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Description

SdnDiagnostics is a PowerShell module that is designed to simplify the diagnostic troubleshooting and data collection process related to Microsoft Software Defined Network.

Installation

SdnDiagnostics is published to the PowerShell Gallery as part of a GitHub Action when changes are pushed to main. To install the module on your system, use Install-Module -Name SdnDiagnostics.

• Note: It's recommended to use the latest version of PackageManagement. Update-Module -Name PackageManagement

Once you have installed SdnDiagnostics module to your workstation, you can import the module and seed out the SdnDiagnostics modules to the appropriate nodes within the SDN fabric to ensure all nodes are running the same version of SdnDiagnostics.

Import-Module -Name SdnDiagnostics -Force

$environmentDetails = Get-SdnInfrastructureInfo -NetworkController 'NC01'
Install-SdnDiagnostic -ComputerName $environmentDetails.FabricNodes

Updates

As mentioned previously, the module published on the PowerShell Gallery updates whenever a push is performed on the main branch, so the module will be updated frequently to push code fixes or add new functionality. To check the latest package that is published on PowerShell Gallery, use Find-Module -Name SdnDiagnostics and compare with the results returned for Get-Module -Name SdnDiagnostics. To update the module, run:

Update-Module -Name SdnDiagnostics
Import-Module -Name SdnDiagnostics -Force

Once you have updated the SdnDiagnostics module, use the steps in installation to seed out the module to the rest of the nodes in the SDN fabric.