13–Windows Server 2016
Configuring Storage Spaces Direct
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Deploying the Operating System
To deploy the operating systems:
1.
Install the operating system.
2.
Install the Windows server roles (Hyper-V).
3.
Install the following features:
Failover
Cluster
Data center bridging (DCB)
4.
Connect the nodes to domain and adding domain accounts.
Configuring the Network
To deploy Storage Spaces Direct, the Hyper-V switch must be deployed with
RDMA-enabled host virtual NICs.
To configure the network on each server:
1.
Configure the physical network switch as follows:
a.
Connect all adapter NICs to the switch port.
b.
Enable the switch port and make sure that the switch port supports
switch-independent teaming mode, and is also part of multiple VLAN
networks.
Example Dell switch configuration:
no ip address
mtu 9416
portmode hybrid
switchport
dcb-map roce_S2D
protocol lldp
dcbx version cee
no shutdown
NOTE
The following procedure assumes that there are four RDMA NIC ports.
NOTE
If your test adapter has more than one NIC port, you must
connect both ports to the same switch.
