Hello, I have a single Windows 2012 R2 server (Host) that will be running 3 VMs for 15 to 20 users. One VM server will be the main domain controller and the other 2 will be a SQL server and a Remote Desktop server. I have 2 onboard gigabyte adapters and 2 gigabyte adapters on an add-in card, the 4 adapters are the all the same model, just to give you as much info as possible. I’m reading a ton of articles and it’s making my head spin. The host server will be doing nothing but running the virtual machines and not connected to any domain. In these articles they talk about having one NIC for the host to do management and some say that you don’t need to do this and can team all of the adapters and then designate a host adapter. The goal for me is to provide the best configuration for performance and reliability. With the changes to Windows 2012 R2, Hyper-V and NIC teaming I may be getting a little confused in my thought process since I haven’t run through this yet, here is what I’m thinking.
- Do I just take all 4 adapters and team them on the host and set the host IP address on the newly created team?
- Create a new VM switch and attach it to the teamed adapter.
- Create a new VM Network adapter for the DC, SQL and Remote Desktop VM servers with minimum bandwidth weight specified.
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated before I start loading up the server. Thanks Ryan.