Deployment Guide
Table Of Contents
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 - Hyper-V on Dell PowerEdge VRTX Deployment Guide
- Abbreviations
- Audience
- Scope
- Overview
- Solution requirements
- Hyper-V on the Dell PowerEdge VRTX chassis— deployment workflow
- Configuring components
- Configuring solution for virtualization – Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V
- Installing virtualization infrastructure
- 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 network in Windows Server 2012 R2
- Sample naming and IP addressing scheme
- Configuring vEthernet switch in Windows Server 2012 R2
- Adding the Dell PowerEdge VRTX servers to the domain
- Assigning virtual disks
- Installing the shared PERC driver
- Adding MPIO settings in Windows Server 2012 R2
- Configuring registry
- Adding volumes in the Dell PowerEdge M630 servers
- Enabling failover clustering in Windows Server 2012 R2
- Creating cluster
- Verifying the deployment
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
Table 7. Assigning virtual adapters to virtual slots
Virtual adapter Server slot
Virtual Adapter 1 Slot 1
Virtual Adapter 2 Slot 2
Virtual Adapter 3 Slot 3
Virtual Adapter 4 Slot 4
4. Under Assignment Mode: Virtual Disks to Virtual Adapters section, select Multiple Assignment.
This mode allows a virtual disk to be assigned to multiple virtual adapters at a time.
5. Click Apply.
Creating virtual disks
RAID 10 provides redundancy, better performance, and is the best option for I/O intensive workloads.
Microsoft recommends the usage of 64K block size for disks, VHD/VHDx files, and CSVs.
Perform the following steps to create a virtual disk:
1. In the left pane, click Chassis Overview → Storage → Virtual Disks → Create.
2. On the Create Virtual Disk page, under the Settings section, create virtual disks as mentioned in the
following table:
Table 8. Virtual disks
Name Capacity Physical disks to be
used
RAID level
VD1_Quorum 2 GB 1,2,3,4 10
VD2_VMVHDs Select available space
after creating
VD1_Quorum volume.
1,2,3,4 10
3. Under Select Physical Disks, select the physical disks 1, 2, 3, 4 on which the virtual disks will be
created.
4. Click Apply.
Initializing virtual disks
To initialize virtual disks:
1. In the left pane, click Chassis Overview → Storage → Virtual Disks → Manage.
2. On the Manage Virtual Disks page, from the Virtual Disk Actions drop-down menu, select
Initialize:Fast, and then click Apply.
Wait until the initialization process completes as it will take some minutes to complete.
Assigning global hot spares
To assign or unassign a global hot spare:
1. In the left pane, click Chassis Overview → Storage → Physical Disk → Setup.
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