Connect-CIServer

Name	Type	Description	Required?	Pipeline Input	Default Value
Server	String[]	Specifies the IP or DNS addresses of the cloud servers you want to connect to.	true	false
PIDatacenter	CIServerRelatedObject	Specifies a vCloud Air datacenter, which can be retrieved by using the Get-PIDatacenter cmdlet or ?PIComputeInstance, which can be retrieved by using the Get-PIComputeInstance cmdlet.?	true	true (ByValue)
SessionId	String	Specifies the ID of an existing cloud server session you want to reestablish.	true	false
Confirm	SwitchParameter	If the value is $true, indicates that the cmdlet asks for confirmation before running. If the value is $false, the cmdlet runs without asking for user confirmation.	false	false
Credential	PSCredential	Specifies a PSCredential object that contains credentials for authenticating with the server. For more information about the server authentication logic of PowerCLI, run "help about_server_authentication".	false	false
InformationAction	ActionPreference		false	false
InformationVariable	String		false	false
Menu	SwitchParameter	Indicates that you want to select a server from a list of recently connected servers. If Menu is set to $true, the cmdlet retrieves a list of the last visited servers and enters a nested command prompt, so that you can select a server from the list.	true	false
NotDefault	SwitchParameter	Specifies that you do not want to save the specified servers as default servers.	false	false
Org	String	Specifies the name of the organization you want to manage. By default, it is the System organization to which you must connect to. The value of the Org parameter overrides the domain part of the value provided to the User parameter.	false	false
Password	String	Specifies the password you want to use for authenticating with the server. If the Credential parameter is also specified, this parameter is ignored. For more information about the server authentication logic of PowerCLI, run "help about_server_authentication". Note: If the password contains special characters, enclose the entire string in single quotes (').	false	false
PipelineVariable	String		false	false
Port	Int32	Specifies the port on the server you want to use for the connection.	false	false
SaveCredentials	SwitchParameter	Indicates that you want to save the specified credentials in the local credential store.	false	false
User	String	Specifies the user name you want to use for authenticating with the server. If the Credential parameter is also specified, this parameter is ignored. For more information about the server authentication logic of PowerCLI, run "help about_server_authentication". Note: If the user name contains special characters, enclose the entire string in single quotes (').	false	false
WhatIf	SwitchParameter	Indicates that the cmdlet is run only to display the changes that would be made and actually no objects are modified.	false	false

-------------- Example 1 --------------

Connect-CIServer -Server cloud.example.com -User Org1Admin -Password pass -Org Organization1

Connects as an organization user to the provided organization.

-------------- Example 2 --------------

Connect-CIServer -Server cloud.example.com -User admin -Password pass

Connects as a system administrator to a system organization.

-------------- Example 3 --------------

Connect-CIServer -Server cloud.example.com -Org Organization1 -Credential $vappUserCredential

Connects to the provided organization by specifying a credential object.

-------------- Example 4 --------------

Connect-CIServer -Server cloud.example.com -SessionID $sessionID

Connects to a server by providing a server session ID.

-------------- Example 5 --------------

Connect-CIServer -Menu

Connects to a server from the list of recently connected servers.

-------------- Example 6 --------------

$vCloudAirConnection = Connect-PIServer -User [email protected] -Password 'pass'
$myDatacenter = Get-PIDatacenter 'myDatacenter'
Connect-CIServer -PIDatacenter $myDatacenter

Connects to a vCloud Air datacenter.

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