Deployment Guide
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Configuring solution for virtualization –
Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V
Installing virtualization infrastructure
To set up virtualization, perform the following tasks:
• Configuring virtual disk for OS deployment in Dell PowerEdge M630 servers
• Configuring prerequisites to install Windows Server
• Installing Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system in the Dell PowerEdge VRTX
• Enabling Hyper-V and multipath features in Windows Server 2012 R2
• Setting up NIC teaming in Windows Server 2012 R2
Configuring virtual disk for OS deployment in Dell
PowerEdge M630 servers
1. Log in to IDRAC and launch the virtual console.
2. From the menu, select Power → Power on the system.
3. In the message – You are about to execute a server control action. Are you sure
you want to continue?, click Yes.
4. During system start, once you see this message press <CTRL> + <R> to Run configuration
utility, press <CTRL> + <R> to run the RAID configuration utility.
5. In the configuration utility, select PERC H730 Mini and press F2 to enable operations.
6. From the drop-down list, select Create New VD.
7. Set RAID Level to RAID-1, select physical disks, set the basic settings, use default virtual disk size,
virtual disk name, and then click OK.
NOTE: Although an OS partition is not I/O intensive, the OS partition should still have hardware
redundancy. Therefore, consider RAID 1 for OS partitions.
8. In the message – It is recommended that all newly created logical drives be
initialized unless you are attempting to recreate a previous configuration
and recover data as initialization is a destructive process. Are you sure
you want to skip initialization?
, click OK.
The virtual disk is created.
9. Exit setup.
10. Restart the server.
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