Microsoft System Center Deploying Hyper-V with Software-Defined Storage & Networking

Focused technical guidance from System Center experts

Part of a series of specialized guidance on System Center--this book provides a single end-to-end resource on Microsoft’s software-defined datacenter solution built upon Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V and System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager. The book walks you through a proof of concept (POC) deployment of a software-defined compute, storage, and networking infrastructure, starting from racking bare-metal servers through to the streamlined deployment of virtual machines.

Table of Contents

Introduction          ix
Chapter 1: Design and planning     1
Choosing a configuration     1
Recommended hardware     1
Minimal hardware     3
Architecture     4
Management     6
Logical networking     11
Storage     14
Compute     21
Network virtualization     23
Chapter 2: Deploying the management cluster     35
Overview of the management cluster     35
Virtual Machine Manager     37
Service provider vs. enterprise     38
Configuration walkthrough     38
Procedure 1: Rack and connect management cluster hosts     38
Procedure 2: Install Windows Server on MGMT01 and MGMT02     39
Procedure 3: Configure TenantNetwork teams     40
Procedure 4: Enable the Hyper-V role on MGMT01 and MGMT02     43
Procedure 5: Configure Hyper-V virtual switches     43
Procedure 6: Create folder structure for VMs and software     45
Procedure 7: Configure Hyper-V settings     46
Procedure 8: Create management VMs     47
Procedure 9: Configure Active Directory Domain Services on DC01     49
Procedure 10: Join management hosts to the Contoso domain     50
Procedure 11: Configure DC02 as a secondary DC     51
Procedure 12: Configure remaining management VMs     52
Procedure 13: Install and configure WSUS on the  WSUS VM     54
Procedure 14: Configure WSUS GPO and auto-approvals     56
Procedure 15: Install Windows Deployment Services     57
Procedure 16: Create administrative service accounts     58
Procedure 17: Add data and log disks to SQL01 and SQL02     59
Procedure 18: Add a second virtual network adapter to SQL01 and SQL02     60
Procedure 19: Create the guest cluster within SQL01 and SQL02     61
Procedure 20: Install SQL Server on SQL01 and SQL02     63
Procedure 21: Enable AlwaysOn high availability for SQL01 and SQL02     65
Procedure 22: Add a second virtual network adapter to VMM01 and VMM02     65
Procedure 23: Create the guest cluster within VMM01 and VMM02     66
Procedure 24: Create an Active Directory Domain Services container for distributed key management     68
Procedure 25: Install Virtual Machine Manager management server prerequisites     69
Procedure 26: Install Virtual Machine Manager management server     70
Procedure 27: Create an AlwaysOn Availability Group for VirtualManagerDB     72
Procedure 28: Finalize Virtual Machine Manager installation     73
Chapter 3: Configuring network infrastructure     75
Configuration walkthrough     75
Logical networks     76
Network sites     77
Procedure 1: Create a logical network and site for tenant traffic     78
Static IP address pools     80
Procedure 2: Create an IP address pool for the Tenant_LN logical network     81
Procedure 3: Create a second logical network and site for
the datacenter network     83
Procedure 4: Create static IP address pools for the Datacenter_LN logical network     85
Logical switches     87
Procedure 5: Create an uplink port profile     90
Procedure 6: Create a virtual network adapter port profile     92
Procedure 7: Create a port classification     94
Procedure 8: Create the logical switch     94
Chapter 4: Configuring storage infrastructure     99
Scale-Out File Server     100
Configuration walkthrough     101
Procedure 1: Rack and connect SOFS nodes     102
Procedure 2: Configure Baseboard Management Controllers     103
Procedure 3: Rack and connect JBODs to SOFS nodes     104
Procedure 4: Configure a BMC administrator in System Center Virtual Machine Manager     105
Procedure 5: Create a run-as account for SetupAdmin     105
Procedure 6: Obtain a virtual hard disk for server deployment     106
Procedure 7: Create a physical computer profile     107
Procedure 8: Add a PXE server to System Center Virtual Machine Manager     109
Procedure 9: Pre-provision Active Directory accounts     111
Procedure 10: Configure the WDS server with DHCP     112
Procedure 11: Discover and provision the SOFS with System Center Virtual Machine Manager     114
Procedure 12: Check the cluster validation report     117
Procedure 13: Update software, drivers, and firmware     118
Procedure 14: Create storage classifications     120
Procedure 15: Create a storage pool     121
Procedure 16: Create a witness disk for FSCLUSTER     124
Procedure 17: Create the virtual disks and file shares     125
Procedure 18: Create a library virtual machine     127
Procedure 19: Configure the library VM as the System Center Virtual Machine Manager library     129
Chapter 5: Configuring compute infrastructure     131
Configuration walkthrough     134
Procedure 1: Create host groups in System Center Virtual Machine Manager     134
Procedure 2: Import management hosts into System Center Virtual Machine Manager     135
Procedure 3: Remove library server from MGMT01     136
Procedure 4: Construct a management cluster     136
Procedure 5: Check the cluster validation report     137
Procedure 6: Assign file share storage to MGMT01 and MGMT02     138
Procedure 7: Configure a file share witness for MGMTCLUS, VMMCLUSTER, and SQLCLUSTER     138
Procedure 8: Assign the file share witness to MGMTCLUS, VMMCLUSTER, and SQLCLUSTER     140
Procedure 9: Migrate managemnet virtual machines to shared storage     141
Procedure 10: Enable Dynamic Optimization     142
Procedure 11: Create availability sets for related virtual machines     144
Procedure 12: Rack and connect Hyper-V compute nodes     146
Procedure 13: Configure BMCs     146
Procedure 14: Configuring a BMC administrator in System Center Virtual Machine Manager (optional)     147
Procedure 15: Create a physical computer profile     148
Procedure 16: Discover and provision the Hyper-V hosts with System Center Virtual Machine Manager     150
Procedure 17: Update drivers and firmware on Hyper-V hosts     153
Procedure 18: Construct the Hyper-V cluster     154
Procedure 19: Check the cluster validation report     155
Procedure 20: Assign file share storage to Hyper-V cluster     155
Procedure 21: Configure the file share witness for HVCLUSTER     156
Procedure 22: Assign the file share witness to HVCLUSTER     157
Procedure 23: Enable Dynamic Optimization and Power Optimization     158
Procedure 24: Configure RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) on the compute, management, and storage clusters     160
Procedure 25: Configure RoCE on physical switches     168
Procedure 26: Test RoCE configuration and connectivity     168
Procedure 27: Test overall storage health (optional)     170
Procedure 28: Configure Live Migration over SMB     170
Chapter 6: Configuring network virtualization     171
Configuration walkthrough     173
Procedure 1: Rack and connect the Windows Server Gateway Hyper-V host     174
Procedure 2: Configure BMC     174
Procedure 3: Configuring a BMC administrator in System Center Virtual Machine Manager (Optional)     175
Procedure 4: Create a physical computer profile     176
Procedure 5: Create a gateway host group     178
Procedure 6: Discover and provision the Windows Server Gateway Hyper-V host with System Center Virtual Machine Manager     178
Procedure 7: Update drivers and firmware on GW01     181
Procedure 8: Configure GW01 to run Windows Server Gateway VMs     182
Procedure 9: Rename existing VM network     184
Procedure 10: Download and import the Windows Server Gateway service templates into System Center Virtual Machine Manager     184
Procedure 11: Customize the Windows Server Gateway service template     188
Procedure 12: Configure deployment of the Windows Server Gateway service     189
Procedure 13: Configure Windows Server Gateway 001 integration with System Center Virtual Machine Manager     193
Procedure 14: Create a VM network and virtual subnets     197
Procedure 15: Create accounting and HR VMs     198
Procedure 16: Test VM communication     200
Procedure 17: Review network virtualization configuration     202
Procedure 18: Configure Windows Server Gateway 002 integration with System Center Virtual Machine Manager     206
Procedure 19: Create VM networks and virtual subnets     208
Procedure 20: Create testing and development VMs     210
Procedure 21: Test VM communication     211
Procedure 22: Configure NAT rules for VM networks     212
Procedure 23: Review network virtualization configuration     214
   
  
 

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