"Using HP ProLiant Network Teaming Software with Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 Hyper-V or with Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 Hyper-V R2" HOWTO, 4th edition

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Using HP ProLiant Network Teaming

Software with Microsoft® Windows®

Server 2008 Hyper-V or with Microsoft®

Windows® Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V

HOWTO, 4

Edition

Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 2

Software requirements .......................................................................................................................... 2

Order of installation ......................................................................................................................... 2

Uninstalling teaming software ............................................................................................................ 3

Creating an HP Network Team .............................................................................................................. 5

Dissolving an HP Network Team .......................................................................................................... 10

VLANs with Hyper-V........................................................................................................................... 11

For more information .......................................................................................................................... 13

Call to action .................................................................................................................................... 13

Summary of content (13 pages)

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Using HP ProLiant Network Teaming Software with Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 Hyper-V or with Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V HOWTO, 4TH Edition Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 2 Software requirements .......................................................................................................................... 2 Order of installation ..............................
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Introduction HP ProLiant Network Teaming Software lets your ProLiant systems running Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 Hyper-V take advantage of HP network controller teaming technology. NIC teaming means grouping several physical NICs into a single logical NIC. NIC teaming enhances fault tolerance by increasing availability of a server’s network connection. Multiple network paths let you balance network traffic for better performance.
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NOTES If you install the teaming software before installing HyperV, the network adapters may stop passing traffic. To resolve this issue, uninstall both the HP teaming software and Hyper-V and then reboot the server. Reinstall Hyper-V and then the teaming software. There is no known method of uninstalling HP ProLiant Teaming software on machines running Windows Server 2008 Server Core. We are developing a tool for removing the teaming software. It will be available on the HP website in the future.
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6. After the system reboots, no instances of a teamed device should appear in the Network Control panel. No references to the HP Network Configuration Utility should appear on the property sheet (shown below). 7. If Hyper-V has been installed on the system, uninstall it now. After removing the HP Network Configuration Utility and Hyper-V from the system, begin the re-installation. Install and enable Hyper-V first; then install the HP Network Configuration Utility.
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Creating an HP Network Team Once you have installed the HP Network Configuration Utility, a network team may not be created if you selected any of the network interfaces to be configured as part of a team under HP Network Configuration Utility during the installation of Hyper-V. To create an HP Network Team, proceed as follows. 1.
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De-select If the Microsoft Virtual Network Switch Protocol is selected and enabled in the properties screen for any of the network ports, the Team, Dissolve, and VLAN options will not be available in HP Network Configuration Utility, as shown below.
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4. With all of the desired network interfaces un-bound from the Microsoft Virtual Network Switch Protocol in the properties screen, the Team, Dissolve, and VLAN options will be available in HP Network Configuration Utility. To create the network team, select the network interfaces desired to be used in the team, and click on Team. 5. The NCU window then displays the network team as shown below. To save and apply the new network team, click OK.
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6. Once the network configuration changes have completed, you can access the Microsoft Virtual Network Manager within Hyper-V and configure the HP Network Team for use in Hyper-V. After making all necessary configuration options in the Microsoft Virtual Network Manager, click OK to save the configuration.
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After the Microsoft Virtual Network Manager has applied all configuration changes for the HP Network Team selected, the properties screen for the HP Network Team will indicate that the Microsoft Virtual Network Switch Protocol has been assigned and bound to the HP Network Team, as shown below.
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Dissolving an HP Network Team The process for dissolving an HP Network Team that has been configured as previously described will require the following steps: 1. Remove the HP Network Team from the Virtual Network Manager. 2. In the properties screen for the HP Network Team, deselect the Microsoft Virtual Network Switch Protocol. De-select 3. In the HP Network Configuration Utility, select the team to be dissolved and press the Dissolve button. Click OK to apply the network changes.
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VLANs with Hyper-V Hyper-V supports VLANs. To enable this functionality, complete the following steps: 1. Install and enable Hyper-V in the operating system, and then install the NCU. 2. Open the NCU. In the Team Properties window, configure the NIC team(s). Note that Jumbo Frames are supported for Windows® Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V but not for Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 Hyper-V. 3. Highlight VLAN Promiscuous and click Enabled as shown below. 4.
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6. Assign the new virtual network to a new virtual machine: Check the Enable virtual LAN Identification box and enter the desired VLAN identifier (ID). NOTE We recommend that you do not use a VLAN ID of “1” when you configure virtual machines. End of procedure.
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For more information Resource description Web address HP website for Hyper-V www.hp.com/go/hyper-v HP and Microsoft Frontline Partnership website www.hp.com/go/microsoft HP website for Windows Server 2008 www.hp.com/go/ws2008 HP integration note: Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V on HP ProLiant Servers http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01 516156/c01516156.pdf?jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN Microsoft Hyper-V website www.microsoft.