PowerShell 6 (PowerShell Core) finally ships with SSH support: you can use SSH to connect to non-Windows machines for PowerShell remoting operations.
To just connect to switches and other devices using SSH, there is a free module available that adds a vast of useful new SSH commands to any PowerShell. This is how you’d download and install the module:
Install-Module -Name posh-ssh -Repository PSGallery -Scope CurrentUser
To see a list of the new commands, run this:
PS C:\> (Get-Command -Module posh-ssh).Name Get-PoshSSHModVersion Get-SFTPChildItem Get-SFTPContent Get-SFTPLocation Get-SFTPPathAttribute Get-SFTPSession Get-SSHPortForward Get-SSHSession Get-SSHTrustedHost Invoke-SSHCommand Invoke-SSHCommandStream Invoke-SSHStreamExpectAction Invoke-SSHStreamExpectSecureAction New-SFTPFileStream New-SFTPItem New-SFTPSymlink New-SSHDynamicPortForward New-SSHLocalPortForward New-SSHRemotePortForward New-SSHShellStream New-SSHTrustedHost Remove-SFTPItem Remove-SFTPSession Remove-SSHSession Remove-SSHTrustedHost Rename-SFTPFile Set-SFTPContent Set-SFTPLocation Set-SFTPPathAttribute Start-SSHPortForward Stop-SSHPortForward Test-SFTPPath Get-SCPFile Get-SCPFolder Get-SFTPFile New-SFTPSession New-SSHSession Set-SCPFile Set-SCPFolder Set-SFTPFile
