NEC Express 5800, Quick Start Manual

Page 1: ...ver Quick Start Guide Install and Configure NEC Fault Tolerant Servers to Provide Maximum Availability to Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 For the latest information please see http www necam com servers ft...

Page 2: ...work Adapter Teaming 13 STEP 4 Install and Configure Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 15 Installing Virtual Server 16 Virtual Server Web Application 16 STEP 5 Installing and Configuring the Guest Virtual Ma...

Page 3: ...onfiguring Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Configuring the hardware Installing Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 Configuring the virtual machines Because the Guide uses a scenario to provide a context...

Page 4: ...a stand alone server not as part of a Windows cluster You install the Microsoft Virtual Machine PCI SCSI Controller driver on the guest operating system You do not enable the virtual hard disk Undo f...

Page 5: ...ebsite http support necam com servers ft If you want to learn more about the capabilities of Microsoft Virtual Server R2 SP1 you can read more on the Microsoft website http www microsoft com virtualse...

Page 6: ...imary or active adapter and all other adapters are secondary or backup adapters If the active adapter fails in a fault tolerant team the backup adapter becomes active and seamlessly continues operatio...

Page 7: ...ailure with SFT Adaptive Load Balancing Teams In an Adaptive Load Balancing ALB team both the primary and secondary adapters transmit data to provide an increase in performance However only the primar...

Page 8: ...ck mechanism is unlocked when you insert the power cord 4 Connect one end of cable B to the receptacle on the second module Connect the other end to a second separate power source 5 At the front of th...

Page 9: ...m associated drivers and utilities on the FT Server Initial program load IPL Post initial program load Post IPL NEC engineers typically complete the IPL procedure before you receive the server which c...

Page 10: ...on Check Tool dialog box appears and runs automatically This tool verifies that the install was successful Click Exit to dismiss the Post Installation Check Tool dialog box 11 The Has the NEC ExpressC...

Page 11: ...tual solution To configure Windows to create an optimal environment for Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 consider the following 1 Do not use the 3GB in boot ini switch to alter Windows memory allocation For...

Page 12: ...performance In addition install the standard anti virus protection of your organization into each virtual machine to protect the virtual machine directly After you install Windows and the necessary N...

Page 13: ...nternal storage enclosure of the FT Server Internal disks are the only disk configuration that supports RDR disk mirroring With RDR disk mirroring you mirror pairs of physical disks to create virtual...

Page 14: ...ystem disk use the same process but locate the CPU I O enclosure bay that indicates Unconfigured System Disk in Step 3 While the disks are re synchronizing LEDs blink to indicate read and write operat...

Page 15: ...g complete the following steps 1 Start the PROSet utility and in the notification area double click PROSet 2 In the Intel PROSet for Wired Connections dialog box right click one of the Ethernet ports...

Page 16: ...Next and click Finish 6 When the Intel PROSet for Wired Connections dialog box reappears click Apply PROSet binds the specified adapters into teams This operation takes at least one minute per team t...

Page 17: ...can use for the virtual machines You reduce the attack surface for the Virtual Server host system by not installing Internet Information Services IIS You can automatically launch Windows updates on th...

Page 18: ...defaults in the installation wizard 6 Click Install to begin the installation 7 Once the installation is complete the Setup Complete page appears Click Finish to close the page and exit the Setup Wiza...

Page 19: ...separate system that is running the management website 1 On the computer on which you intend to install the Administration Website for Virtual Server from the Virtual Server 2005 CD ROM start the Vir...

Page 20: ...installation is complete the Setup Complete page appears Click Finish to close the page and exit the Setup Wizard After you install Virtual Server R2 SP1 on the FT Server and the management Website o...

Page 21: ...physical servers to virtual machines by using a physical to virtual P2V process You can build the virtual machines directly on the production virtual server by using standard installation media You mu...

Page 22: ...achine and install all software manually Enables straightforward creation of virtual machines Time consuming build process Remote replication of data Identification of software configuration requireme...

Page 23: ...te minimum levels A server with 40 percent memory utilization in a 1 GB system requires at least 400 MB of RAM A server with 70 percent CPU utilization in a 1 GHz system requires at least 0 7 GHz of p...

Page 24: ...tion in megabytes Note If you allocate more memory to virtual machines than is available in the virtual server the virtual machines will not start 5 In the Virtual hard disk box select Create a new vi...

Page 25: ...test service pack and updates to the DC1 virtual machine Add the Domain Controller Active Directory server role to DC1 For guidance on this process see the Domain controller role Configuring a domain...

Page 26: ...chever solution you use there are a few important steps that you should follow to complete the migration process BEFORE you take the physical server offline Allocate sufficient time to complete a full...

Page 27: ...tioning correctly you can start the process of decommissioning the physical email server Decommissioning the physical email server Remove the physical email server from the Exchange organization Use t...

Page 28: ...hines to save the current state when the virtual server stops and to automatically start when the virtual server starts To configure the Save state and Automatic restart options 1 On the Master Status...

Page 29: ...each virtual machine individually to ensure that the baseline creation process does not introduce a significant load onto the host server Get more information or download the free Server Performance A...

Page 30: ...a list of useful resources to help you to configure your server The NECAM Online Server Support Guide The first place to look for help is the NECAM website at http support necam com servers ft The Mi...

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