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.