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

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Appendix B
The following table represents an example of the PowerEdge VRTX chassis cluster along with the top-of-
rack switches used in the solution:
Device name OOB management Hostname Cluster IP Live Migration IP
Dell Networking
R1–2210 10GbE
Switch Module
192.168.10.100 R1-2210
VRTX CMC 192.168.10.10
Compute nodes
192.168.10.11 HYPVN01 192.168.10.181 192.168.20.181
192.168.10.12 HYPVN02 192.168.10.182 192.168.20.182
192.168.10.13 HYPVN03 192.168.10.183 192.168.20.183
192.168.10.14 HYPVN04 192.168.10.184 192.168.20.184
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