Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 - Hyper-V on Dell PowerEdge VRTX Deployment Guide
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Contents 1 Abbreviations......................................................................................................... 5 2 Audience.................................................................................................................6 3 Scope....................................................................................................................... 7 4 Overview................................................................................................................
Configuring network in Windows Server 2012 R2.............................................................................22 Sample naming and IP addressing scheme ...................................................................................... 23 Configuring vEthernet switch in Windows Server 2012 R2............................................................... 23 Adding the Dell PowerEdge VRTX servers to the domain.................................................................
Abbreviations 1 Table 1.
Audience 2 This guide is intended for IT professionals and administrators who want to deploy the virtualized infrastructure solution by using Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V on the Dell PowerEdge VRTX chassis.
Scope 3 This guide presents a highly available infrastructure that is designed according to the best practices and recommendations for virtualizing applications. This guide provides step-by-step information on deploying a solution for general purpose virtual infrastructure using Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V on the Dell PowerEdge VRTX architecture. The verification of the infrastructure for component failovers is described in the verifying deployment section.
Overview Hyper-V on the Dell PowerEdge VRTX solution enables you to deploy virtualization-enabled remote office or branch office environments (ROBO) using Windows Server 2012 R2 on the Dell PowerEdge VRTX chassis. Figure 1.
Solution requirements 5 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.
Components Software Requirements Shared PERC Drivers Dell Shared PERC8 Firmware requirements This solution is deployed using the firmware versions listed in the following table. Table 4. PowerEdge M630 servers Components Version BIOS 1.2.5 CPLD 1.0.5 iDRAC8 Enterprise 2.15.10.10 Lifecycle Controller (LC) 2 2.15.10.10 PERC H730 Mini 25.3.0.0016 BRCM 57810 NDC 7.12 Table 5. VRTX chassis and switches Components Version CMC 2.04,A00 Dell Networking R1-2210 10GbE Switch Module 2.0.0.
Figure 2. Network architecture for VRTX Hyper-V deployment In the preceding design, each of the Dell Blade server LOMs (LAN On Motherboard) directly maps to Fabric A. The mezzanine cards on slot B and slot C are not used for the traditional I/O expansion. Instead, they are used for connecting to the PCIe infrastructure. The PowerEdge VRTX chassis is designed to use PCIe slots through two PCIe switches–one for Fabric B and one for Fabric C.
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Hyper-V on the Dell PowerEdge VRTX chassis— deployment workflow 6 This section outlines the complete deployment sequence of Hyper-V on the PowerEdge VRTX solution. 1. Complete the solution requirements. See Solution requirements. 2. Complete the cabling. See Cabling requirements. 3. Configure the following components: 4. • Dell Networking R1–2210 10GbE switch module. See Configuring Dell Networking R1-2210 switch module. • VRTX chassis and M630 servers.
Adding MPIO settings. m. Configure the registry settings. See Configuring registry. n. Add volumes in the Dell PowerEdge M630 servers. See Add volumes. o. Enable failover clustering on Windows Server 2012 R2. See Enabling failover clustering on Windows Server 2012 R2. p. Create cluster. See Creating clusters. 5. 14 Verify the deployment. See Verifying the deployment.
Configuring components 7 Before you set up Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V on the virtual infrastructure, you must set up and configure the following components: 1. Dell Networking R1-2210 10GbE switch module. See Configuring Dell Networking R1-2210 switch module. 2. PowerEdge VRTX chassis and M630 servers. See Configuring VRTX chassis CMC and M630 servers for OOB management. 3. Configure VRTX Storage. See Configuring the VRTX storage.
snmp-server community public ro exit 6. Configure Port channel on the external 10G interfaces: R1-2210(config)#interface Port-Channel 1 R1-2210(config-if)#switchport mode trunk R1-2210(config-if)#switchport trunk allowed vlan add 10,20,30,40 R1-2210(config)#interface range TengigabitEthernet 0/1-4 R1-2210(config-if-range)#channel-group 1 mode auto 7.
NOTE: You can also configure the iDRAC using CMC GUI. 6. After setting up the management IP address for CMC and iDRAC for each server, run the following command to reset the CMC: Racadm racreset Open the CMC console using CMC IP and confirm that the iDRAC management IP addresses are set correctly for the PowerEdge M630 servers. Configuring BIOS on the PowerEdge M630 server This section describes how to enable virtualization and hyper-threading (HT).
Table 7. Assigning virtual adapters to virtual slots 4. Virtual adapter Server slot Virtual Adapter 1 Slot 1 Virtual Adapter 2 Slot 2 Virtual Adapter 3 Slot 3 Virtual Adapter 4 Slot 4 Under Assignment Mode: Virtual Disks to Virtual Adapters section, select Multiple Assignment. This mode allows a virtual disk to be assigned to multiple virtual adapters at a time. 5. Click Apply.
The Setup Physical Disks page is displayed. 2. Under the Global Hotspares Assignment section, from the Hotspare Action drop-down menu, select Global Hotspare for Physical Disk 0.0.0, and then click Apply.
Configuring solution for virtualization – Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V 8 Installing virtualization infrastructure To set up virtualization, perform the following tasks: • Configuring virtual disk for OS deployment in Dell PowerEdge M630 servers • Configuring prerequisites to install Windows Server • Installing Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system in the Dell PowerEdge VRTX • Enabling Hyper-V and multipath features in Windows Server 2012 R2 • Setting up NIC teaming in Windows Server 2012 R2
Configuring prerequisites to install Windows Server Mapping to virtual disk 1. In the virtual console, select Connect Virtual Media, and then select Map CD/DVD. 2. In Drive/Image File, provide the drive location and click Map Device. Setting boot device and loading the OS executable files 1. In the virtual console, select Next Boot, and then select Virtual CD/DVD/ISO. 2.
5. In Server Roles, select Hyper-V and then click Next. 6. In Add Roles and Features Wizard, select Include management tools (if applicable), and then click Add Features. 7. In Server Roles, click Hyper-V and then click Next. 8. In Features, select Multipath I/O and then click Next. 9. In Hyper-V, click Next. 10. In Virtual Switches, click Next. 11. In Migration, click Next. 12. In Default Stores, keep default settings and then click Next. 13.
NOTE: The bandwidth weights mentioned in the table are indicative and should be evaluated based on network requirements and applications running in your environment. In the Dell PowerEdge VRTX server, start Windows PowerShell and run the following commands. 1. Create a new VM switch: New-VMSwitch –AllowManagementOS 1 –Name ConvergedNetSwitch – MinimumBandwidthmode weight –Verbose NetAdapterName: ConvergedNet Team 2.
3. Test the network connection: ping the VLAN 10 network. Adding the Dell PowerEdge VRTX servers to the domain 1. In the Dell PowerEdge VRTX server, in System Properties, on the Computer Name tab, click Change. 2. In Computer Name/Domain Changes, provide a name to the server. For example, HyperVH3. 3. Under Member of, select Domain and type domain name, for example hyperv.lab, and then click OK. 4. In Windows Security, provide domain administrator’s user name and password, and then click OK.
a. Double-click the downloaded file and follow the steps in the wizard. b. Click Next and continue with the installation steps in the wizard. c. Click Finish to exit the wizard. NOTE: Dell provides the Dell Update Package (DUP) to update drivers on systems running Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 or Window Server 2008/2008 R2 operating systems. DUP is an executable application that updates drivers for specific devices. DUP supports command line interface and silent execution. For more information, see Dell.
6. In Format Partition, select Format this volume with the following settings: and set File system to NTFS, Allocation unit size to 64kb, Volume label to Quorum, select perform a quick format and then click Next. 7. In Completing the New Simple Volume Wizard, click Finish. 8. Repeat steps 1 – 7 to create the second volume for storing the VHD files of the virtual machines. Enabling failover clustering in Windows Server 2012 R2 1.
a. Open the Fabric workspace b. In the Fabric pane, expand Servers, and then do either of the following: • Right-click All Hosts, and then click Create Host Group. • Click All Hosts. On the Folder tab, in the Create group, click Create Host Group. VMM creates a new host group that is named New host group with the host group name highlighted. c. Type a new name, and then press Enter. 2. Configure host group properties in VMM. a.
Network Type Recommended Settings • • Cluster Allow cluster network communication on this network Allow clients to connect through this network Allow cluster network communication on this network. NOTE: Clear the Allow clients to connect through this network check box. Live Migration Allow cluster network communication on this network. NOTE: Clear the Allow clients to connect through this network check box.
Verifying the deployment 9 Once the deployment is complete, you may follow these steps to verify the solution: 1. Create VMs. 2. Migrate VMs across the cluster and check if the migration is progressing without any interruption. 3. Shut down one of the hosts and check if the VMs located on that host are migrating within the cluster.
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11 Appendix B The following table represents an example of the PowerEdge VRTX chassis cluster along with the top-ofrack switches used in the solution: Device name OOB management Hostname Dell Networking R1–2210 10GbE Switch Module 192.168.10.100 VRTX CMC 192.168.10.10 Cluster IP Live Migration IP R1-2210 192.168.10.11 HYPVN01 192.168.10.181 192.168.20.181 192.168.10.12 HYPVN02 192.168.10.182 192.168.20.182 192.168.10.13 HYPVN03 192.168.10.183 192.168.20.183 192.168.10.
