Chapter 1: Introduction
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Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage
Deployment Guide
Business value
Dell EMC Ready Stack presents enterprise-class hardware from Dell EMC in combination
with Microsoft Hyper-V on Microsoft Windows Server 2016 software. Ready Stack is a
flexible architecture model that offers customers a choice in the selection of server,
storage, and networking components. The Ready Stack architecture is designed to scale,
and you can administer and monitor multiple clusters from a single management cluster.
This Ready Stack is designed to provide a stable, highly available platform on which to
run Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V based workloads.
Document scope
This guide describes the steps for deploying Dell EMC Ready Stack for Microsoft Hyper-V on
Windows Server 2016 on the following Dell EMC products: 14G PowerEdge Rack servers,
Unity storage, S-Series and Connectrix switches, and the Integrated Data Protection
Appliance (IDPA). This guide addresses deployment only. For information about the
Ready Stack architecture, see the
Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge
14G Servers and Unity Storage Design Guide
Dell EMC takes no responsibility for any 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, and customers. It provides
sample deployment information that Dell EMC Engineering used to test and validate the
Ready Stack. Deployment of individual technology components that are mentioned in this
guide might require specific training, certification, competencies, and other prerequisites.
Deployment personnel must have the required prerequisites and knowledge of data center
infrastructure best practices for servers, storage, networking, data protection, power, and
cooling. To learn more about product competency training and requirements, contact your
Dell EMC Partner or Dell EMC Services.
We value your feedback
Dell EMC and the authors of this document welcome your feedback on the Ready Stack
and the Ready Stack documentation. Contact the Dell EMC Solutions team by
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Authors:
Scott Stanford, Tom Chatham, David Hartman, Curtis Bunch, Aighne Kearney
Note:
For links to additional Ready Stack documentation, see
DellEMC.com.
Audience
