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Cisco UCS B230 M2 Blade Server:
Uncompromised virtual desktop performance
13. Run diskmgmt.msc.
14. Select the 20 GB secondary volume, format it NTFS, and assign it drive letter E
15. Set up networking for the data network:
a. Click StartControl Panel, right-click Network Connections, and choose Open.
b. Right-click the VM traffic NIC, and choose Properties.
c. Uncheck TCP/IP (v6).
d. Select TCP/IP (v4), and choose Properties.
e. Set the IP address, subnet, gateway, and DNS server.
Installing Active Directory and DNS services on DC1
1. Click StartRun, type dcpromo and click OK.
2. At the Active Directory Domain Services Installation Wizard welcome screen, check the Use advanced mode
installation option, and click Next.
3. In the Choose a Deployment Configuration dialog box, select Create a new domain in a new forest, and click
Next.
4. At the FQDN page, type View5.com and click Next.
5. At the NetBIOS name prompt, leave the name View5, and click Next.
6. At the Forest Functionality level, select Windows Server 2008 R2, and click Next.
7. At the additional Domain Controller Options, leave DNS server selected, and click Next.
8. At the System Folder Location screen, change to E:\ leave the default options, and click Next.
9. Assign a Directory Services Restore Mode Administrator account password, and click Next.
10. At the Summary screen, review your selections, and click Next.
11. Once Active Directory Domain Services finishes installing, click Finish, and restart the system.
12. Run dnsmgmt.msc.
13. Create a reverse lookup zone for DC1.
14. Create static entries for infra and SUT.
15. Open Windows Explorer and create a file called e:\profiles
16. Assign permissions of read/write to the view5\everyone group.
Configuring the Windows time service on DC1
To ensure reliable time, we pointed our Active Directory server to a physical NTP server.
1. Open a command prompt.
2. Type the following:
32tm /config /syncfromflags:manual /manualpeerlist:"<ip address of a NTP
server>"
W32tm /config /reliable:yes
W32tm /config /update
W32tm /resync
Net stop w32time
Net start w32time
Configuring PCoIP GPO for performance
We turned off Build to lossless, and adjusted maximum frame rate for more information. To learn more, please
see: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/view/VMware-View-5-PCoIP-Network-Optimization-Guide.pdf.
1. Log into DC1 as administrator
2. Open the Group Policy editor.
3. Edit the default domain policy.
4. Click Administrative templates, and click Add/remove templates…
5. Browse to the pcoip.adm on the View 5 install DVD, and click Open.