Deployment Guide
Table Of Contents
- Microsoft HCI Solutions from Dell Technologies Deployment Guide
- Contents
- Introduction
- Solution Overview
- Solution Deployment
- Introduction to solution deployment
- Deployment prerequisites
- Predeployment configuration
- Operating system deployment
- Installing roles and features
- Verifying firmware and software compliance with the support matrix
- Updating out-of-box drivers
- Changing the hostname
- Configuring host networking
- Joining cluster nodes to an Active Directory domain
- Deploying and configuring a host cluster
- Best practices and recommendations
- Recommended next steps
- Deployment services
- References
- Appendix A: Persistent Memory for Windows Server HCI
Chapter 1: Introduction................................................................................................................. 5
Document overview............................................................................................................................................................ 5
Audience and scope............................................................................................................................................................ 5
Known issues........................................................................................................................................................................ 6
Chapter 2: Solution Overview........................................................................................................ 7
Solution introduction...........................................................................................................................................................7
Deployment models............................................................................................................................................................. 7
Switchless storage networking...................................................................................................................................7
Scalable infrastructure................................................................................................................................................. 8
Stretched cluster infrastructure...............................................................................................................................10
Solution integration and network connectivity...........................................................................................................10
Chapter 3: Solution Deployment.................................................................................................. 12
Introduction to solution deployment..............................................................................................................................12
Deployment prerequisites.................................................................................................................................................12
Predeployment configuration.......................................................................................................................................... 13
Configuring network switches.................................................................................................................................. 13
Configuring iDRAC and BIOS.....................................................................................................................................13
Configuring QLogic NICs............................................................................................................................................ 14
Operating system deployment........................................................................................................................................ 14
Manual operating system deployment.................................................................................................................... 15
Factory-installed operating system deployment...................................................................................................15
Installing roles and features.............................................................................................................................................16
Verifying firmware and software compliance with the support matrix.................................................................16
Updating out-of-box drivers............................................................................................................................................16
Changing the hostname....................................................................................................................................................17
Configuring host networking........................................................................................................................................... 17
Joining cluster nodes to an Active Directory domain................................................................................................18
Deploying and configuring a host cluster..................................................................................................................... 18
Creating the host cluster........................................................................................................................................... 18
Enabling Storage Spaces Direct............................................................................................................................... 19
Configuring the host management network as a lower-priority network for live migration......................19
Updating the page file settings.................................................................................................................................19
Configuring a cluster witness................................................................................................................................... 20
Azure onboarding for Azure Stack HCI operating system................................................................................ 20
Best practices and recommendations.......................................................................................................................... 20
Disable SMB Signing...................................................................................................................................................20
Update the hardware timeout for the Spaces port............................................................................................ 20
Enable jumbo frames................................................................................................................................................... 21
Recommended next steps............................................................................................................................................... 21
Deployment services......................................................................................................................................................... 21
Chapter 4: References.................................................................................................................22
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