Specifications

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Hardware upgrades to improve database, SharePoint, Exchange, and
file server performance with the Intel processor-powered Dell
PowerEdge T630
b. Right-click the NIC assigned to the private network, and choose Properties.
c. Select TCP/IP (v4), and choose Properties.
d. Set the IP address, subnet, gateway, and DNS server for the virtual NIC, which will handle outgoing server
traffic. Click OK, and click Close.
15. After creating and configuring the storage volumes on the storage level and in iSCSI initiator:
a. Click the Server Manager icon in the taskbar.
b. In the left pane, expand Storage, and click Disk Management.
c. Right-click the first volume, and choose Initialize Disk.
d. In the right pane, right-click the volume and choose New Simple VoIume…
e. At the Welcome screen, click Next.
f. At the Specify Volume Size screen, leave the default selection, and click Next.
g. At the Assign Drive Letter or Path screen, choose a drive letter, and click Next.
h. At the Format Partition screen, leave the defaults and click Next.
i. At the Completing the New Simple Volume Wizard screen, click Finish.
j. Repeat steps c through i for the remaining volumes.
Configuring the first application VM for SQL Server 2012
Installing Microsoft SQL Server 2012
1. Insert the installation DVD.
2. Click Run SETUP.EXE. If Autoplay does not begin the installation, navigate to the SQL Server 2012 DVD, and
double-click.
3. If the installer prompts you with a .NET installation prompt, click Yes to enable the .NET Framework Core
role.
4. In the left pane, click Installation.
5. Click New SQL Server stand-alone installation or add features to an existing installation.
6. At the Setup Support Rules screen, wait for the rule check to complete. If there are no failures or relevant
warnings, click OK.
7. Select the Specify a free edition and select Evaluation from the drop-down menu. Click Next.
8. Click the checkbox to accept the license terms, and click Next.
9. If no failures are displayed after the setup support files are installed, click Next.
10. At the Setup Role screen, choose SQL Server Feature Installation.
11. At the Feature Selection screen, select Database Engine Services, Full-Text and Semantic Extractions for
Search, Client Tools Connectivity, Client Tools Backwards Compatibility, Management Tools – Basic, and
Management Tools – Complete. Click Next.
12. At the Installation Rules screen, click Next once the check completes.
13. At the Instance configuration screen, leave the default selection of default instance, and click Next.
14. At the Disk Space Requirements screen, click Next.
15. At the Server Configuration screen, check that NT Service\SQLSERVERAGENT is selected for SQL Server
Agent, and that NT Service\MSSQLSERVER is selected for SQL Server Database Engine. Click Next.