Dell 3-2-1 Reference Configurations: High-availability virtualization with Dell PowerEdge R515 servers A Principled Technologies configuration guide commissioned by Dell Inc. TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of contents .... 2 Introduction .... 4 Features of the new Dell PowerEdge R515 .. 5 About Dell OpenManage .... 5 About Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.. 6 About Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 ... 6 About Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP1 .. 7 About Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 ... 7 We show you how – setting up your Dell 3-2-1 Reference Configuration .... 7 Cabling ..... 8 Setting up the switches ... 9 Setting up the shared storage and networking .. 10 Preparing the failover cluster and configuring the management server .... 14 Creating the virtual machines ... 17 Customizing your virtual machines ... 18 Adding storage volumes to the virtual machines . 18 Installing SQL Server 2008 R2 on VM #1 ... 18 Installing Microsoft Exchange Server2010 on VM #2 . 21 Installing Microsoft SharePoint Server2010 on VM #3 .. 24 Summing it all up .... 27 Appendix A – Setting up the shared storage and networking . 28 Adding the Hyper-V role ... 28 Installing the failover clustering feature on the Hyper-V host servers ..... 28 Installing Dell EqualLogic Host Integration Tools.. 28 Running the Remote Setup Wizard for the Dell EqualLogic PS4000XV .... 29 Configuring MPIO settings .. 31 Configuring the Dell EqualLogic PS4000XV storage .. 32 Connecting to the volumes with Microsoft iSCSI Initiato