This guide is for IT professionals who want to deploy a virtualized Microsoft SQL Server 2016 solution using Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization on Microsoft Windows Server 2016, Dell EMC™ PowerEdge™ R740 servers, and Dell EMC Unity™ 400 Hybrid Flash storage.
This guide provides instructions for deploying the solution. It describes how to set up and configure the following hardware components and to test the infrastructure deployment for component failures:
- Dell EMC Networking S4048-ON switch
- Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 server
- Brocade 6505 switch
- Dell EMC Unity 400 Hybrid Flash storage
This guide also provides information about the installation and configuration of Hyper-V virtualization on Windows Server 2016 and SQL Server 2016.