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Azure Portal Deployment and Operations Guide with Switchless Networking
About using this guide Revision history Deployment Introduction Solution introduction Solution Deployment
Solution Deployment
Solution deployment introduction
Deployment prerequisites
Change operating system to iDRAC pass-through IPs Install Windows Admin Center Install OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center
Predeployment configuration
Configuring network switches Configuring iDRAC and BIOS Configure Intel E810 NICs
Cabling instructions
Two-node, back-to-back connected architecture
Operating system deployment
Manual operating system deployment Factory-installed operating system deployment Configure host networking
Install roles and features
Configuration to prepare nodes
Change the hostname
Registry settings
Verifying and updating firmware and software compliance
Configuring firewall settings
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Operating system deployment

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Operating system deployment

  • Configure host networking

    Identify the network interface controllers to be used for the management or compute traffic and assign the IP address to the first port.
    Note: This step is not needed if you have DHCP in your environment. Ensure the hosts are assigned IPs in the correct VLAN.

    Log in to the host console of each system using iDRAC virtual console and assign host IPs and respective VLANs.
    1. Disable the DHCP on the management adapters. 
      Set-NetIPInterface -InterfaceAlias "Integrated NIC 1 Port 1-1",”Integrated NIC 1 Port 2-1” -Dhcp Disabled
    2. Disable disconnected network interface controllers. 
      Get-NetAdapter | Where-Object {$_.status -eq "disconnected"} | Disable-NetAdapter
    3. Assign management IP address to the first port. 
      New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias "Integrated NIC 1 Port 1-1" -IPAddress 192.168.11.11 -DefaultGateway 192.168.10.1 -PrefixLength 24 -AddressFamily IPv4 –Verbose
    4. Set VLAN ID for management adapters. 
      Get-NetAdapter -Name "Integrated NIC 1 Port 1-1" | Set-NetAdapter -VlanID 202 -Confirm: $false
    5. Set a DNS IP address. 
      Set-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceAlias "Integrated NIC 1 Port 1-1" -ServerAddresses 192.168.11.50, 192.168.11.51