The Bottom Line
Architect the right network design for your Hyper-V hosts and virtual
machines by using the options available. There are many networking traffic
types related to a Hyper-V host, including management, virtual machine, cluster, Live
Migration, and storage. While traditionally separate, network adapters were used with
each type of traffic; a preferred approach is to create multiple vNICs in the
management partition that connect to a shared virtual switch. This minimizes the
number of physical NICs required while providing resiliency from a NIC failure for all
workloads connected to the switch.
Master It Why are separate network adapters no longer required if SMB is
leveraged and the network adapters support RDMA?Identify when to use the types of gateways. Three types of gateways are
supported by the SDNv2 multitenant gateway: basic layer 3 forwarding to connect
virtual networks to other networks, GRE tunneling to other GRE endpoints or MPLS,
and site-to-site VPN to connect locations. The SDNv2 multitenant gateway supports
multiple active and multiple passive instances, and it is designed to support multiple
tenants using shared physical infrastructure.
Leverage SCVMM for many networking tasks. While Hyper-V Manager enables
many networking functions to be performed, each configuration is limited to a single
host and is hard to manage at scale. SCVMM is focused on enabling the network to be
modeled at a physical level, and then the types of network required by virtual
environments can be separately modeled with different classifications of connectivity
defined. While the initial work may seem daunting, the long-term management and
flexibility of a centralized networking environment is a huge benefit.
Master It Is SCVMM required for network virtualization?