Deployment Guide

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Solution requirements
The following are the hardware and software requirements for deploying Windows Server 2012 R2
Hyper-V on the Dell PowerEdge VRTX chassis.
Hardware requirements
The following table lists the hardware requirements:
Table 2. Hardware requirements
Components Hardware Requirements
Chassis and Servers
Dell PowerEdge VRTX with the Dell PowerEdge
M630 servers
Switches
Top-of-rack (ToR) switches in the customer
environment for 10GbE LAN connectivity and Out-
of-Band Management
Switch Module Dell Networking R1-2210 10GbE switch module
On board Network Daughter Card QLogic BCM 57810 10GbE Dual Port Mezzanine
Card
Storage PowerEdge VRTX Shared storage controller with
25 bay 2.5” SAS enclosures
Software requirements
The following table lists the software requirements:
Table 3. Software Requirements
Components Software Requirements
Hypervisor Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V
Virtual Machine Management Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine
Manager with Update Rollup 6
Network Drivers QLogic BCM57810 network drivers
Download from dell.com/support
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