Planning for Hyper-V: PowerVault™ MD3200 and MD3200i Series of Arrays
Planning for Hyper-V on the Dell PowerVault™
MD3200 and MD3200i Series of Storage Arrays
This document helps you plan to implement Microsoft Hyper-V technology with the Dell PowerVault™
MD3200 and MD3200i series of storage arrays.
Hyper-V provides the software infrastructure and management tools in the Windows Server 2008
operating system to create and manage a virtualized server computing environment. The configuration
in this document uses the Windows Server 2008 Release 2 operating system with the following
enhancements to Hyper-V:
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Live Migration – A transparent move of virtual machines (VMs) from one cluster-node to
another with no loss of VM connectivity between nodes. Live Migration uses clustered
shared volumes (CSVs).
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Dynamic virtual machine storage – Support for hot plug-in and hot removal of storage.
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Enhanced processor support – Up to 32 physical cores.
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Enhanced networking support – Support for jumbo frames on VMs.
For information about how to deploy Hyper-V, refer to Implementing Hyper-V on the Dell PowerVault
MD3200 and MD3200i Series of Storage Arrays. For information about backup and recovery options,
refer to Data Protection on the Dell PowerVault MD3200 and MD3200i Series of Storage Arrays in a
Hyper-V Environment.
This document provides useful information for system administrators and IT planners or designers who
are in the process of considering or planning to use Hyper-V in their environment.
Disclaimer
The steps in this document were performed on a test configuration. Live data was not used. This
document implies no warranties. These instructions are not guaranteed to work in every situation. For
the latest information about Dell IP SAN storage arrays, refer to the Dell storage array installation
guides. Go to this website:
http://www.dell.com
Supported Hardware and Software
Microsoft Hyper-V requires specific hardware. Refer to the Microsoft Windows Server catalog for Hyper-
V to find out if your systems qualify. Go to this website:
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. Go to this website:
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/HyperV/en
If you need additional information, go to this website:
http://www.dell.com/hyperv
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