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
