Deployment and configuration of an Azure Stack HCI operating system version 22H2 cluster requires enabling specific operating system roles and features.
Note: Skip this step if the operating system is factory installed.
Enable the following roles and features: - BitLocker
- Data center bridging (DCB)
- Failover clustering
- File server
- Hyper-V
- Hyper-V PowerShell
- RSAT-AD-Clustering-PowerShell module
- RSAT-AD-PowerShell module
- NetworkATC
- NetworkHUD
- SMB bandwidth limit
Enable these features by running the Install-WindowsFeature PowerShell cmdlet:
Install-WindowsFeature -Name Hyper-V, NetworkATC, NetworkHUD, FS-SMBBW, Failover- Clustering, Data-Center-Bridging, BitLocker, FS-FileServer, RSAT-Clustering-PowerShell -IncludeAllSubFeature -IncludeManagementTools -verbose Note: Hyper-V and the optional roles installation require a system restart. Because subsequent procedures also require a restart, the required restarts are combined into one.
Note: Dell Technologies does not recommend installing the FS-Data-Deduplication feature on the nodes. If the nodes have this feature installed from the factory, it is recommended to uninstall the feature before creating a cluster. If installed, there can be performance degradation, even if the feature is not enabled. You can install the feature only when needed.