Page 2 - Table of Contents
PLANNING FOR HYPER-V November 09 Page 2 Table of Contents Planning for Hyper-V on the Dell PowerVault MD3000/MD3000i Storage Arrays ........................ 4 Disclaimer .................................................................................................................................
Page 3 - Table of Figures
PLANNING FOR HYPER-V November 09 Page 3 Table of Figures Figure 1 Dell PowerVault MD3000 Storage Array Configuration .................................................. 8 Figure 2 Dell PowerVault MD3000i Storage Array (IP SAN) ........................................................ 9 Figure 3 De...
Page 4 - Disclaimer
PLANNING FOR HYPER-V November 09 Page 4 Planning for Hyper-V on the Dell PowerVault MD3000/MD3000i Storage Arrays This document provides information about planning to implement Microsoft Hyper-V technology with the Dell PowerVault MD3000/MD3000i storage arrays. Hyper-V provides the software infr...
Page 5 - Planning for Hyper-V Virtualized Configurations; Pre-installation Requirements
PLANNING FOR HYPER-V November 09 Page 5 http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=111228 You also can check the Dell-supported hardware for Microsoft Hyper-V contained in the Dell Solutions Overview Guide for Microsoft Hyper-V . http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/HyperV/en If you need a...
Page 7 - Planning the SAS Direct Attach Installation with the
PLANNING FOR HYPER-V November 09 Page 7 Planning the SAS Direct Attach Installation with the Dell PowerVault MD3000 Storage Array The Dell PowerVault MD3000 storage array, with SAS host interface connectivity, can connect with up to four servers. The configuration that you choose depends on the ...
Page 8 - Planning the IP SAN Installation with the Dell; IP SAN Considerations
PLANNING FOR HYPER-V November 09 Page 8 Figure 1 Dell PowerVault MD3000 Storage Array Configuration • RAID level An appropriate RAID level should be chosen based on your applications. RAID 1 or higher provides some level of redundancy that is useful in the case of failed physical disks. Each RAI...
Page 10 - IP SAN Network Infrastructure for Performance
PLANNING FOR HYPER-V November 09 Page 10 Power Connect the MD3000i power supplies to separate power sources. This connection ensures that if one component fails due to a power issue, the alternative path continues to work. Security To secure data across an IP SAN, implement a physically ind...
Page 12 - Unicast
PLANNING FOR HYPER-V November 09 Page 12 Note: PowerConnect switches default to flow control being off. The Dell PowerVault MD3000i storage array auto-configures to the switch when the flow control is turned on. Unicast Storm Control A traffic “storm” occurs when a large outpouring of IP p...
Page 13 - Layer; Considerations for Storage and Network Adapters; Connecting the Dell PowerVault MD3000 Storage Array
PLANNING FOR HYPER-V November 09 Page 13 disks among the controllers and modify them to balance I/O access so as to balance controller utilization. Layer 3 Optimization Differentiated Services (DiffServ) provides a good method for managing your network traffic. Some switches have a propri...
Page 14 - Connecting the Dell PowerVault MD3000i Storage Array
PLANNING FOR HYPER-V November 09 Page 14 Figure 3 Dell PowerVault MD3000 Storage System (SAS) Cabling Configuration Connecting the Dell PowerVault MD3000i Storage Array For the iSCSI-based Dell PowerVault MD3000i storage array, you must have two NICs for I/O to the storage array for each server....
Page 15 - Load; Additional Considerations for Virtual Storage
PLANNING FOR HYPER-V November 09 Page 15 The Module Disk Storage Manager comes with the device-specific module (DSM) for Microsoft multipath I/O (MPIO). MPIO provides load balancing between the two ports of one RAID controller module. For best performance, make sure that load balancing is enable...
Page 17 - Considerations When Using Pass-through Physical
PLANNING FOR HYPER-V November 09 Page 17 Note: For the best performance in production environments, use fixed-size VHDs because they eliminate the overhead created by expanding the VHD in a normal production environment. Size each LUN to support the target VHD. To avoid warning messages generate...
Page 18 - Considerations for the Virtual Machine Child Partition; Clustering with Hyper-V
PLANNING FOR HYPER-V November 09 Page 18 Directly-mapped iSCSI Virtual Disks to the Virtual Machine (Dell PowerVault MD3000i Storage Array) You can easily transfer the virtual disk from a physical server to the virtual machine. However, transferring the virtual disk reduces the number of servers...
Page 22 - Contact Information
PLANNING FOR HYPER-V November 09 Page 22 Contact Information Go to: http://www.dell.com/ Or call 1-800-WWW-DELL. Appendix A: System Troubleshooting For information about troubleshooting MD3000 storage arrays, refer to the “Troubleshooting Problems” chapter of the Dell™ PowerVault™ Modular Disk S...
Page 24 - Appendix C: Terminology
PLANNING FOR HYPER-V November 09 Page 24 Appendix C: Terminology Bandwidth – The amount of data that the storage array can process over time. Bandwidth is measured in megabytes per second (MB/s). Child partition – A partition that is associated with the parent partition. The child partition is s...