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Comparing performance and cost: Dell PowerEdge VRTX vs.
legacy hardware solution
10. At the New Connector page, click New to create the connector.
11. To close the New SMTP Send Connector wizard, click Finish.
Configuring the Exchange Server 2010 Mailbox role (both legacy and VRTX)
1. Select StartAll ProgramsMicrosoft Exchange Server 2010Exchange Management Console.
2. In the left pane, expand Organization Configuration, and click Mailbox.
3. Click the Database Management tab.
4. Right-click Mailbox Database, and select Properties.
5. Select the Maintenance tab.
6. Check the Enable circular logging box.
7. Check the box beside This database can be overwritten by a restore.
8. Next to Maintenance interval, click Customize.
9. Remove all blue from the boxes so the system will not perform maintenance, and click OK.
10. Click OK.
11. Click OK to any warnings about circular logging being applied after the database is remounted.
12. On the far right pane, click Move Databases.
13. Change the Database file and Log folder path locations to point to the two additional attached virtual disks,
and click Move.
14. If the application prompts you to dismount, click Yes.
15. Click Finish.
16. Right-click Public Folder Database, and select Properties.
17. Check the Enable circular logging checkbox, and uncheck the ESE scanning checkbox.
18. Next to Maintenance interval, click Customize.
19. Remove all blue from the boxes so the system will not perform maintenance, and click OK.
20. Click OK.
21. On any warnings about circular logging being applied after the database is remounted, click OK.
22. On the far right pane, click Move Database.
23. Change the Database file and Log folder path locations to point to the two additional attached virtual disks
respectively, and click Move.
24. If the application prompts you to dismount, click Yes.
25. Click Finish.
Installing and configuring the Exchange 2010 mail test client (LoadGen)
For our testing, we used a virtual client for the LoadGen workload. To create this client, we installed Windows
Server 2012 and several other software components. We followed this process for the configuration:
Joining the domain
1. Select StartControl PanelNetwork ConnectionsLocal Area Connection.
2. Click Properties.
3. Highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and click Properties.
4. Select the Use the following IP address radio button, and enter the desired IP for your VM.
5. Select the Use the following DNS server addresses radio button, and enter the IP of the AD server in the
Preferred DNS server field. Click OK.