MS System Center (Deployment Hyper-V with software defined storage & networking)

Chapter 1 Design and planning

• Choosing a configuration
• Recommended hardware
• Minimal hardware
• Architecture
• Management
• Logical networking
• Storage
• Compute
• Network virtualization

Chapter 2 Deploying the management cluster

• Overview of the management cluster
• Virtual Machine Manager
• Service provider vs. enterprise
• Configuration walkthrough
• Procedure 1: Rack and connect management cluster hosts
• Procedure 2: Install Windows Server on MGMT01 and MGMT02
• Procedure 3: Configure TenantNetwork teams
• Procedure 4: Enable the Hyper-V role on MGMT01 and MGMT02
• Procedure 5: Configure Hyper-V virtual switches
• Procedure 6: Create folder structure for VMs and software

Chapter 3 Configuring network infrastructure

• Configuration walkthrough
• Logical networks
• Network sites
• Procedure 1: Create a logical network and site for tenant traffic
• Static IP address pools
• Procedure 2: Create an IP address pool for the Tenant_LN logical
• network
• Procedure 3: Create a second logical network and site for
• the datacenter network
• Procedure 4: Create static IP address pools for the Datacenter_LN
• logical network
• Logical switches
• Procedure 5: Create an uplink port profile
• Procedure 6: Create a virtual network adapter port profile
• Procedure 7: Create a port classification
• Procedure 8: Create the logical switch

Chapter 4 Configuring storage infrastructure

• Scale-Out File Server
• Configuration walkthrough
• Procedure 1: Rack and connect SOFS nodes
• Procedure 2: Configure Baseboard Management Controllers
• Procedure 3: Rack and connect JBODs to SOFS nodes
• Procedure 4: Configure a BMC administrator in System Center
• Virtual Machine Manager
• Procedure 5: Create a run-as account for SetupAdmin
• Procedure 6: Obtain a virtual hard disk for server deployment
• Procedure 7: Create a physical computer profile
• Procedure 8: Add a PXE server to System Center
• Virtual Machine Manager
• Procedure 9: Pre-provision Active Directory accounts
• Procedure 10: Configure the WDS server with DHCP
• Procedure 11: Discover and provision the SOFS with
• System Center Virtual Machine Manager
• Procedure 12: Check the cluster validation report
• Procedure 13: Update software, drivers, and firmware
• Procedure 14: Create storage classifications
• Procedure 15: Create a storage pool
• Procedure 16: Create a witness disk for FSCLUSTER
• Procedure 17: Create the virtual disks and file shares
• Procedure 18: Create a library virtual machine
• Procedure 19: Configure the library VM as the System Center
• Virtual Machine Manager library

Chapter 5 Configuring compute infrastructure

• Configuration walkthrough
• Procedure 1: Create host groups in System Center
• Virtual Machine Manager
• Procedure 2: Import management hosts into System Center
• Virtual Machine Manager
• Procedure 3: Remove library server from MGMT01
• Procedure 4: Construct a management cluster
• Procedure 5: Check the cluster validation report
• Procedure 6: Assign file share storage to MGMT01 and MGMT02
• Procedure 7: Configure a file share witness for MGMTCLUS,
• VMMCLUSTER, and SQLCLUSTER
• Procedure 8: Assign the file share witness to MGMTCLUS,
• VMMCLUSTER, and SQLCLUSTER
• Procedure 9: Migrate managemnet virtual machines to
• shared storage
• Procedure 10: Enable Dynamic Optimization
• Procedure 11: Create availability sets for related virtual machines
• Procedure 12: Rack and connect Hyper-V compute nodes
• Procedure 13: Configure BMCs
• Procedure 14: Configuring a BMC administrator in System Center
• Virtual Machine Manager (optional)
• Procedure 15: Create a physical computer profile
• Procedure 16: Discover and provision the Hyper-V hosts with
• System Center Virtual Machine Manager
• Procedure 17: Update drivers and firmware on Hyper-V hosts
• Procedure 18: Construct the Hyper-V cluster
• Procedure 19: Check the cluster validation report
• Procedure 20: Assign file share storage to Hyper-V cluster
• Procedure 21: Configure the file share witness for HVCLUSTER
• Procedure 22: Assign the file share witness to HVCLUSTER
• Procedure 23: Enable Dynamic Optimization and
• Power Optimization
• Procedure 24: Configure RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE)
• on the compute, management, and storage clusters
• Procedure 25: Configure RoCE on physical switches
• Procedure 26: Test RoCE configuration and connectivity
• Procedure 27: Test overall storage health (optional)
• Procedure 28: Configure Live Migration over SMB

Chapter 6 Configuring network virtualization

• Configuration walkthrough
• Procedure 1: Rack and connect the Windows Server Gateway
• Hyper-V host
• Procedure 2: Configure BMC
• Procedure 3: Configuring a BMC administrator in System Center
• Virtual Machine Manager (Optional)
• Procedure 4: Create a physical computer profile
• Procedure 5: Create a gateway host group
• Procedure 6: Discover and provision the Windows Server Gateway
• Hyper-V host with System Center Virtual Machine Manager
• Procedure 7: Update drivers and firmware on GW01
• Procedure 8: Configure GW01 to run Windows Server
• Gateway VMs
• Procedure 9: Rename existing VM network
• Procedure 10: Download and import the Windows Server Gateway
• service templates into System Center Virtual Machine Manager
• Procedure 11: Customize the Windows Server Gateway service
• template
• Procedure 12: Configure deployment of the Windows Server
• Gateway service
• Procedure 13: Configure Windows Server Gateway 001 integration
• with System Center Virtual Machine Manager
• Procedure 14: Create a VM network and virtual subnets
• Procedure 15: Create accounting and HR VMs
• Procedure 16: Test VM communication
• Procedure 17: Review network virtualization configuration
• Procedure 18: Configure Windows Server Gateway 002 integration
• with System Center Virtual Machine Manager
• Procedure 19: Create VM networks and virtual subnets
• Procedure 20: Create testing and development VMs
• Procedure 21: Test VM communication
• Procedure 22: Configure NAT rules for VM networks
• Procedure 23: Review network virtualization configuration