA.*.msi' | |
$DellMSI = Get-Content -Path "c:\temp\DellSDPCatalogPC.xml" | Select-String -pattern $MSIregex | foreach {$_.Matches.Value} | |
#Download install the Dell-MSI (dell client system inventory agent) | |
$fileName = $DellMSI.Substring($DellMSI.LastIndexOf('/') + 1) | |
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $DellMSI -UseBasicParsing -OutFile "c:\temp\$fileName" | |
Start-Process msiexec.exe -Wait -ArgumentList "/i `"C:\temp\$fileName`" /qn /l*v `"C:\temp\$fileName.log`" " | |
#get inventory +dock | |
gwmi -n root\dell\sysinv dell_softwareidentity | select * | where elementname -like "*WD*" |
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I know this is a tad old, just came across this and modified it for our use, figured I'd share.