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sqlplus [UserName]/[Password]@(description=
(address_list=(address=(protocol=TCP)(host=[Host Name or IP Address])(port=[Port No.])))(connect_data=(sid=[SID])))

This is great for getting a list of installed features from a windows server. So far I’ve only tried do this locally aside from a quick test on a Windows 7 machine, from which it failed.

In powershell:
IMPORT-Module servermanager
Get-WindowsFeature

Source: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2009/01/27/managing-server-features-with-powershell-cmdlets-on-windows-2008-server-r2-beta.aspx