Reference Architecture

Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyper-V:
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Figure 9: Manage Active System 800m with Server Manager
· Hyper-V Manager: In Windows Server 2012, more than 160 PowerShell command-lets (cmdlets)
were added for Hyper-V. On the host management, Hyper-V Manager allows the configuring of
physical Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), Live Migrations, storage migration, and Hyper-V
replication. For virtual machine management, Hyper-V Manager includes more VM
configuration, such as FC Adapter, VM NUMA, NIC HW acceleration (VMQ, IPSec, SR-IOV) and
advanced features on MAC spoofing, DHCP guard, Router guard, port mirroring, and NIC
teaming. Also, VM management includes the support of Hyper-V Replica.
· Failover Cluster Manager: With Failover Cluster Manager, the host configuration is validated
for a Failover Cluster. Multiple failover clusters and high-availability virtual machines are
created, configured and managed with the Failover Cluster Manager. In Windows Server 2012,
the Failover Cluster Manager adds support for storage space, Hyper-V Replica, and new types of
Live Migration. It also reports VM health states with more details, including Replication State,
and allows monitoring of the services running inside VMs.
· PowerShell 3.0: Several significant features are included in PowerShell 3.0 which eases and
extends the management in the Windows-based environment. PowerShell 3.0 adds modules for
Hyper-V, storage, and network, etc. Hyper-V cmdlets help automate the Hyper-V management
tasks. With PowerShell 3.0, the resource utilization of VMs can be measured. This helps
dynamic chargeback (vs. flat upfront cost) and capacity planning. Figure 10 shows an example
of how to measure a VM with PowerShell 3.0.