Configure Datacenter Network Fabric and Network Virtualization using System Center 2012 SP1 VMM - Build Your Private Cloud

Yung Chou and I are back for another episode in our multi-part series on how to Build Your Private Cloud using System Center 2012 SP1. Tune in today as we show how to configure the network fabric in System Center 2012 SP1 Virtual Machine Manager.  We’ll walk through the process of adding datacenter VLANs for our cluster, storage and management traffic as well as client VM networks using Windows Network Virtualization ( aka., NV-GRE ) for isolating client traffic to our VMs in the Private Cloud.

Configure Network Fabric in System Center 2012 SP1 Virtual Machine Manager

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Specific topics in this episode include:

• [ 03:32 ] Recap: How to manage Networking
• [ 13:05 ] How do you configure these network components into Virtual Machine Manager?
• [ 14:16 ] DEMO: Defining Two Logical Networks | Define Network Sites/ Subnets | Creating IP Pools
• [ 26:50 ] DEMO: How to Create VM Networks
• [ 38:44 ] What are logical switches?
• [ 43:03 ] DEMO: How to Create & Assign Logical Switches in Virtual Machine Manager

What’s Next?

After reviewing this video, get prepared to explore the Private Cloud management capabilities of System Center 2012 for yourself in this series with these downloadable resources:

• Download System Center 2012 with Service Pack 1
• Download Windows Server 2012
• Get Started with the FREE Hyper-V Server 2012
• Step-by-Step: Build a Hyper-V Cluster - Part 1 of 2
• Step-by-Step: Build a Hyper-V Cluster - Part 2 of 2
• Activate Your Windows Azure 90-Day Free Subscription

Let’s Start Building Our Cloud!

Get started building your Hybrid Cloud solution in our “Early Experts” Cloud Quest

• READ: Build Your Private Cloud in a Month - Article Series
• DO IT: Build Your Cloud in the “Early Experts” Cloud Quest

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- Keith

Comments

• Anonymous
  January 01, 2003
  Great Tutorial

• Anonymous
  December 23, 2013
  December 23rd, 2013: Updated to include additional resources ... Module 0: Added links for New FREE EBOOKS and Documentation for Windows Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2 VMM and Windows Azure Pack Module 1: Added links to Datacenter TCO

• Anonymous
  December 23, 2013
  December 23rd, 2013: Updated to include additional resources ... Module 0: Added links for New FREE EBOOKS and Documentation for Windows Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2 VMM and Windows Azure Pack Module 1: Added links to Datacenter TCO

• Anonymous
  February 07, 2014
  Las week, Brad Anderson , CVP for Windows Server and System Center, announced Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager (HRM) as a Cloud-integrated Disaster Recovery solution on his In the Cloud blog. Be sure to get the full details in Brad's article

• Anonymous
  February 23, 2014
  Implementing an effective Disaster Recovery and Business Continuance plan can be a really complicated and expensive ordeal for some Private Clouds. In many cases, competing solutions either don't meet the Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) that an organization

• Anonymous
  April 11, 2014
  April 11, 2014: Updated to include additional resources ...
  
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