IBM System x Private Cloud Offering: Architecture and Implementation Guide

The IBM® System x® Private Cloud Offering provides solutions that are part of the Microsoft® Fast Track for Hyper-V program. This program has requirements for systems management, virtualized management, and fault tolerance through the use of the System Center management platform, clustering, and redundancy in the network and storage.

This document provides setup and configuration details for the IBM System x Private Cloud Offerings based on the IBM System x3650 M3 servers. The intended audience for this document is IT professionals .

This document is intended for experienced IT engineers with familiarity with Windows®, Hyper-V, Microsoft clustering, networking, and iSCSI storage with IBM N Series storage products.

Overview
Configuration overview
Planning actions
Racking and power distribution
Networking
Storage
Setup of the x3550 M3 for AD and DNS
Setup of the x3650 M3 for management cluster
Setup of the x3650 M3 for the production Hyper-V cluster
Conclusion
Appendix A: Related documents
Appendix B: Brocade 2-port 10 GbE CNA
Appendix C: IBM Ethernet Switch B24X
Appendix D: IP address worksheet

Related product families

Product families related to this document are the following:

• 4-Socket Rack Servers
• Microsoft Hyper-V