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E2E Deployment and Operations Guide with Scalable Networking (Windows)
Deployment Introduction Solution Overview Solution Deployment
Solution Deployment
Solution deployment introduction
Deployment prerequisites
Change operating system to iDRAC pass-through IPs Install OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center
Predeployment configuration
Configuring network switches Configuring iDRAC and BIOS Configure Intel E810 NICs
Operating system deployment
Manual operating system deployment Factory-installed operating system deployment Configure host networking
Install roles and features
Change the hostname
Joining cluster nodes to an Active Directory domain
Verifying and updating firmware and software compliance with the Azure Stack HCI catalog
Configuring firewall settings
Network integration overview Scalable Architecture Additional guidance for all configurations Deploying and Configuring a Host Cluster Persistent Memory for Windows Server HCI Day 1 operations Managing and monitoring clusters with Windows Admin Center Dell OpenManage Integration with Windows Admin Center Updates and maintenance

Install roles and features

Install roles and features

  • 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.

    Deployment and configuration of Windows Server 2019 or Windows Server 2022 operating system cluster requires enabling specific operating system roles and features.

    Enable the following roles and features:
    • Hyper-V service (not required if the operating system is factory-installed)
    • Failover clustering

    • Data center bridging (DCB) (required only when implementing fully converged network topology with RoCE and when

      Implementing DCB for the fully converged topology with iWARP)

    • BitLocker (optional)
    • File Server (optional)
    • RSAT-AD-PowerShell module (optional)

    Enable these features by running the Install-WindowsFeature PowerShell cmdlet:

    Install-WindowsFeature -Name Hyper-V, 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.