Month: November 2015

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 – Remote Reboot

You may use the following command to remotely reboot a server forcefully in (180) seconds running Windows Server 2012 R2.

shutdown /r /m \\<<<hostname>>> /f /t 180


Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 – Configure NIC Teaming

You may use the Microsoft Windows PowerShell (.ps1) script below to configure NIC teaming in Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2. Additionally, you may modify the script to meet the needs of your specific environment.

<#
.SYNOPSIS
This script will configure NIC1 and NIC2 to (1) Gbps Full Duplex, disable NIC3 and NIC4, create NIC Team 1 and configure NIC Team 1 TCP/IP settings.
.DESCRIPTION
This script will automate the configuration of Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 NIC Teaming.
.EXAMPLE
N/A.
.AUTHOR
Written by Noel Enrique Alvarez on Tuesday, November 10, 2015.
#>

#Request the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the server
$IP_Address = Read-Host “What is the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the server?”

#Configure NIC1 and NIC2 to 1 Gbps Full Duplex
Set-NetAdapterAdvancedProperty NIC1 -DisplayName “Speed & Duplex” -DisplayValue “1.0 Gbps Full Duplex”
Set-NetAdapterAdvancedProperty NIC2 -DisplayName “Speed & Duplex” -DisplayValue “1.0 Gbps Full Duplex”

#Disable NIC3 and NIC4
Disable-NetAdapter -Name “NIC3” -Confirm:$false
Disable-NetAdapter -Name “NIC4” -Confirm:$false

#Create NIC Team 1
New-NetLbfoTeam -Name “Team 1” -TeamMembers NIC1,NIC2 -TeamNicName “TEAM 1” -TeamingMode SwitchIndependent -LoadBalancingAlgorithm Dynamic -Confirm:$false

#Configure NIC Team 1 TCP/IP settings
Get-NetAdapter -Name “Team 1” | Set-NetIPInterface -DHCP Disabled
Start-Sleep 5
Get-NetAdapter -Name “Team 1” | New-NetIPAddress -AddressFamily IPv4 -IPAddress $IP_Address -PrefixLength “XX” -Type Unicast -DefaultGateway “X.X.X.X”
Set-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceAlias “Team 1” -ServerAddresses “X.X.X.X”, “X.X.X.X”

#End of script