Introducing the Nano Server Recovery Console

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

 

Home Page

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

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

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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