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I can now publish the setup of my lab configuration which is almost a production platform. Only SSD are not enterprise grade and one Xeon is missing per server. But to show you how it is easy to implement a hyperconverged solution it is fine.
I have inherited a Dell PowerEdge R410 and no disks. I have downloaded the Dell Systems Build and Update Utility for the R410 and booted from the optical drive. In.
In this topic, I will show you how to deploy a 2- node hyperconverged cluster from the beginning with Windows Server 2. But before running some Power.
Shell cmdlet, let’s take a look on the design. Design overview. In this part I’ll talk about the implemented hardware and how are connected both nodes.
Then I’ll introduce the network design and the required software implementation. Hardware consideration. First of all, it is necessary to present you the design. I have bought two nodes that I have built myself.
Both nodes are not provided by a manufacturer. Below you can find the hardware that I have implemented in each node: CPU: Xeon 2. Motherboard: Asus Z9. PA- U8 with ASMB6- i. KVM for KVM- over- Internet (Baseboard Management Controller)PSU: Fortron 3. W FSP FSP3. 50- 6.
GHCCase: Dexlan 4. U IPC- E4. 50. RAM: 1. GB DDR3 registered ECCStorage devices: 1x Intel SSD 5.
GB for the Operating System. Samsung NVMe SSD 9. Pro 2. 56. GB (Storage Spaces Direct cache)4x Samsung SATA SSD 8. EVO 5. 00. GB (Storage Spaces Direct capacity)Network Adapters: 1x Intel 8. L 1. GB for VM workloads (two controllers).
Integrated to motherboard. Mellanox Connectx. Pro 1. 0GB for storage and live- migration workloads (two controllers).
Mellanox are connected with two passive copper cables with SFP provided by Mellanox. Switch Ubiquiti ES- 2. Lite 1. GBIf I were in production, I’d replace SSD by enterprise grade SSD and I’d add a NVMe SSD for the caching. To finish I’d buy server with two Xeon.
Below you can find the hardware implementation. Network design. To support this configuration, I have created five network subnets: Management network: 1. VID 1. 0 (Native VLAN).
This network is used for Active Directory, management through RDS or Power. Shell and so on. Fabric VMs will be also connected to this subnet. DMZ network: 1. 0.
VID 1. 1. This network is used by DMZ VMs as web servers, AD FS etc. Cluster network: 1. VID 1. 00. This is the cluster heart beating network. Storage. 01 network: 1. VID 1. 01. This is the first storage network. It is used for SMB 3. Live- Migration. Storage.
VID 1. 02. This is the second storage network. It is used for SMB 3. Live- Migration. I can’t leverage Simplified SMB Multi. Channel because I don’t have a 1.
GB switch. So each 1. GB controller must belong to separate subnets. I will deploy a Switch Embedded Teaming for 1. GB network adapters. I will not implement a Switch Embedded Teaming for 1. GB because a switch is missing. Logical design. I will have two nodes called pyhyv.
Physical Hyper- V). The first challenge concerns the failover cluster. Because I have no other physical server, the domain controllers will be virtual.
I implement domain controllers VM in the cluster, how can start the cluster? So the DC VMs must not be in the cluster and must be stored locally. To support high availability, both nodes will host a domain controller locally in the system volume (C: \). In this way, the node boot, the DC VM start and then the failover cluster can start. Both nodes are deployed in core mode because I really don’t like graphical user interface for hypervisors.
I don’t deploy the Nano Server because I don’t like the Current Branch for Business model for Hyper- V and storage usage. The following feature will be deployed for both nodes: Hyper- V + Power. Shell management tools. Failover Cluster + Power. Shell management tools.
Storage Replica (this is optional, only if you need the storage replica feature)The storage configuration will be easy: I’ll create a unique Storage Pool with all SATA and NVMe SSD. Then I will create two Cluster Shared Volumes that will be distributed across both nodes. The CSV will be called CSV- 0. CSV- 0. 2. Operating system configuration. I show how to configure a single node.
You have to repeat these operations for the second node in the same way. This is why I recommend you to make a script with the commands: the script will help to avoid human errors. Bios configuration. The bios may change regarding the manufacturer and the motherboard. But I always do the same things in each server: Check if the server boot in UEFIEnable virtualization technologies as VT- d, VT- x, SLAT and so on.
Configure the server in high performance (in order that CPUs have the maximum frequency available)Enable Hyper. Threading. Disable all unwanted hardware (audio card, serial/com port and so on)Disable PXE boot on unwanted network adapters to speed up the boot of the server. Set the date/time. Next I check if the memory is seen, and all storage devices are plugged. When I have time, I run a memtest on server to validate hardware.
OS first settings. I have deployed my nodes from a USB stick configured with Easy. Boot. Once the system is installed, I have deployed drivers for motherboard and for Mellanox network adapters. Because I can’t connect with a remote MMC to Device Manager, I use the following commands to list if drivers are installed. Win. 32_System. Driver | select name,@{n="version"; e={(gi $_. Version. Info. File.
Version}}. gwmi Win. Pn. PSigned. Driver | select devicename,driverversion. After all drivers are installed, I configure the server name, the updates, the remote connection and so on.
For this, I use sconfig. This tool is easy, but don’t provide automation. You can do the same thing with Power. Shell cmdlet, but I have only two nodes to deploy and I find this easier. All you have to do, is to move in menu and set parameters. Here I have changed the computer name, I have enabled the remote desktop and I have downloaded and installed all updates.
I heavily recommend you to install all updates before deploying the Storage Spaces Direct. Then I configure the power options to “performance” by using the bellow cmdlet.
POWERCFG. EXE /S SCHEME_MIN. Once the configuration is finished, you can install the required roles and features. You can run the following cmdlet on both nodes.
Install- Windows. Feature Hyper- V, Data- Center- Bridging, Failover- Clustering, RSAT- Clustering- Powershell, Hyper- V- Power. Shell, Storage- Replica. Once you have run this cmdlet the following roles and features are deployed: Hyper- V + Power.
Shell module. Datacenter Bridging. Failover Clustering + Power. Shell module. Storage Replica. Network settings. Once the OS configuration is finished, you can configure the network.
First, I rename network adapters as below. Name - notlike v. Ethernet* |? Interface. Description - like Mellanox*#2 | Rename- Net. Adapter - New. Name Storage- 1.
Name - notlike v. Ethernet* |? Interface. Description - like Mellanox*Adapter | Rename- Net. Adapter - New. Name Storage- 1. Name - notlike v. Ethernet* |? Interface. Description - like Intel*#2 | Rename- Net.
Adapter - New. Name Management.Name - notlike v.Ethernet* |? Interface.Description - like Intel*Connection | Rename- Net. Realplayer 11 Plus Crack Torrent Rapidshare .
Adapter - New. Name Management. Next I create the Switch Embedded Teaming with both 1. GB network adapters called SW- 1. G. New- VMSwitch - Name SW- 1. G - Net. Adapter.
Name Management. 01- 0, Management. Enable. Embedded. Teaming $True - Allow.
Management. OS $False. Now we can create two virtual network adapters for the management and the heartbeat. Add- VMNetwork. Adapter - Switch. Name SW- 1. G - Management. OS - Name Management- 0. Add- VMNetwork. Adapter - Switch. Name SW- 1. G - Management.
OS - Name Cluster- 1. Then I configure VLAN on v. NIC and on storage NIC. Set- VMNetwork. Adapter.
VLAN - Management. OS - VMNetwork. Adapter. Name Cluster- 1. 00 - Access - Vlan.
Id 1. 00. Set- Net. Adapter - Name Storage- 1. Vlan. ID 1. 01 - Confirm: $False. Set- Net. Adapter - Name Storage- 1. Vlan. ID 1. 02 - Confirm: $False. Below screenshot shows the VLAN configuration on physical and virtual adapters.
Next I disable VM queue (VMQ) on 1. GB network adapters and I set it on 1. GB network adapters. When I set the VMQ, I use multiple of 2 because hyperthreading is enabled. I start with a base processor number of 2 because it is recommended to leave the first core (core 0) for other processes. Disable- Net. Adapter. VMQ - Name Management*.
Core 1, 2 & 3 will be used for network traffic on Storage- 1. Set- Net. Adapter. RSS Storage- 1. 01 - Base. Processor. Number 2 - Max. Processors 2 - Max.