MICROSOFT SYSTEM CENTER: BUILDING A VIRTUALIZED NETWORK SOLUTION

By ABIGAIL GONZALEZ

CONTENTS CHAPTER KEY CONCEPTS INTRODUCING FABRIKAM LTD SOLUTION ARCHITECTURE LOGICAL NETWORKS IP ADDRESS POOLS MAC ADDRESS POOLS UPLINK PORT PROFILES NETWORK ADAPTER PORT PROFILES PORT CLASSIFICATIONS LOGICAL SWITCHES VM NETWORKS HYPER-V NETWORK VIRTUALIZATION GATEWAYS CHAPTER REVIEWING KEY CONCEPTS LOGICAL NETWORK DESIGN INTRODUCING THE FABRIKAM NETWORK STEP 1: MIRROR PHYSICAL NETWORKS STEP 2: NETWORKS WITH DIFFERENT PURPOSES STEP 3: DETERMINE ISOLATION REQUIREMENTS STEP 4: DEFINE NETWORK SITES STEP 5: DEPLOYMENT THE DEFAULT LOGICAL NETWORK NAMING CONVENTIONS HYPER-V PORT PROFILES WHAT IS DEFINED IN AN UPLINK PORT PROFILE? HOW ARE UPLINK PORT PROFILES USED? HOW MANY UPLINK PORT PROFILES DO YOU NEED? VIRTUAL NETWORK ADAPTER PORT PROFILES WHAT IS DEFINED IN A VIRTUAL NETWORK ADAPTER PORT PROFILE? HOW ARE VIRTUAL NETWORK ADAPTER PORT PROFILES USED? HOW MANY VIRTUAL NETWORK ADAPTER PORT PROFILES DO YOU NEED? WHAT IS A LOGICAL SWITCH? LOGICAL SWITCHES VERSUS VIRTUAL SWITCHES LOGICAL SWITCHES VERSUS VMWARE DISTRIBUTED SWITCHES LOGICAL SWITCH PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS HYPER-V SERVER 2008 NETWORK ARCHITECTURE QUALITY OF SERVICE (QOS) VIRTUAL NETWORK INTERFACE CARDS (VNICS) NETWORK ADAPTER TEAMING VIRTUAL HIGH BANDWIDTH ADAPTERS (HBAS) VMM AVAILABILITY AND LOGICAL SWITCHES HOW MANY LOGICAL SWITCHES DO YOU NEED? STEP 1: REVIEW THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH LOGICAL SWITCHES WILL BE DEPLOYED STEP 2: ENHANCING LOGICAL SWITCH CAPABILITIES STEP 3: DETERMINE WHETHER DIFFERENT QOS MODES OR TRAFFIC POLICIES ARE REQUIRED FOR LOGICAL NETWORKS STEP 4: DETERMINE WHETHER LOGICAL NETWORKS ARE RESTRICTED TO A SPECIFIC GROUP OF HOSTS STEP 5: REVIEW THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH YOU SHOULD NOT CREATE A LOGICAL SWITCH NETWORK VIRTUALIZATION GATEWAY HOW NETWORK VIRTUALIZATION WORKS DESIGNING THE VIRTUALIZED NETWORK SOLUTION UNDERSTANDING CONNECTIVITY REQUIREMENTS: WHEN IS A GATEWAY REQUIRED? CONNECTIVITY TO ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS INTERNET CONNECTIVITY AND PUBLISHING CONNECTIVITY TO SHARED SERVICES CONNECTIVITY TO LEGACY NETWORKS DEPLOYMENT CONSIDERATIONS HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH TYPE OF GATEWAY HOW MANY GATEWAYS DO YOU NEED? DEPLOYMENT PREPARING FOR DEPLOYMENT DEPLOYING LOGICAL SWITCHES UNTAGGED HOST MANAGEMENT NETWORK ADAPTER TAGGED HOST MANAGEMENT NETWORK ADAPTER BARE-METAL DEPLOYMENT UPDATE DRIVERS AND FIRMWARE ON HYPER-V HOSTS MIGRATING FROM A STANDARD SWITCH TO A LOGICAL SWITCH KNOWN DEPLOYMENT ISSUES LIMITATIONS FOR AN EXISTING NIC TEAM DEPLOYMENT FAILS IF HOST IS OUT-OF-SCOPE DEPLOYMENT FAILS WHEN USING DIFFERENT NETWORK ADAPTER TYPES OPERATIONS MONITORING NETWORK UTILIZATION MANAGING THE ENVIRONMENT DIAGNOSING CONNECTIVITY ISSUES WHERE IS THE FAILURE? A STEP-BY-STEP APPROACH STEP 1: CONFIRM HOST CONNECTIVITY AND PHYSICAL CONFIGURATION STEP 2: CONFIRM HOST IS PROVIDING TENANT NETWORK SERVICES STEP 3: CHECK GUEST NETWORK SETTINGS AND CONFIGURATION STEP 4: CHECK HYPER-V NETWORK VIRTUALIZATION GATEWAY SETTINGS STEP 5: PERFORM A NETWORK PACKET ANALYSIS CLOUD PLATFORM SYSTEM NETWORK ARCHITECTURE INTRODUCTION A CLOSER LOOK AT CPS NETWORK ARCHITECTURE NETWORK TOPOLOGY PHYSICAL NETWORKS NETWORK SITES