Table Of Contents - Dell PowerVault MD3200 Series White Paper

Planning for Hyper-V: PowerVault™ MD3200 and MD3200i Series of Arrays
Contents
Planning for Hyper-V on the Dell PowerVault MD3200 and MD3200i Series of Storage Arrays .............. 2
Disclaimer ........................................................................................................... 2
Supported Hardware and Software ................................................................................ 2
Planning for Hyper-V Virtualized Configurations ................................................................... 3
Pre-installation Requirements ...................................................................................... 3
Planning the SAS Direct-Attach Installation with the Dell PowerVault MD3200 and MD3220 Storage
Arrays ..................................................................................................................... 4
Direct-Attach Storage with SAS Considerations .................................................................. 4
Planning the IP SAN Installation with the Dell PowerVault MD3200i and MD3220i Storage Arrays ......... 5
IP SAN Considerations ................................................................................................ 5
IP SAN Network Infrastructure for Performance ................................................................. 7
IP SAN Optimization for Throughput and I/Os ................................................................... 9
Considerations for Storage and Network Adapters (MD3200 and MD3200i Storage Arrays) ................. 10
Connecting the Dell PowerVault MD3200 Storage Array ....................................................... 10
Connecting the Dell PowerVault MD3200i Storage Array ...................................................... 10
MD3200i Load-Balance Policies ................................................................................. 11
Additional Considerations for Virtual Storage ..................................................................... 12
Considerations When Using Pass-Through Physical Disks or VHDs ........................................... 13
Directly-Mapped iSCSI Virtual Disks to the VM (Dell PowerVault MD3200i Storage Array) ............... 14
Considerations for the VM Child Partition ....................................................................... 14
Clustering with Hyper-V ............................................................................................... 14
Contact Information ................................................................................................... 17
Appendix ................................................................................................................. 17
Figures
Figure 1. Dell PowerVault MD3200 Storage Array Configuration ............................................. 4
Figure 2. Dell PowerVault MD3200i Storage Array (IP SAN) ................................................... 6
Figure 3. Dell PowerVault MD3200 Storage System (SAS) Cabling Configuration ......................... 10
Figure 4. Dell PowerVault MD3200i Storage Array Network Configuration ................................ 11
Figure 5. Virtual Storage Configuration ......................................................................... 12
Figure 6. MD3200 SAS Storage Array Configuration in a Clustered Environment ......................... 16
Figure 7. MD3200i iSCSI Storage Array Configuration in a Clustered Environment ....................... 16
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