Show-OVFirmwareReport

Generate a firmware compliance report comparing installed firmware against a baseline for servers, enclosures, or enclosure groups.

Synopsis

Generates a firmware compliance report for managed resources, comparing installed component firmware versions against a target baseline.

Syntax

Show-OVFirmwareReport
    -InputObject <Object>
    [-Baseline <Object>]
    [-InstallationPolicy <String>]
    [-Export]
    [-Location <String>]
    [-ApplianceConnection <Object>]
    [<CommonParameters>]

Description

Show-OVFirmwareReport compares the currently installed firmware on managed resources against a specified firmware baseline (SPP) and reports the compliance status of each component. Resources can be server hardware, server profiles, enclosures, enclosure groups, or logical enclosures.

The report enumerates individual firmware components (System ROM, iLO, Smart Array controllers, NICs, etc.) and shows the installed version, the baseline version, and whether an update or downgrade operation would be applied.

The -InstallationPolicy parameter controls how compliance is evaluated:

• LowerThanBaseline (default) — flags components where the installed version is older than the baseline.
• NotEqualToBaseline — flags components where the installed version differs in either direction (also detects newer-than-baseline components).

When -Export is specified, the report is saved as a CSV file to the path provided by -Location.

Parameters

InputObject · Object · required

The resource(s) to include in the report. Accepts server hardware, server profiles, enclosures, enclosure groups, and logical enclosures — individually or as pipeline input from cmdlets such as Get-OVServer, Get-OVEnclosure, or Get-OVEnclosureGroup.

Aliases: Resource

Baseline · Object

The firmware baseline (SPP) to compare against. Accepts an HPEOneView.Appliance.Baseline object from Get-OVBaseline. When omitted, the report uses the baseline assigned to the resource’s server profile or enclosure, if one is configured.

InstallationPolicy · String

Controls which components are flagged as non-compliant.

Value	Behavior
LowerThanBaseline (default)	Flag components older than the baseline
NotEqualToBaseline	Flag components that differ from the baseline in either direction

Export · SwitchParameter

Export the report to a CSV file instead of displaying it in the console.

Location · String

Directory path where the exported CSV file is saved. Defaults to the current working directory. Only used when -Export is specified.

ApplianceConnection · Object

Specify one or more appliance connection objects or hostnames. Defaults to the default connected appliance ($Global:ConnectedSessions | Where-Object Default).

Aliases: Appliance

Examples

Check firmware compliance for a single server

$baseline = Get-OVBaseline -SppName "HPE Service Pack for ProLiant" -Version "2023.11.01"
$server = Get-OVServer -Name "Encl1, bay 1"
Show-OVFirmwareReport -InputObject $server -Baseline $baseline

Displays a component-level firmware compliance report for a single server.

Check all servers against a baseline

$baseline = Get-OVBaseline -SppName "HPE Service Pack for ProLiant" -Version "2023.11.01"
Get-OVServer | Show-OVFirmwareReport -Baseline $baseline

Generates a compliance report for every managed server, comparing against the specified baseline.

Report using NotEqualToBaseline policy

$baseline = Get-OVBaseline -SppName "HPE Service Pack for ProLiant" -Version "2023.11.01"
Get-OVServer | Show-OVFirmwareReport -Baseline $baseline -InstallationPolicy NotEqualToBaseline

Flags both older-than-baseline and newer-than-baseline components.

Generate a report for an entire enclosure group

$baseline = Get-OVBaseline -SppName "HPE Service Pack for ProLiant" -Version "2023.11.01"
Get-OVEnclosureGroup -Name "Production-EG" | Show-OVFirmwareReport -Baseline $baseline

Expands the enclosure group to all associated enclosures and reports firmware compliance across every component.

Export the report to CSV

$baseline = Get-OVBaseline -SppName "HPE Service Pack for ProLiant" -Version "2023.11.01"
Get-OVServer | Show-OVFirmwareReport -Baseline $baseline -Export -Location "C:\reports"

Saves the firmware compliance report as a CSV file in C:\reports.

Output

HPEOneView.Firmware.Report

Each row in the report represents a single firmware component on a managed device. Notable columns:

Column	Description
Name	Server or enclosure name
Component	Firmware component name (e.g., System ROM, iLO)
Installed	Currently installed firmware version
Baseline	Version available in the specified SPP
Compliance	Compliant, Update, or Downgrade

Related cmdlets

• Get-OVBaseline
• Update-OVServerFirmware
• Get-OVServer
• Get-OVEnclosure
• Get-OVEnclosureGroup