Microsoft System Center by Cain, Nigel -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Page Contents Introduction Chapter 1 Key concepts

Introducing Contoso Ltd Architecture Virtualized network components Logical network IP and MAC address pools Uplink port profiles Network adapter port profiles Port classifications Logical switches Virtual machine networks Deploying the solution

Chapter 2 Logical networks

Reviewing key concepts Getting started with logical networks Logical network design Introducing the Contoso 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 Naming conventions

Chapter 3 Port profiles

Uplink port profiles What is defined in an uplink port profile? How are uplink port profiles used? How many uplink port profiles do you need? Naming conventions Network adapter port profiles What is defined in a network adapter port profile? How are network adapter port profiles used? How many network adapter port profiles do you need? Naming conventions

Chapter 4 Logical switches

Logical switches What is a logical switch? Logical switches versus virtual switches Logical switches versus VMware distributed switches Planning your logical switch design Upgrading from Hyper-V Server 2008 Quality of Service (QoS) Virtual network interface cards (vNICs) Network adapter teaming Virtual high bandwidth adapters (HBAs) How many logical switches do you need? Enhancing logical switch capabilities VMM unavailability

Chapter 5 Deployment

Preparing for deployment Deploying logical switches Untagged host management network adapter Tagged host management network adapter Bare-metal deployment 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

Chapter 6 Operations

Operational scenarios Logical switches Logical networks VM networks