Hyper-V|W2k12R2|4x1GB|2x10GB|2xFC

Hyper-V Cluster Network configuration with following parameters:

The following configuration leverages 4x 1GB Ethernet, 2x 10GB Ethernet NICs and LOM (LAN on Motherboard) and 2x Fibre channel connections. The storage can be connected via Fibre Channel with MPIO. The configurations uses physical configuration and software defined / converged network for Hyper-V.

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 Pro’s and Con’s of that solution

Pro	Con
– High Bandwidth for VM- Good Bandwidth for Storage – Separated Management and Heartbeat Interface – Full fault redundant – Can be used in switch independent or LACP (with stacked switches) teaming mode – Fibrechannel ist most common SAN technology	– Limited Bandwidth for Livemigration – a lot of NICs and Switches needed – a lot of technologies involved – expensiv

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 Switches

Switch name	Bandwidth	Switchtyp
1GBE SW01	1 GBit/s	physical stacked or independed
1GBE SW02	1 GBit/s	physical stacked or independed
10GBE SW01	10 GBit/s	physical stacked or independed
10GBE SW02	10 GBit/s	physical stacked or independed
FC SW01	4/8 GB FC/s	physical stacked or independed
FC SW02	4/8 GB FC/s	physical stacked or independed
SoftSW01	1 GBit/s	Software defined / converged
SoftSW02	10 GBit/s	Software defined / converged

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 Neccessary Networks

Networkname	VLAN	IP Network (IPv4)	Connected to Switch
Management	100	10.11.100.0/24	SoftSW01
Cluster	101	10.11.101.0/24	SoftSW01
Livemigration	450	10.11.45.0/24	1GBE SW01 & 1GBE SW02
Virtual Machines	200 – x	10.11.x.x/x	SoftSW02

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 Possible rearview Server

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 Schematic representation

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Switch Port Configuration

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Bandwidth Configuration vNICs

vNIC	min. Bandwidth Weight	PowerShell Command
Management	40%	Set-VMNetworkAdapter -ManagementOS -Name "Management NIC Name" -MinimumBandwidthWeight 40 1 Set-VMNetworkAdapter -ManagementOS -Name "Management NIC Name" -MinimumBandwidthWeight 40
Cluster	10%	Set-VMNetworkAdapter -ManagementOS -Name "Cluster NIC Name" -MinimumBandwidthWeight 10 1  Set-VMNetworkAdapter -ManagementOS -Name "Cluster NIC Name" -MinimumBandwidthWeight 10

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QoS Configuration Switch

Networkname	Priority
Management	medium
Cluster	high
Livemigration	medium
VMs	dependig on VM Workload