Your Browser is Out of Date

ShareDemos uses technology that works best in other browsers.
For a full experience use one of the browsers below
Deployment Guide—Microsoft Hyper-V on PowerEdge 14G Servers and Unity Storage

close

view all chapters

Deploying the Management Cluster
Introduction Preparing management hosts for Windows Server 2016 with Hyper-V Installing Windows Server 2016 and network drivers on the management server Enabling Hyper-V, failover clustering, and multipath features Management cluster configuration checklist

Installing Windows Server 2016 and network drivers on the management server

Installing Windows Server 2016 and network drivers on the management server

  • Install Windows Server 2016

    Install Windows Server 2016 on the management server:

    1. Select a language preference, time and currency format, and keyboard or input method, and then click Next.
    2. In Windows Setup, click Install now.
    3. Enter the product key, and then click Next.
    1. Select OS > Windows Server 2016 Datacenter (Server with GUI), and then click Next.
    2. Select I accept the license terms, and then click Next.
    3. In Installation type, select Custom: Install Windows only (advanced).
    4. Select Drive0 Unallocated Space and click New to create the partition.
    5. Click Next.

    The following message appears:

    To ensure that all Windows features work correctly, Windows might create additional partitions for system files

    1. Click OK.
    2. After the installation is complete, on the Settings page, set the username and password.

    Install the Mellanox driver on Windows Server 2016:

    1. After the server reboots, open the iDRAC Virtual Console.
    2. Log in to the PowerEdge R740 server.
    1. Browse to the location to where you downloaded the file and double-click the new file.

    You can download driver files from Support for PowerEdge R740 on Dell EMC Online Support.

    1. Read the release information that is presented in the dialog box.
    2. Download and install any prerequisites that are identified in the dialog box.
    3. Click Install.
    4. Follow the remaining prompts to perform the installation.
    5. To view the network card configuration, select Start > Run on the Windows desktop, open the following file:

    ncpa.cpl

    The Network Connections window displays all the NIC cards.

    Install the QLogic 2692 dual-port Fibre Channel HBA driver

    Install the QLogic driver:

    1. Browse to the download location and double-click the file.
    2. Read the release information that is presented in the dialog box.
    3. Download and install any prerequisites that are identified in the dialog box.
    4. Click Install.
    5. Follow the remaining prompts to perform the installation.

    Install the PERC H730p driver

    This procedure might be optional―the driver might be already available in the Windows Server 2016 ISO. Install the PERC driver, if necessary, as follows:

    1. Browse to the download location and double-click the new file.
    1. Read the release information that is presented in the dialog box.
    2. Download and install any prerequisites that are identified in the dialog box.
    3. Click Install.
    4. Follow the remaining prompts to perform the installation.

    Install the BOSS-S1 driver

    This procedure might be optional―the driver might be already available in the Windows Server 2016 ISO. Install the BOSS-S1 driver, if necessary, as follows:

    1. Browse to the download location and double-click the new file.
    2. Read the release information that is presented in the dialog box.
    3. Download and install any prerequisites that are identified in the dialog box.
    4. Click Install.
    5. Follow the remaining prompts to perform the installation.