Users Guide

Setting up the operating system

CAUTION: To prevent operating system corruption from sudden power loss, use the operating system to gracefully shut down the

Edge Gateway.

The Edge Gateway is shipped with one of the following operating systems:

• Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSB 2016

• Ubuntu Core 16

NOTE: For more information about Windows 10 operating system, see msdn.microsoft.com.

NOTE: For more information about the Ubuntu Core 16 operating system, see www.ubuntu.com/desktop/snappy.

Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSB 2016

Boot up and login – Remote system configuration

NOTE: Your computer must be on the same subnet as the Edge Gateway.

1. Connect a network cable from Ethernet port one on the Edge Gateway to a DHCP-enabled network or router that provides IP

addresses.

NOTE: The first-time boot to Windows takes about 5 minutes for system configuration. Subsequent boot-ups take about 50

seconds.

2. Using the MAC address provided on the front cover of the Edge Gateway, obtain the IP address through your network’s DHCP server

or through a network analyzer.

3. On the Windows computer, search for Remote Desktop Connection and launch the application.

4. Log in using the IP address.

NOTE: Ignore any certification errors when connecting to your Edge Gateway.

Restoring Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSB 2016

CAUTION: These steps will delete all the data on your Edge Gateway.

You can restore Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSB 2016 by using a USB flash drive.

Prerequisites

Create the recovery USB flash drive. For more information, see Creating the recovery USB flash drive.

Procedure

1. Connect the recovery USB flash drive to the Edge Gateway.

2. Power on the Edge Gateway.

The Edge Gateway will automatically boot from the USB recovery flash drive and restore Windows back to the factory image.

Restoration takes about 25 minutes to complete and a confirmation log file is stored on the USB flash drive. Once restoration is

complete, the system will power off.

NOTE: The confirmation log file is named

<date>

<time>

.txt