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Dell EMC PowerEdge 14G Series Manual

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

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  • Page 1 PowerEdge 14G Servers and 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 Use, copying, and distribution of any software 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.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Storage deployment and configuration checklist ..........34 Chapter 6 Deploying the Management Cluster Introduction ......................36 Preparing management hosts for Windows Server 2016 with Hyper-V ....36 Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...
  • Page 4 Software deployment checklist ................51 Chapter 9 References Dell EMC documentation..................53 Microsoft documentation ..................53 Appendix A Site Survey Site survey tables ....................55 Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Introduction

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

  • Page 6: Business Value

    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.

  • Page 7: Chapter 2 Before You Start

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

  • Page 8: Introduction

    Essential Before starting deployment, read the Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on reading PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Design Guide. Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...

  • Page 9: Chapter 3 Technology Overview

    Ready Stack overview ..................10 Dell EMC components ..................10 Recommended hardware and software ............10 Rack layout ......................11 Cabling ....................... 12 Hardware installation checklist ................ 13 Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...

  • Page 10: Ready Stack Overview

    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...

  • Page 11: Rack Layout

    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.

  • Page 12: Cabling

    100 GbE requires QSFP28 cabling and 25 GbE requires SFP28 cabling. We recommend Dell EMC Networking passive copper direct attach cables. These cables are available in various lengths based on the rack layout. Dell EMC Networking active optical cables are also available for longer distances and dense rack configurations.

  • Page 13: Hardware Installation Checklist

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

  • Page 14: Chapter 4 Configuring Networking

    Introduction ....................... 15 Configuring Dell EMC Networking S5248F-ON switches ....... 17 Configuring the Dell EMC Networking S3048-ON switch ....... 22 Networking configuration checklist ..............24 Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...

  • Page 15: Introduction

    Ensure that you review the steps with your site networking team before performing them. Note: This Ready Stack solution supports other switch models in the Dell EMC Networking portfolio, such as the S4148T-ON and the S5232-ON switches. However, the S5232F-ON and S3048-ON switches that this sample configuration uses do not require additional breakout cabling for lower-link speed devices and may help reduce cost and cabling complexity.
  • Page 16 SW1(config)# spanning-tree rstp priority 4096 #Command for Top S5248F-ON SW2(config)# spanning-tree rstp priority 8192 #Command for Bottom S5248F-ON Screen output is presented in bold. Optional commands are shown in bold italics. Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...

  • Page 17: Configuring Dell Emc Networking S5248F-On Switches

    Ready Stack. Additional configuration might be necessary for your environment and to configure communication to your core data center network. If you are not familiar with configuring the Dell EMC Networking S5248F-ON switch, see S5248F-ON documentation on Dell EMC Online Support.
  • Page 18 SW1(config)# ip route 0.0.0.0/0 <core network gateway> SW1(config)# do write memory Configure the The VLTi heartbeat uses the management interface on the back of the Dell EMC management Networking S5248F-ON switch, which is connected with a Cat 5e Ethernet network cable interface from the top S5248F-ON switch to the bottom S5248F-ON switch.
  • Page 19 VLAN traffic to be routed by the S5248F-ON switches, skip the commands in bold italics. Follow these steps: Configure the OOB VLAN: SW1(config)# interface vlan 100 SW1(conf-if-vl-100)# description “out-of-band VLAN” Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...
  • Page 20 SW1(conf-if-vl-210)# description “Compute VM VLAN” SW1(conf-if-vl-210)# ip address 172.90.210.252/24 SW1(conf-if-vl-210)# mtu 9216 SW1(conf-if-vl-210)# vrrp-group 4 SW1(conf-if-vlan210-vrid-3)# virtual-address 172.90.210.254 SW1(conf-if-vlan210-vrid-3)# exit SW1(conf-if-vl-210)# no shutdown SW1(conf-if-vl-210)# exit SW1(config)# do write Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...
  • Page 21 SW1(conf-if-eth1/1/48:1)# description “OOB uplink” SW1(conf-if-eth1/1/48:1)# channel-group 101 mode active SW1(conf-if-eth1/1/48:1)# mtu 9216 SW1(conf-if-eth1/1/48:1)# exit Repeat the preceding steps to configure the bottom Dell EMC Networking S5248F- ON switch. Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...

  • Page 22: Configuring The Dell Emc Networking S3048-On Switch

    Chapter 4: Configuring Networking Configuring the Dell EMC Networking S3048-ON switch The Dell EMC Networking S3048-ON switch serves as the OOB management switch for the Ready Stack. A single switch is used because this connectivity is not considered critical for workload operations. To begin configuring the switch, use a laptop with a serial connection and terminal emulator software such as PuTTY.
  • Page 23 … Configure the The Dell EMC Networking S3048-ON switch connects to the network through the Dell port channel 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.

  • Page 24: Networking Configuration Checklist

    S5248F-ON switches are configured.  S5248F-ON switches are connected to the corporate network.  S3048-ON switch is configured.  S3048-ON switch is connected to the S5248F-ON switches. Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...

  • Page 25: Chapter 5 Deploying San Storage

    Adding cluster hosts to the storage array ............31 Creating a LUN ....................31 Management VMs ....................33 Storage deployment and configuration checklist ........... 34 Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...

  • Page 26: Introduction

    Follow the initial configuration wizard through basic settings such as licensing, storage pool creation, alerts, support, and networking. You can perform these tasks from the Dell EMC Unisphere interface at any time by clicking the gear icon in the top menu bar to open the Settings page.

  • Page 27: Fc San Site Survey Example

    SP-B P0 50:06:01:6c:47:e0:01:96 spb_p0 SP-B P1 50:06:01:6d:47:e0:01:96 spb_p1 SP-B P2 50:06:01:6e:47:e0:01:96 spb_p2 SP-B P3 50:06:01:6f:47:e0:01:96 spb_p3 Mgmt1 P1 21:00:00:24:ff:7d:9a:35 mgmt1_p1 Mgmt1 P2 21:00:00:24:ff:7d:9a:34 mgmt1_p2 Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...

  • Page 28: Zoning Host Servers To Storage Controllers

    Create a zone configuration: Log in to Web Tools with administrator credentials. Select Configure > Zone Admin. The Zone Administration window appears, as shown in the following figure. Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...
  • Page 29 Expand the port that contains the WWN for the alias being created, as shown in the following figure. You can find the WWNs of Unity front-end ports in Unisphere storage management. Figure 6. Port with WWN Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...
  • Page 30 Select Member Selection List > Aliases to view the nested elements. In the Member Selection List, select all the aliases of the Unity storage ports and the server WWN to be included in the zone. Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...

  • Page 31: Adding Cluster Hosts To The Storage Array

    The LUNs that you create and present to the management cluster are used as datastores for the management virtual machines (VMs). You can also create any additional LUNs that you need for management and compute clusters. Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...
  • Page 32 For the example in Table 8, a 2 TB LUN is sufficient. Repeat steps 4 through 13 to create additional LUNs as needed and assign them to appropriate hosts. Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...

  • Page 33: Management Vms

    Because OMIMSSC is a virtual appliance, an Integration Version 7.0 for Microsoft System additional guest operating system volume is Center Installation Guide on Dell EMC Online not required. Support. Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...

  • Page 34: Storage Deployment And Configuration Checklist

    Storage and server zoning is configured.  Servers have FC access to Unity storage.  The management LUN has been presented to the management servers. Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...

  • Page 35: Deploying The Management Cluster

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

  • Page 36: Introduction

    You can order PowerEdge servers with Windows Server 2016 preinstalled from Dell EMC or perform the installation locally or remotely through the iDRAC web interface. This chapter describes how to perform the installation remotely.
  • Page 37 Click Virtual Console Preview to open the remote console. Ensure that you enable pop-up support in your browser for each iDRAC. The iDRAC virtual console appears, as shown in the following figure. Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...
  • Page 38 In the configuration utility, select PERC H730, and then press F2 to enable operations. From the list box, select Create New VD. Complete the following selections: Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...
  • Page 39 After the server powers on, the following message appears, followed by the Windows Server setup: Booting from Virtual CD Press any key to boot from CD or DVD. Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...

  • Page 40: Installing Windows Server 2016 And Network Drivers On The Management Server

    To view the network card configuration, select Start > Run on the Windows desktop, open the following file: ncpa.cpl The Network Connections window displays all the NIC cards. Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...

  • Page 41: Enabling Hyper-V, Failover Clustering, And Multipath Features

    In NIC Teaming, from TASKS, select New Team. Enter the team name, for example, ConvergedNet Team, and then select the NICs that you want to include in the team. Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...
  • Page 42 Cluster –Access –VlanId 210 Set VLAN access properties to LiveMigration: Set-VMNetworkAdapterVlan –ManagementOS –VMNetworkAdapterName LiveMigration –Access –VlanId 120 Set the minimum bandwidth reservation for the management network adapter: Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...
  • Page 43 Right-click Start > Run, and then type: diskmgmt.msc In Disk Management: Select the 1 GB disk. Right-click New Disk and select Online. Right-click the disk and select Initialize disk. Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...

  • Page 44: Management Cluster Configuration Checklist

    Hyper-V is enabled and failover clustering, multipath I/O, and NIC teaming are configured.  The host is renamed and the domain is joined.  PowerPath software is installed and volumes have been created. Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...

  • Page 45: Chapter 7 Deploying The Compute Cluster

    Introduction ....................... 46 Creating a cluster ....................46 Establishing VM-to-SAN connectivity .............. 46 Creating a VM ....................47 Verifying the compute cluster deployment ............. 48 Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...

  • Page 46: Introduction

    In the Action pane, click Virtual SAN Manager. Click Create. In the Name field, enter the name for the new SAN. In the Notes field, enter any important information for the SAN. Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...

  • Page 47: Creating A Vm

    Configure the VM: Set-VMProcessor -VMName DB -Count <vcpu count> Add-VMNetworkAdapter -VMName <VMName> -Name <Virtual Network adapter> Set-VMNetworkAdapterVlan -VMName <VMName> -VMNetworkAdapterName <Virtual Network adapter> - Access -VlanId <VLANID> Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...

  • Page 48: Verifying The Compute Cluster Deployment

    Gracefully shut down one of the PowerEdge 14G servers and verify that VMs migrate to another cluster host. Power off one of the S5248F-ON switches and verify that the VMs continue to run without any network impact. Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...

  • Page 49: Chapter 8 Deploying The Software Components

    Introduction ....................... 50 Deploying the integration and management applications ......50 Deploying the Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance ..... 51 Software deployment checklist ................ 51 Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...

  • Page 50: Introduction

    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.

  • Page 51: Deploying The Dell Emc Integrated Data Protection Appliance

    Protection Appliance Getting Started Guide. Software deployment checklist Ensure that the following software components are deployed:  SCVMM  SCOM  OMIMSSC  IDPA DP4400 Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...

  • Page 52: Chapter 9 References

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

  • Page 53: Dell Emc Documentation

    Plan the VMM networking fabric  Set up the VMM networking fabric  Set up networking for Hyper-V hosts and clusters in the VMM fabric Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...

  • Page 54: Appendix A Site Survey

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

  • Page 55: Site Survey Tables

    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 Unity storage array Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...
  • Page 56 Management cluster Cluster details Site A MgmtPod name Cluster hosts Mgmt1, Mgmt2 Cluster name Site A Compute cluster name ComputePod Cluster hosts Comp1, Comp2, Comp3 Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...
  • Page 57 Appendix A: Site Survey Table 18. Unity storage array information Hostname IP address Subnet mask Gateway Table 19. Connectrix DS-6500 information Hostname IP address Subnet mask Gateway Dell EMC Ready Stack: Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage Deployment Guide...

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