Deployment Guide

Table Of Contents

Configuring network in Windows Server 2012 R2.............................................................................22

Sample naming and IP addressing scheme ...................................................................................... 23

Configuring vEthernet switch in Windows Server 2012 R2...............................................................23

Adding the Dell PowerEdge VRTX servers to the domain.................................................................24

Assigning virtual disks......................................................................................................................... 24

Installing the shared PERC driver....................................................................................................... 24

Adding MPIO settings in Windows Server 2012 R2............................................................................25

Configuring registry............................................................................................................................ 25

Adding volumes in the Dell PowerEdge M630 servers......................................................................25

Enabling failover clustering in Windows Server 2012 R2.................................................................. 26

Creating cluster...................................................................................................................................26

Validating configuration................................................................................................................26

Creating a Hyper-V host cluster in VMM..................................................................................... 26

9 Verifying the deployment................................................................................. 29

10 Appendix A.........................................................................................................30

11 Appendix B..........................................................................................................31