diff --git a/src/PSProxmoxVE/Cmdlets/Connection/ConnectPveServerCmdlet.cs b/src/PSProxmoxVE/Cmdlets/Connection/ConnectPveServerCmdlet.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Management.Automation;
+using PSProxmoxVE.Core.Authentication;
+
+namespace PSProxmoxVE.Cmdlets.Connection
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// <para type="synopsis">Establishes an authenticated session to a Proxmox VE server.</para>
+    /// <para type="description">
+    /// Connect-PveServer authenticates against the Proxmox VE API using either a
+    /// PSCredential (username/password) or a pre-generated API token, and stores the
+    /// resulting session in module state for use by subsequent cmdlets.
+    /// </para>
+    /// </summary>
+    [Cmdlet(VerbsCommunications.Connect, "PveServer",
+        DefaultParameterSetName = ParameterSetCredential)]
+    [OutputType(typeof(PveSession))]
+    public sealed class ConnectPveServerCmdlet : PSCmdlet
+    {
+        private const string ParameterSetCredential = "Credential";
+        private const string ParameterSetApiToken   = "ApiToken";
+
+        /// <summary>Hostname or IP address of the Proxmox VE server.</summary>
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = true, Position = 0)]
+        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty]
+        public string Server { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+
+        /// <summary>API port. Defaults to 8006.</summary>
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = false)]
+        [ValidateRange(1, 65535)]
+        public int Port { get; set; } = 8006;
+
+        /// <summary>Username and password credential. Username must include a realm, e.g. root@pam.</summary>
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = true, ParameterSetName = ParameterSetCredential)]
+        [ValidateNotNull]
+        public PSCredential? Credential { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Proxmox VE API token in the format USER@REALM!TOKENID=UUID,
+        /// e.g. root@pam!mytoken=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = true, ParameterSetName = ParameterSetApiToken)]
+        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty]
+        public string? ApiToken { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>When specified, skips TLS certificate validation for the server.</summary>
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = false)]
+        public SwitchParameter SkipCertificateCheck { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>When specified, writes the resulting PveSession object to the pipeline.</summary>
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = false)]
+        public SwitchParameter PassThru { get; set; }
+
+        protected override void ProcessRecord()
+        {
+            PveSession session;
+
+            switch (ParameterSetName)
+            {
+                case ParameterSetCredential:
+                {
+                    if (Credential is null)
+                        ThrowTerminatingError(new ErrorRecord(
+                            new ArgumentNullException(nameof(Credential)),
+                            "CredentialRequired",
+                            ErrorCategory.InvalidArgument,
+                            null));
+
+                    var username = Credential!.UserName;
+                    var password = Credential.GetNetworkCredential().Password;
+
+                    try
+                    {
+                        session = PveAuthenticator.AuthenticateWithCredentials(
+                            Server, Port, SkipCertificateCheck.IsPresent, username, password);
+                    }
+                    catch (Exception ex)
+                    {
+                        ThrowTerminatingError(new ErrorRecord(
+                            ex,
+                            "PveAuthenticationFailed",
+                            ErrorCategory.AuthenticationError,
+                            Server));
+                        return; // unreachable — satisfies compiler
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                case ParameterSetApiToken:
+                {
+                    try
+                    {
+                        session = PveAuthenticator.AuthenticateWithApiToken(
+                            Server, Port, SkipCertificateCheck.IsPresent, ApiToken!);
+                    }
+                    catch (Exception ex)
+                    {
+                        ThrowTerminatingError(new ErrorRecord(
+                            ex,
+                            "PveAuthenticationFailed",
+                            ErrorCategory.AuthenticationError,
+                            Server));
+                        return; // unreachable — satisfies compiler
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                default:
+                    ThrowTerminatingError(new ErrorRecord(
+                        new InvalidOperationException($"Unknown parameter set: {ParameterSetName}"),
+                        "UnknownParameterSet",
+                        ErrorCategory.InvalidOperation,
+                        null));
+                    return;
+            }
+
+            ModuleState.ActiveSession = session;
+
+            WriteVerbose($"Connected to {Server}:{Port} as {session.AuthMode} (PVE {session.ServerVersion}).");
+
+            if (PassThru.IsPresent)
+                WriteObject(session);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/PSProxmoxVE/Cmdlets/Connection/DisconnectPveServerCmdlet.cs b/src/PSProxmoxVE/Cmdlets/Connection/DisconnectPveServerCmdlet.cs
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+++ b/src/PSProxmoxVE/Cmdlets/Connection/DisconnectPveServerCmdlet.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Management.Automation;
+using PSProxmoxVE.Core.Authentication;
+using PSProxmoxVE.Core.Client;
+
+namespace PSProxmoxVE.Cmdlets.Connection
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// <para type="synopsis">Closes the active Proxmox VE session.</para>
+    /// <para type="description">
+    /// Disconnect-PveServer invalidates the module-level session. For ticket-based
+    /// sessions it additionally attempts a best-effort DELETE against the
+    /// /access/ticket endpoint to invalidate the server-side ticket. Errors from
+    /// that request are silently ignored so that the local session is always cleared.
+    /// </para>
+    /// </summary>
+    [Cmdlet(VerbsCommunications.Disconnect, "PveServer",
+        SupportsShouldProcess = true, ConfirmImpact = ConfirmImpact.Low)]
+    public sealed class DisconnectPveServerCmdlet : PSCmdlet
+    {
+        protected override void ProcessRecord()
+        {
+            var session = ModuleState.ActiveSession;
+
+            if (session is null)
+            {
+                WriteWarning("No active Proxmox VE session to disconnect.");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if (!ShouldProcess($"{session.Hostname}:{session.Port}", "Disconnect"))
+                return;
+
+            // Best-effort server-side ticket invalidation for ticket-based auth.
+            if (session.AuthMode == PveAuthMode.Ticket)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    using var client = new PveHttpClient(session);
+                    client.DeleteAsync("/api2/json/access/ticket").GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+                }
+                catch (Exception ex)
+                {
+                    // Non-fatal — we still clear the local session below.
+                    WriteVerbose($"Server-side ticket invalidation failed (ignored): {ex.Message}");
+                }
+            }
+
+            ModuleState.ActiveSession = null;
+
+            WriteVerbose($"Disconnected from {session.Hostname}:{session.Port}.");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/PSProxmoxVE/Cmdlets/Connection/TestPveConnectionCmdlet.cs b/src/PSProxmoxVE/Cmdlets/Connection/TestPveConnectionCmdlet.cs
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+++ b/src/PSProxmoxVE/Cmdlets/Connection/TestPveConnectionCmdlet.cs
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+using System.Management.Automation;
+using PSProxmoxVE.Core.Authentication;
+
+namespace PSProxmoxVE.Cmdlets.Connection
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// <para type="synopsis">Tests whether an active, non-expired Proxmox VE session exists.</para>
+    /// <para type="description">
+    /// Without -Detailed, returns $true if a session is present and not expired, otherwise $false.
+    /// With -Detailed, returns the PveSession object (or nothing if there is no active session).
+    /// </para>
+    /// </summary>
+    [Cmdlet(VerbsDiagnostic.Test, "PveConnection")]
+    [OutputType(typeof(bool), ParameterSetName = new[] { "Default" })]
+    [OutputType(typeof(PveSession), ParameterSetName = new[] { "Detailed" })]
+    public sealed class TestPveConnectionCmdlet : PSCmdlet
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// When specified, writes the PveSession object instead of a boolean.
+        /// Nothing is written if no session is active.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = false, ParameterSetName = "Detailed")]
+        public SwitchParameter Detailed { get; set; }
+
+        protected override void ProcessRecord()
+        {
+            var session = ModuleState.ActiveSession;
+            var isConnected = session is not null && !session.IsExpired;
+
+            if (Detailed.IsPresent)
+            {
+                if (isConnected)
+                    WriteObject(session);
+                // If not connected, write nothing — caller can check $null.
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                WriteObject(isConnected);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/PSProxmoxVE/Cmdlets/Nodes/GetPveNodeCmdlet.cs b/src/PSProxmoxVE/Cmdlets/Nodes/GetPveNodeCmdlet.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Management.Automation;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
+using PSProxmoxVE.Core.Client;
+using PSProxmoxVE.Core.Models.Nodes;
+
+namespace PSProxmoxVE.Cmdlets.Nodes
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// <para type="synopsis">Returns one or more Proxmox VE cluster nodes.</para>
+    /// <para type="description">
+    /// Get-PveNode retrieves all nodes visible to the authenticated session.
+    /// Use -Name to filter to a specific node by exact name.
+    /// </para>
+    /// </summary>
+    [Cmdlet(VerbsCommon.Get, "PveNode")]
+    [OutputType(typeof(PveNode))]
+    public sealed class GetPveNodeCmdlet : PveCmdletBase
+    {
+        /// <summary>Optional node name filter. When specified, only the matching node is returned.</summary>
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = false, Position = 0)]
+        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty]
+        public string? Name { get; set; }
+
+        protected override void ProcessRecord()
+        {
+            var session = GetSession();
+
+            string responseBody;
+            try
+            {
+                using var client = new PveHttpClient(session);
+                responseBody = client.GetAsync("/api2/json/nodes").GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                ThrowTerminatingError(new ErrorRecord(
+                    ex,
+                    "GetPveNodeFailed",
+                    ErrorCategory.ConnectionError,
+                    session.Hostname));
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var json = JObject.Parse(responseBody);
+            var dataToken = json["data"] ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Response did not contain a 'data' field.");
+
+            var nodes = dataToken.ToObject<List<PveNode>>(
+                JsonSerializer.CreateDefault()) ?? new List<PveNode>();
+
+            foreach (var node in nodes)
+            {
+                if (Name is null || string.Equals(node.Name, Name, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                    WriteObject(node);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/PSProxmoxVE/Cmdlets/Nodes/GetPveNodeStatusCmdlet.cs b/src/PSProxmoxVE/Cmdlets/Nodes/GetPveNodeStatusCmdlet.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Management.Automation;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
+using PSProxmoxVE.Core.Client;
+using PSProxmoxVE.Core.Models.Nodes;
+
+namespace PSProxmoxVE.Cmdlets.Nodes
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// <para type="synopsis">Returns detailed status information for a Proxmox VE node.</para>
+    /// <para type="description">
+    /// Get-PveNodeStatus retrieves CPU, memory, disk, swap, network and uptime statistics
+    /// for the specified node from the /nodes/{node}/status endpoint.
+    /// The -Node parameter accepts values from the pipeline by property name, so you can
+    /// pipe output from Get-PveNode directly.
+    /// </para>
+    /// </summary>
+    [Cmdlet(VerbsCommon.Get, "PveNodeStatus")]
+    [OutputType(typeof(PveNodeStatus))]
+    public sealed class GetPveNodeStatusCmdlet : PveCmdletBase
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Name of the node to query. Accepts pipeline input via the PveNode.Name property.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = true, Position = 0, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = true)]
+        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty]
+        public string Node { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+
+        protected override void ProcessRecord()
+        {
+            var session = GetSession();
+
+            var resource = $"/api2/json/nodes/{Uri.EscapeDataString(Node)}/status";
+
+            string responseBody;
+            try
+            {
+                using var client = new PveHttpClient(session);
+                responseBody = client.GetAsync(resource).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                ThrowTerminatingError(new ErrorRecord(
+                    ex,
+                    "GetPveNodeStatusFailed",
+                    ErrorCategory.ConnectionError,
+                    Node));
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var json = JObject.Parse(responseBody);
+            var dataToken = json["data"] ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Response did not contain a 'data' field.");
+
+            var status = dataToken.ToObject<PveNodeStatus>(JsonSerializer.CreateDefault())
+                ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Failed to deserialize node status.");
+
+            // The /nodes/{node}/status response does not include the node name; populate it.
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(status.Name))
+                status.Name = Node;
+
+            WriteObject(status);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/PSProxmoxVE/Cmdlets/PveCmdletBase.cs b/src/PSProxmoxVE/Cmdlets/PveCmdletBase.cs
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+++ b/src/PSProxmoxVE/Cmdlets/PveCmdletBase.cs
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+using System.Management.Automation;
+using PSProxmoxVE.Core.Authentication;
+using PSProxmoxVE.Core.Exceptions;
+
+namespace PSProxmoxVE.Cmdlets
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Base class for all PSProxmoxVE cmdlets. Provides optional -Session parameter
+    /// and a helper method to resolve and validate the active session.
+    /// </summary>
+    public abstract class PveCmdletBase : PSCmdlet
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// An explicit PveSession to use for this cmdlet invocation.
+        /// When omitted, the module-level session stored by Connect-PveServer is used.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = false)]
+        public PveSession? Session { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns the session to use for this cmdlet.
+        /// Resolution order: -Session parameter → ModuleState.ActiveSession.
+        /// Throws <see cref="PveNotConnectedException"/> if no session is available,
+        /// or <see cref="PveSessionExpiredException"/> if the session ticket has expired.
+        /// </summary>
+        protected PveSession GetSession()
+        {
+            var session = Session ?? ModuleState.ActiveSession;
+
+            if (session is null)
+                throw new PveNotConnectedException();
+
+            if (session.IsExpired)
+                throw new PveSessionExpiredException();
+
+            return session;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/PSProxmoxVE/ModuleState.cs b/src/PSProxmoxVE/ModuleState.cs
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+++ b/src/PSProxmoxVE/ModuleState.cs
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+using PSProxmoxVE.Core.Authentication;
+
+namespace PSProxmoxVE
+{
+    /// <summary>Module-scoped state container for the active PVE session</summary>
+    internal static class ModuleState
+    {
+        internal static PveSession? ActiveSession { get; set; }
+    }
+}