Table Of Contents - Dell PowerVault MD32X0 Implementation Manual

PowerVault™ MD32X0, MD32X0i, and MD36X0i Series of Storage Arrays: Implementing Hyper-V
Contents
Implementing Hyper-V on the PowerVault MD32X0, MD32X0i, and MD36X0i Series of Storage Arrays .. 3
Disclaimer ................................................................................................................ 3
Supported Hardware and Software ..................................................................................... 3
Pre-Installation Requirements .......................................................................................... 4
Hardware Requirements ............................................................................................... 4
Software and Configuration Requirements ......................................................................... 4
Least Queue Depth with Subset ................................................................................... 8
Least Path Weight with Subset .................................................................................... 8
Changing the Load-Balance Policy Using the Windows Server 2008 Disk Management Options ........ 8
Enabling the Hyper-V Role on the Parent Server .................................................................... 8
Considerations for the Virtual Storage ................................................................................ 9
Considerations When Using Pass-through Physical Disks or VHDs ............................................ 10
Directly-Mapped iSCSI Virtual Disks to the VM (MD32X0i and MD36X0i) ..................................... 11
Setting Up VMs with VHDs .............................................................................................. 11
Setting Up VMs with Pass-through Devices .......................................................................... 16
Adding a Pass-through Device to an Existing VM ................................................................ 16
Creating a New VM Using Pass-through Disks Only .............................................................. 17
Clustering with Hyper-V ............................................................................................. 19
Creating Clusters ..................................................................................................... 22
Adding Hyper-V to the Cluster ..................................................................................... 23
Configuring a Virtual Machine for Live Migration ............................................................... 24
Troubleshooting.......................................................................................................... 27
Contact Information .................................................................................................... 29
Appendix .................................................................................................................. 30
Appendix A: References ............................................................................................. 30
Appendix B: Terminology ............................................................................................ 31
Tables
Add Roles Wizard ............................................................................. 9
Table 1.
Virtual Machine Wizard ..................................................................... 13
Table 2.
Windows Server Settings Wizard ........................................................... 14
Table 3.
New Virtual Machine Wizard ............................................................... 18
Table 4.
Computer Management Wizard ............................................................ 22
Table 5.
High Availability Wizard ..................................................................... 23
Table 6.
New Virtual Machine Wizard ............................................................... 25
Table 7.
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