Disable Nics on server level....

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srkrish Posted: 03-30-2012 1:20 PM

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Hi powershell,

am very new to powershell scripting,as a windows adminstrator.

i want to disable the NIC cards of a partilcuar server.The server list listed on a one notepad,

we can read the server name from notepad,then what ever the servers listed the particlur server nic will disabled.

here really i dont have idea regarding how to disbale the nic of specified server on a cluster.

one of my peermate told to me....each server have 1 to 3 nic configued on server.

Thanks for any information you can provide.. I respect your powershell forum opinion as I have watched you help so many folks on the web.

 I also have your forums which have help me a great deal.

Thanks in advance..

Srkrish

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RSiddaway replied on 03-31-2012 3:35 AM

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A few questions - do you want to disable all NICs on the server or just some of them?

A cluster could have a number of NICs for each server - public, private and management networks fro instance. If you disable the NICs on a server in a cluster the cluster won't work properly.  What are you trying to achieve by disabling the NICs

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srkrish replied on 03-31-2012 4:00 AM

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Am very happy to see  the reply..Thank you..RSiddaway..

just i want to disable the NICs in a particular server .the servers list listed on a notepad..

i have below code ,please colud you help me,how i can run, this....code....thanks in advance..

your ask me about wht achieve ....be frankly ...am a very new to windows admin side....my manager told to me this.......

am fighting to crack this NIC disable in server level....please let me out.....Thanks in advance,...

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$computername = Get-Content 'list.txt'

ForEach ($Computer in $computername) {

    Try {

        $Index = Get-WmiObject -Computername $computer win32_networkadapterconfiguration -Filter "IPEnabled='True'" -EA Stop | Select -expand Index

        Get-Wmiobject -Computer computer Win32_NetworkAdapter -Filter "Index !='$index'" -EA Stop | ForEach {

            $nic = $_

            Write-Host ("{0}: Disabling" -f $nic.Name)

            Switch ($nic.Disable()) {

                0 {Write-Host ("{0}: Succesfully disabled!" -f $nic.Name) -Fore Green -Back Black}

                Default {Write-Warning ("{0}: Something happened! Return Value: {1}" -f $nic.name,$_)}

            }

        }

    } Catch {

        Write-Warning ("{0}: {1}" -f $Computer, $_.Exception.Message)

    }

}

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srkrish replied on 04-02-2012 2:35 PM

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hi siddaway,

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Tobias replied on 04-12-2012 4:11 AM

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RPC errors = the machine you are trying to connect to does not answer, either because it is not online, or because a firewall blocks access.