Introducing the Nano Server Recovery Console

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The Recovery Console is a diagnostic shell which runs locally on Nano Server to help you re-establish connectivity to your remote management tools.  By connecting to Nano Server via your KVM solution, you have the ability to view/edit network configuration details, enable/disable network cards and shutdown/reboot the machine to name a few.

Login Screen

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Home Page

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  • You can view the following details:
    • Computer Name
    • Workgroup / Domain
    • OS version
    • Local machine date/time
    • Time Zone the machine is configured for
    • List of installed network cards
  • Actions you can take:
    • Enter Networking menu
    • Enter Firewall menu
    • Shutdown  the machine
    • Restart the machine

 

Network Settings

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  • You can view the following details:
    • IPv4 & IPv6 details
    • DNS servers
    • Default gateway
    • Network driver details
    • Routing table details
  • Actions you can take:
    • Enable/Disable the interface
    • Edit the IPv4 & IPv6 details
    • Add network route
    • Switch from DHCP to Static IP

 

Firewall Settings

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  • You can view the following details:
    • Rules that are configured
  • Actions you can take:
    • Turn a rule on / off

 

What’s Next?

We want to hear from you.   What do you think of the Recovery Console so far? While we are actively adding additional features / functionality to cover those scenarios in which you may need to have local access to Nano server to troubleshoot and re-establish connectivity to your remote management tools, your opinions and ideas influence what we deliver in our next release.

Please take a moment to post a comment and let us know what we should be building next.

Comments

  • Anonymous
    December 10, 2015
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  • Anonymous
    December 11, 2015
    Thank you for taking the time to post your comment. Testing via basic network troubleshooting tools is something we have discussed adding to a future release. Your feedback helps influence when we are able to get that done. Thanks again for letting us know what capabilities you would like to see added.
  • Anonymous
    December 13, 2015
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  • Anonymous
    December 14, 2015
    Hello

    It'd be very usefull if we could change the keyboard layout as well as timezone which already exists. NTP configuration (setting/viewing) can be a very good idea too.

    Thanks for this stuff it's really great so far
  • Anonymous
    December 15, 2015
    Agree with @Fabien's keyboard language suggestion - especially as passwords include special characters (or should!) which may not be available on the US layout (or in the wrong places - very confusing...)
  • Anonymous
    December 23, 2015
    I like the keyboard layout and basic networking tests. Just don't over complicated the console. Most should be done via a PS Session.
  • Anonymous
    January 04, 2016
    Thanks so much for the great feedback thus far. While I can't give a specific timeline, I have taken note of the suggestions made so far and will review them with the Nano Server engineering team.
  • Anonymous
    January 04, 2016
    How about a domain join command to add or rejoin the machine to Active Directory?
  • Anonymous
    February 14, 2016
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  • Anonymous
    April 29, 2016
    How about...you know...adding a local PowerShell console? I'm running this on an Intel Compute Stick, and because the wifi drivers aren't included, the only thing I can do is reboot! How can I add drivers if i can't get to a prompt?! Although...this is nothing new...Windows IoT has the same issue...no local PowerShell console...ugh...
  • Anonymous
    December 28, 2016
    what is username y pass de nano server del vhd que descarga ?? please help me
  • Anonymous
    February 13, 2017
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