Users Guide

24 Designing for High Availability
Network Configuration
The Dell Networking Solutions Guide for Microsoft Hyper-V provides detailed
information on the various networking configuration options in Hyper-V as
well as implementation best practices. This section discusses the networking
considerations for a Hyper-V Host Cluster environment.
Cluster Network Types
In addition to storage resources, the cluster service also manages network
resources on hosts that are part of the cluster. The cluster utilizes and
manages these network resources based on their cluster use type as
designated by the administrator when configuring the failover cluster. The
cluster use type may be set by using the Failover Cluster Management
console and selecting the specific adapters listed under Network. There are
three cluster use types:
• Internal Type: The cluster network resource is configured as Allow the
cluster to use the network
and the option to Allow clients to connect
through the network
is NOT selected.
•
Enabled Type: The cluster network resource is configured as Allow the
cluster to use the network
and the option to Allow clients to connect
through the network option
IS selected.
•
Disabled Type: The cluster network resource is configured as Do not allow
the cluster to use this network
.
Table 3-3. Storage Types for Hyper-V Clustering
Storage Type Examples Support for Hyper-V Host
Clustering
Support for Hyper-V
Guest Clustering
External Enclosures
(JBODs)
PowerVault MD1000,
PowerVault MD1120
No No
SAS Arrays PowerVault MD3000 Yes No
iSCSI Arrays PowerVault MD3000i,
EqualLogic PS series,
Dell | EMC AX4-5
Yes Yes
Fiber Channel Arrays Dell | EMC CX series Yes No