Windows Server 2016 comes in standard and data center editions and offers several types of installation for both: Desktop Experience (full GUI mode), Core (no GUI mode).
We'll be using the Core version which makes use of the command prompt as the main tool.
To begin the server configuration, After opening the command prompt, she needs to enter the “Sconfig” command
The configuration tasks are as follows;
1. Change the Name of the Computer
Type 2, and press EnterEnter the new Computer Name and press EnterYou'll see  prompt as dialog box with the message "the computer needs to be restarted in order to complete the operation successfully” Click OK.then another pops up as "You must restart your computer to apply these changes, Restart now?", Click YES.
2. Enable Remote Desktop
you can start again after the Restart, by  entering the “Sconfig” commandFrom the main menu, type "7" as the option number, press enter and options will be displayedenable Remote Desktop for Clients running Remote Desktop with Network Level Authenticationenable Remote Desktop for clients running any version of Remote Desktop
3. Perform Network Settings
Here, the IP address can be configured to be assigned automatically by a DHCP server or you can assign a static IP address manually.
type "8" from the main menu and press Enter.a list of available network adapters that are attached to the server is shown, then Type 1, or the index number of the adapter that you want to configure, and then press Enter.the current configuration for the network adapter that you selected is displayed.Now type 1 and press Enter to configure the IP address for the selected network adapterSelect option 1 and type S, then press Enter to manually assign a static IP to the network adapter.Type in the static IP address, and then press Enter
Type in the Subnet mask, and then press EnterType in the default gateway, and then press EnterSelect option 2; by typing 2 and press EnterType in the preferred DNS server, and then press Enter.
You will be prompted with “Preferred DNS server set.” Click OK.
Type in the alternate DNS server, and then press Enter.
You will be prompted with “Alternate DNS Server set.” Click OK.
4. Connect ISCSI Shared Storage
open the command prompt open Microsoft ISCSI initiator by entering “iscsicpl” into the command linetype in the IP address or DNS nameconnect your storage via the iscsi target storage server IP address by Clicking Connect.
5. Format SCSI Storage Disk
open the command prompttype “diskpart” and press Entertype “list disk” to see all the disks available on the serverselect disk 1“online disk” and “attributes disk clear” commands can be used to bring the disk online and to check if the partition is writable.Next, type “list partition” to see available disk partitions under a serverChoose the partition you need with the “select partition 1” or which ever number is designated to the partition.type in “format fs=NTFS” to format the partitiontype in the “assign letter=F” command to assign a letter to the partition
Done.