Users Guide

Contents 3
Contents
Microsoft
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Windows Server™ 2008 Hyper-V™ . . . . . 5
Operating System Editions That Support
Hyper-V
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Hyper-V Architecture Overview
. . . . . . . . . . . 6
Hyper-V Virtual Machine Components
. . . . . . . 10
Supported Guest Operating Systems
. . . . . . . . 11
Supported Hardware
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Dell Systems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Dell Storage Arrays and Enclosures
. . . . . . . . 12
Dell Network and Storage Adapters
. . . . . . . . 13
Getting Started With Microsoft Hyper-V
. . . . . . . . 13
Hardware Requirements for Hyper-V Support
on Dell PowerEdge Systems
. . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Upgrading to Hyper-V RTM
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Enabling the Hyper-V Role
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Managing Hyper-V
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Hyper-V Manager Console
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008 Server Core
. . . . . 16
Enabling the Hyper-V Role
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Enabling Server Core for Remote
Management
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Planning a Hyper-V Deployment
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Hardware Sizing for Hyper-V Hosts
. . . . . . . . 18
Components of a Hyper-V Solution
. . . . . . . . . 21
Networking Best Practices
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 23