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Chapter 3: Technology Overview 

 

11 

Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage 

 Deployment Guide 

  

Layer 

Device 

Version 

Software 

Windows Server 2016 with Hyper-V Role 

Version 1803 

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 
(SCCM) 

1802 

Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine 
Manager (SCVMM) 

1801 

Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for Microsoft 
System Center (OMIMSSC) 

7.0 

Dell EMC IDPA DP4400 

2.2 

 

Note:

 The BIOS, driver, and firmware versions are subject to change. For more information, see 

Dell EMC Online Support

. As an example, at 

Support for PowerEdge R740

, under 

Drivers & 

downloads, 

you can search by keyword or filter by category to locate a specific device.  

Rack layout 

The Ready Stack physical rack layout is flexible and can accommodate many data center 
dependencies on power, thermals, and weight. PowerEdge rack servers require either 1U 
or 2U of rack space depending on the model, and the compute server quantity can 
change depending on the needs of the organization. Dell EMC Unity storage can require 
fewer or more disk enclosures depending on the storage capacity and SSD drive type. 
The following figure shows an example of the Ready Stack Enterprise Large configuration. 

 

Figure 1. 

Ready Stack components in Enterprise Large configuration: Front rack view 

 

Summary of Contents for PowerEdge 14G Series

Page 1: ... Unity Storage January 2019 H17514 Deployment Guide Abstract This deployment guide describes how to implement a converged infrastructure for Microsoft Hyper V with Dell EMC 14G rack servers Unity storage S Series switches and data protection products Dell EMC Solutions ...

Page 2: ...ware described in this publication requires an applicable software license Copyright 2019 Dell Inc or its subsidiaries All Rights Reserved Dell Technologies Dell EMC Dell EMC and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc or its subsidiaries Intel the Intel logo the Intel Inside logo and Xeon are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U S and or other countries Other trademarks may be trademarks ...

Page 3: ...list 13 Chapter 4 Configuring Networking 14 Introduction 15 Configuring Dell EMC Networking S5248F ON switches 17 Configuring the Dell EMC Networking S3048 ON switch 22 Networking configuration checklist 24 Chapter 5 Deploying SAN Storage 25 Introduction 26 Deploying Dell EMC Unity storage 26 Deploying Connectrix DS 6500 switches 26 FC SAN site survey example 27 Zoning host servers to storage cont...

Page 4: ...eploying the Compute Cluster 45 Introduction 46 Creating a cluster 46 Establishing VM to SAN connectivity 46 Creating a VM 47 Verifying the compute cluster deployment 48 Chapter 8 Deploying the Software Components 49 Introduction 50 Deploying the integration and management applications 50 Deploying the Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance 51 Software deployment checklist 51 Chapter 9 Refe...

Page 5: ...5 Dell EMC Ready Stack Microsoft Hyper V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter presents the following topics Business value 6 Document scope 6 We value your feedback 6 ...

Page 6: ... issues that may be caused to existing infrastructure components during the deployment of the Ready Stack While deviations from the recommended configuration in this guide might be necessary to meet unique requirements no warranty is implied or given as to the operation of the Dell EMC Ready Stack when it is deployed in a modified configuration This guide is for Dell EMC personnel channel partners...

Page 7: ...ll EMC Ready Stack Microsoft Hyper V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide Chapter 2 Before You Start This chapter presents the following topics Introduction 8 Data centerrequirements 8 Site survey information 8 ...

Page 8: ...System DNS and Network Time Protocol NTP services on the management network While it is possible to use IP address management services such as Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP we recommend static IP assignments for all Ready Stack components Sufficient power and cooling to support all components For more information see the relevant product documentation Site survey information A site surv...

Page 9: ... PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide Chapter 3 Technology Overview This chapter presents the following topics Ready Stack overview 10 Dell EMC components 10 Recommended hardware and software 10 Rack layout 11 Cabling 12 Hardware installation checklist 13 ...

Page 10: ... switches Connectrix DS 6500B series switches IDPA DP4400 data protection Recommended hardware and software The following table lists the minimum software and firmware versions that Dell EMC recommends for use with this Ready Stack release Table 1 Recommended hardware and software Layer Device Version Server PowerEdgeR640 BIOS 1 3 7 iDRAC 3 15 17 15 PowerEdge R740 R740xd Mellanox CX4 LX dual port ...

Page 11: ...As an example at Support for PowerEdge R740 under Drivers downloads you can search by keyword or filter by category to locate a specific device Rack layout The Ready Stack physical rack layout is flexible and can accommodate many data center dependencies on power thermals and weight PowerEdge rack servers require either 1U or 2U of rack space depending on the model and the compute server quantity ...

Page 12: ...x DS 6500 switches are prepopulated with the required Fibre Channel FC optics The following is a high level summary of the required cable components for the switches servers and storage that are shown in Figure 2 Additional 16 GB SFP FC adapters for Unity arrays and PowerEdge servers An LC LC optical multimode cable between PowerEdge servers and Unity arrays to Connectrix FC switches Cat 5e Ethern...

Page 13: ...e Hardware installation checklist Ensure that the following hardware installation procedures are complete Hardware components switches storage and servers are installed into racks Network connections are cabled from switches to servers as shown in Figure 2 Power is cabled to each component not shown for all components in Figure 2 ...

Page 14: ...e 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide Chapter 4 Configuring Networking This chapter presents the following topics Introduction 15 Configuring Dell EMC Networking S5248F ON switches 17 Configuring the Dell EMC Networking S3048 ON switch 22 Networking configuration checklist 24 ...

Page 15: ...le Before starting deployment complete the full survey which is available in Appendix A Confirm all the information in the following tables especially Spanning Tree Protocol STP information with the personnel who are responsible for the network configuration in your environment Table 2 Switch hostnames example Switch Hostname VLT backup address VLT ports S3048 ON SWOOB S5248F Top SW1 192 168 1 253...

Page 16: ...that is specific to your environment or site survey is placed inside symbols and presented in italics For example Deployment guide command reference OS10 config hostname hostname On the top S5248F ON switch enter OS10 config hostname SW1 On the bottom S5248F ON switch enter OS10 config hostname SW2 When an input command is different between the top and the bottom switch but the information is not ...

Page 17: ...e end to your workstation and the other end to the RS 232 console port of the switch The following figure shows the console and management ports The console port is located on the upper right side of the switch when you are looking at the back portion near the fans and power supplies Figure 3 Serial port 2 Using terminal emulation software configure the appropriate COM port as follows 15200 baud r...

Page 18: ... 1 1 exit 2 Enable SPT by running the following commands SW1 config spanning tree mode rstp SW1 config spanning tree rstp priority 16384 SW2 config spanning tree rstp priority 32768 Caution Ensure that the personnel responsible for network management in your environment have reviewed the configuration for SPT because incorrect settings may cause network issues The values provided here are examples...

Page 19: ... 1 1 16 spanning tree port type edge SW1 conf range eth1 1 1 1 1 16 spanning tree guard root SW1 conf range eth1 1 1 1 1 16 no shutdown 5 Verify that the ports are properly configured by running the following command SW1 conf range eth1 1 1 1 1 16 show config The output for each port appears as follows interface ethernet1 1 1 no shutdown switchport mode trunk switchport access vlan 100 switchport ...

Page 20: ...110 mtu 9216 SW1 conf if vl 110 vrrp group 2 SW1 conf if vlan110 vrid 2 virtual address 172 90 110 254 SW1 conf if vlan110 vrid 2 exit SW1 conf if vl 110 no shutdown SW1 conf if vl 110 exit SW1 config do write 3 Configure the live migration VLAN by running the following commands SW1 config interface vlan 120 SW1 conf if vl 120 description Live Migration VLAN SW1 conf if vl 120 ip address 172 90 12...

Page 21: ... running these commands SW1 config interface port channel 101 SW1 conf if po 101 description OOB uplink SW1 conf if po 101 no shutdown SW1 conf if po 101 switchport mode trunk SW1 conf if po 101 switchport trunk allowed vlan 100 110 120 210 SW1 conf if po 101 mtu 9216 SW1 conf if po 101 vlt port channel 101 SW1 conf if po 101 exit 2 Configure the port that will be used for the port channel by runn...

Page 22: ...7 1 Using an RJ45 to serial cable included with your switch connect one end to your workstation and the other end to the RS 232 console port of the switch as shown in the following figure Figure 4 Serial port 2 Using terminal emulation software configure the appropriate COM port as follows 115200 baud rate No parity no flow control 8 data bits 1 stop bit 3 After a successful connection enter confi...

Page 23: ...port type edge The Dell EMC Networking S3048 ON switch connects to the network through the Dell EMC Networking S5248F ON VLT domain using a port channel consisting of two 10 GbE ports on the Networking S3048 ON switch Follow these steps to first configure the ports for the port channel and then create the port channel 1 Configure the OOB VLAN on the switch by running the following commands SWOOB c...

Page 24: ...B conf range eth1 1 49 1 1 50 mtu 9216 SWOOB conf range eth1 1 49 1 1 50 exit 4 Verify that the port channel to the S5248F ON is up by running the following command SW00B show interface port channel summary LAG Mode Status Uptime Ports 10 L2 HYBRID up 2 days Eth 1 1 49 Up Eth 1 1 50 Up Networking configuration checklist Ensure that the following network configurations are complete S5248F ON switch...

Page 25: ... SAN Storage This chapter presents the following topics Introduction 26 Deploying Dell EMC Unity storage 26 Deploying Connectrix DS 6500 switches 26 FC SAN site survey example 27 Zoning host servers to storage controllers 28 Adding cluster hosts to the storage array 31 Creating a LUN 31 Management VMs 33 Storage deployment and configuration checklist 34 ...

Page 26: ... Unity system and the IP address the subnet mask and the default gateway that you want to use This information is part of the site survey in Appendix A 4 Launch Unisphere storage management a Open your web browser enter the IP address from step 3 as the destination and log in with the default credentials Username admin Password Password123 Follow the initial configuration wizard through basic sett...

Page 27: ...ress for the switch Ethernet Subnet mask Set the subnet mask for the switch Gateway IP Address Set the default gateway for the switch 9 Close the terminal emulator program and disconnect the serial cable from the switch 10 Repeat the process on the bottom switch if necessary 11 Verify that the FC switches are visible on the network FC SAN site survey example The following table shows an example of...

Page 28: ...8 cf comp3_p1 Comp3 P2 21 00 00 24 ff 7f 08 ce comp3_p2 Zoning host servers to storage controllers Zone the management and compute hosts to the storage controllers 1 From a web browser start Brocade Web Tools by entering the IP address of the switch in the address bar If Java issues prevent you from accessing Web Tools from a browser run the following command from a command prompt javaws http your...

Page 29: ...liases for the storage controller front end FC ports a On the Alias tab in the Zone Administration window click New Alias A Create New Alias dialog box appears b Enter a name for the new alias for example Unity_SPA_P0 and then click OK c Select Member Selection List Ports Attached Devices to view the nested elements d Expand the port that contains the WWN for the alias being created as shown in th...

Page 30: ...Attached Devices to view the nested elements Expand the port that contains the WWN for the alias being created Click the port WWN and then click the right arrow to add the WWN to the Alias Members list You can find server HBA WWNs in the iDRAC console hardware inventory Repeat steps a through e to create aliases for all management and compute server HBAs Select Action Save Config to save your conf...

Page 31: ...o the storage array Add cluster hosts to the storage array 1 For each server to be added to the storage array obtain the HBA s WWNs from the server s iDRAC a Log in to the iDRAC expand Hardware and then click Fibre Channel devices Expand any device under Fibre Channel Ports to view the port s WWN 2 Log in to Unisphere storage management 3 Select Access Hosts 4 In the upper left of the Hosts pane c...

Page 32: ...r the VMs see Chapter 8 Deploying the Software Components 5 If a thin LUN is required select the Thin option A thick LUN is created by default 6 Click Next 7 In the upper left of the Configure Access pane click the plus sign 8 In the Select Host Access window select the management hosts that require access to the LUN and then click OK 9 In the Access pane review the host selection and click Next 1...

Page 33: ...o Center VMM server 10 GB VMM database 200 GB We recommend separate disks for database logs and backup Disk sizes vary based on the deployment requirements VMM library Depends on number of files stored VMM console 10 GB Windows Server 2016 guest operating system 240 GB If you plan to run each SCVMM feature in a separate guest operating system size the LUN to allow for three additional 240 GB guest...

Page 34: ...ormation see the Microsoft SCVMM and SCOM documentation 1 8 240 SCOM If additional roles are required see System requirements for System Center Operations Manager 1 8 240 OMIMSSC For more information see the OpenManage Integration Version 7 0 for Microsoft System Center Installation Guide 1 8 See the installation wizard for details Storage deployment and configuration checklist Ensure that the fol...

Page 35: ...er 6 Deploying the Management Cluster This chapter presents the following topics Introduction 36 Preparing management hosts for Windows Server 2016 with Hyper V 36 Installing Windows Server 2016 and network drivers on the management server 40 Enabling Hyper V failover clustering and multipath features 41 Management cluster configuration checklist 44 ...

Page 36: ...on all nodes Windows Server 2016 operating image Note the image location on your system because that is needed for mounting virtual media Host names management VLAN ID and IP address information Active Directory site name and administrative credentials Credentials for the administrative account to be used to install Windows Static IP addresses for each of the management servers Optional Records fo...

Page 37: ...ction message 5 Create a job to process the change racadm jobqueue create BIOS Setup 1 1 6 Press Enter A success message appears 7 Reboot the management host 8 Repeat the preceding steps for all the remaining management hosts Configure the BIOS settings 1 Using a web browser go to the iDRAC web interface at https iDRAC address 2 Log in with the default credentials Username root Password calvin 3 C...

Page 38: ...tual Media Map CD DVD menu Configure a virtual disk for operating system deployment on the PowerEdge14G server 1 If you are not already connected to iDRAC log in to iDRAC and launch the virtual console 2 From the Power menu select Power on the system The following message appears You are about to execute a server control action Are you sure you want to continue 3 Click Yes The system restarts 4 To...

Page 39: ...and recover data as initialization is a destructive process Are you sure you want to skip initialization 9 Click OK to create the virtual disk 10 Exit Setup and restart the server Boot to the installation media 1 Click Map Device 2 From the Virtual Console menu bar select Next Boot 3 From the list select Virtual CD DVD ISO 4 Click OK to continue The location of the ISO that you have mapped must be...

Page 40: ...t all Windows features work correctly Windows might create additional partitions for system files 9 Click OK 10 After the installation is complete on the Settings page set the username and password Install the Mellanox driver on Windows Server 2016 1 After the server reboots open the iDRAC Virtual Console 2 Log in to the PowerEdge R740 server 3 Browse to the location to where you downloaded the fi...

Page 41: ...ws Server 2016 ISO Install the BOSS S1 driver if necessary as follows 1 Browse to the download location and double click the new file 2 Read the release information that is presented in the dialog box 3 Download and install any prerequisites that are identified in the dialog box 4 Click Install 5 Follow the remaining prompts to perform the installation Enabling Hyper V failover clustering and mult...

Page 42: ...etworking fabric Set up the VMM networking fabric and Set up networking for Hyper V hosts and clusters in the VMM fabric 1 Create a VM switch New VMSwitch AllowManagementOS 1 Name ConvergedNetSwitch MinimumBandwidthmode weight Verbose NetAdapterName ConvergedNet Team 2 Create a VM network adapter for the cluster Add VMNetworkAdapter ManagementOS SwitchName ConvergedNetSwitch Name Cluster Verbose 3...

Page 43: ...witch Properties configure IPV4 protocol properties include the IP address and DNS server details and then click OK 3 Ping the VLAN 210 network to test the network connection Rename and add servers 1 Enter the following Windows PowerShell command Add Computer DomainName NewName Restart Force 2 At the Windows prompt type the credentials of the domain controller Install PowerPath software 1 Download...

Page 44: ...owing settings b Select the following settings File system NTFS Allocation unit size 64K Volume label Quorum c Select Perform a quick format d Click Next 8 In the Completing the New Simple Volume wizard click Finish 9 Repeat the preceding steps to create the second volume for storing the VHD files of the VMs Management cluster configuration checklist Ensure that the following management cluster co...

Page 45: ...V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide Chapter 7 Deploying the Compute Cluster This chapter presents the following topics Introduction 46 Creating a cluster 46 Establishing VM to SAN connectivity 46 Creating a VM 47 Verifying the compute cluster deployment 48 ...

Page 46: ...y messages indicate failures with the tests resolve the issues before continuing Run the following command to create a two node cluster with a static IP address The IP address is required for the cluster s management connection New Cluster Name ClusterName Node Node1 Node2 StaticAddress IPaddress Establishing VM to SAN connectivity The Hyper V Virtual FC feature enables a VM to connect directly to...

Page 47: ...reviously created Click the Virtual SAN list box that shows Not connected Select the name of the required SAN 8 Configure the WWNs Set A and Set B for the virtual FC adapter You can use the automatically generated default WWNs or manually assign them 9 Configure both WWN sets to ensure a successful live migration of the VM Creating a VM To create a VM run these PowerShell commands as an administra...

Page 48: ...SanName vSAN switch name2 Verifying the compute cluster deployment After you complete the preceding deployment steps verify the functionality as follows 1 Migrate the VMs across the cluster and verify that the live migration is completed without interruption 2 Gracefully shut down one of the PowerEdge 14G servers and verify that VMs migrate to another cluster host 3 Power off one of the S5248F ON ...

Page 49: ...4G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide Chapter 8 Deploying the Software Components This chapter presents the following topics Introduction 50 Deploying the integration and management applications 50 Deploying the Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance 51 Software deployment checklist 51 ...

Page 50: ... the Microsoft System Center suite of products that enable full lifecycle management of the Dell EMC servers by using iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller LC With OMIMSSC you can either integrate with Microsoft SCCM for managing the Dell EMC servers or with Microsoft SCVMM in virtualized or cloud environments Ensure that You use VM resource controls and settings to configure reservations that ensure th...

Page 51: ...all the files a Browse to the location of the extracted files b Complete the installation by following the instructions in the OpenManage Integration Version 7 0 for Microsoft System Center Installation Guide Note If you have not already done so register with Dell EMC Online Support for product support Deploying the Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance IDPA DP4400 is a 2U appliance that p...

Page 52: ...s 52 Dell EMC Ready Stack Microsoft Hyper V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide Chapter 9 References This chapter presents the following topics Dell EMC documentation 53 Microsoft documentation 53 ...

Page 53: ...or Dell EMC OpenManage Server Administrator 9 1 0 Dell EMC Unity Best Practices Guide Dell EMC Unity Family Unisphere Command Line Interlace User Guide Support for Dell Networking S3048 ON Manuals and Documents S3048 ON Installation Guide S5200F ON Series Installation Guide Support for Dell Networking S5232F ON Manuals documents Connectrix DS 6510B Documentation Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection...

Page 54: ...dix A Site Survey 54 Dell EMC Ready Stack Microsoft Hyper V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide Appendix A Site Survey This appendix presents the following topic Site survey tables 55 ...

Page 55: ...ement IP address Gateway IP address VLT ports S3048 S5248F Top S5248F Bottom Additional configuration notes Spanning Tree Protocol routing protocol and so on as applicable Table 10 VLAN information Table 11 Customer network services Next hop default gateway DNS 1 2 NTP 1 2 Table 12 Switch port mappings S5232F Top S5232F Bottom S3048 Server NIC Port 1 NIC Port 2 iDRAC Mgmt1 Mgmt2 Comp1 Comp2 Comp3 ...

Page 56: ...Bottom S3048 OOB Table 14 Management host information Table 15 Host information Hostname Management Live migration iDRAC IP address Mgmt1 Mgmt2 Comp1 Comp2 Comp3 Table 16 Management virtual machines Hostname IP address Subnet mask Gateway VLAN SCVMM SCOM OMISSC IDPA DP4400 Table 17 Hyper V HA cluster information Cluster details Site A Management cluster name MgmtPod Cluster hosts Mgmt1 Mgmt2 Clust...

Page 57: ...tack Microsoft Hyper V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide Table 18 Unity storage array information Hostname IP address Subnet mask Gateway Table 19 Connectrix DS 6500 information Hostname IP address Subnet mask Gateway ...

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