Azure Stack HCI Network ATC Demo

  Azure Stack HCI Network ATC Demo (First look)

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Last update: 2021.07.01 Azure Stack HCI (21H2 Preview)

Network ATC (Docs)

Demo of 6 Node Fully converged intent Stretched cluster configuration
(Stretched VLANs. Use the Network ATC Default VLANs 711, 712 for Storage with DHCP)

• Add-NetIntent -Name ConvergedIntent -Management -Compute -Storage -ClusterName CLU4630 -AdapterName pNIC1, pNIC2
• Get-NetIntent -ClusterName CLU4630
• Get-NetIntentStatus -ClusterName CLU4630
• Remove-NetIntent -ClusterName CLU4630 -Name convergedintent

Change MTU from Default (1514) to Jumbo Packet (9014) with Network ATC

• $AdapterOverride = New-NetIntentAdapterPropertyOverrides
• $AdapterOverride.JumboPacket = 9014
• Set-NetIntent -ClusterName CLU4630 -Name convergedintent -AdapterPropertyOverrides $AdapterOverride
• Get-NetAdapterAdvancedProperty -Name pNIC0, pNIC2, vSMB* -RegistryKeyword *JumboPacket -Cimsession (Get-ClusterNode).Name

Azure Stack HCI Troubleshooting series "How to..."

 Azure Stack HCI Troubleshooting series "How to..."

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Last update: 2021.06.30 Azure Stack HCI (21H2 Preview)

Azure Stack HCI change or review system setting local

• timedate.cpl
• intl.cpl
• systeminfo.exe
• SConfig (Change SConfig: Set-SConfig -AutoLaunch $false or $true)

Azure Stack HCI Troubleshooting "UseRdmaForStorage"

Azure Stack HCI Troubleshooting the Cluster Object "UseRdmaForStorage"

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Last update: 2021.04.30

Get-HealthFault list a event with the Reason:

The cluster detected network connectivity issues that prevent Storage Spaces Direct from working properly.

To ensure consistent performance and data safety, Storage Spaces Direct has stopped using remote direct memory access (RDMA) even if RDMA-capable hardware is present and enabled.

Storage Spaces Direct will continue to flow but diminished performance using TCP/IP.

Azure Stack HCI (20H2)

Azure Stack HCI (20H2), have a new toggle switch called "UseRDMAForStorage" which gets flipped to 0 (Off) when Network issues are detected. The issue detection looks for SMB spontaneous disconnects and, if they occur often without an obvious explanation (e.g., the node restarting) then the Cluster stops to relying on RDMA/RoCE as a precaution. If you are confident that the network issue is fixed, you can flip the setting back to 1 (On).

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When the Cluster disable RDMA and change to TCP...

Microsoft-Windows-FailoverClustering/Operational Event 5163:

• Cluster service disabled RDMA on the SMB instance for SBL IO on this node. All IO for this instance will now go over TCP connections only.
• Cluster service disabled RDMA on the SMB instance for CSV IO on this node. All IO for this instance will now go over TCP connections only.

When you enable RDMA again...

Microsoft-Windows-FailoverClustering/Operational Event 5164:

• Cluster service enabled RDMA on the SMB instance for SBL IO on this node.
• Cluster service enabled RDMA on the SMB instance for CSV IO on this node

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Events that you will see in the minutes before the disabling of RDMA...

Microsoft-Windows-SMBClient/Connectivity Event 30804:

A network connection was disconnected.
Instance name: \Device\SmbVsa
Server name: x.x.x.x
Server address: x.x.x.x:445
Connection type: Rdma
InterfaceId: 
Guidance:
This indicates that the client's connection to the server was disconnected.
Frequent, unexpected disconnects when using an RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) adapter may indicate a network misconfiguration. RoCE requires Priority Flow Control (PFC) to be configured for every host, switch and router on the RoCE network. Failure to properly configure PFC will cause packet loss, frequent disconnects and poor performance.

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Health Service:

If you get the Event RDMA is off and the Azure Stack HCI (20H2) used TCP/IP from Get-HealthFault

Review the Cluster Objects:

• Get-Cluster | fl *
• Cluster Object: UseRdmaForStorage (1=On) or (0=Off)

If the value is 0 review and validate the RDMA/RoCE and DCB settings with tools like:

• "netstat -xan" shows the RDMA SMB connections
• "Validate-DCB" (More information)
• "Perfmon /sys" add counter for Network and RDMA

Change the Cluster Object:

• (Get-Cluster).UseRdmaForStorage=1

Links:

• Host Network requirements for Azure Stack HCI

BifrostConnect - Remote access

BifrostConnect - Remote access

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BifrostConnect - Remote access

Demo of BifrostConnect remote console access to Cisco Switch with the use of RS232 Serial port over 4G

Remote access to Mac mini M1 with BifrostConnect over 4G See the boot process remotely for the Mac mini M1 Only one cable connected... for remote Keyboard, Video and Mouse (KVM access) Remote 4G, WiFi and LAN access to your Mac mini M1...

Remote access to Mac mini M1 with BifrostConnect over 4G and Ethernet

Change your Mac startup disk or access macOS Recovery Remote 1. With your Mac mini M1 (Apple silicon) turned off 2. Press and hold the power button until you see “Loading startup options”. 3. Select from the options...

Remote Access to Intel NUC BIOS with BifrostConnect... Change PC BIOS settings or Access Windows 10 Recovery Remotely... "Only one cable is need if USB-C is available on your PC, Keyboard, Video and Mouse (KVM access)" Today I will demo with the HDMI port for Video. Mouse and Keyboard is provided over the Micro-USB and we power the BifrostConnect with Power over Ethernet (PoE).

90 seconds review of BifrostConnect with 32 ports KVM Switch

Remote Access to Raritan 32 Port KVM Switch with BifrostConnect.

Use of VGA to HDMI adapter

BifrostConnect review with Desktop KVM from UGREEN Change a Desktop KVM to a advanced KVM over IP

BifrostConnect Demo of the Relay and Serial Port with Hikvision NVR

Remote Access Hikvision NVR and setup a Alarm input that can be triggered by the Relay port from BifrostConnect. Demo the "Computer" and "Terminal" access with HDMI pass-through Monitor from Feelworld.

BifrostConnect Unattended new feature demo (Beta Software) Demo with the new BifrostConnect Unattended version. Connect remote to Fujitsu TX1320 Server over the Serial port (RS232) to power on/off and remote KVM Access with the BifrostConnect. Demo BIOS and POST Access without network connection, but with the use of BifrostConnect with 4G. Demo of some of the BMC feature you can access over RS232 with the Fujitsu TX1320.

For more information: https://www.bifrostconnect.com https://www.bifrostconnect.com/bifrostconnect-unattended https://www.bifrostconnect.com/bifrostconnect-attended Security by design Reach your equipment via Bifrosts secure cloud, no file transfer and no software installation needed Connect to all types of devices Bifrost enables remote support to PC's, servers, mobile devices, network equipment, you name it.. Built-in 4G, Wifi and LAN with PoE Portable and battery powered Work with Bifrost for hours on-the-go without needing an external power supply. Charging with Micro-USB, USB-C or PoE. Support Micro-USB, USB-C, HDMI, RS232 Serial port. Even have a Relay Port...

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Windows Server 2019 and SR-IOV

Windows Server 2019 and Single Root Input/Output Virtualization (SR-IOV)

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Last update: 2021.03.11

How to use single root input/output virtualization (SR-IOV) in Windows Server 2019 with Guest VMs running Windows Server 2012R2, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019


SR-IOV #3 - Upgrade Drivers for SR-IOV in Windows Server 2012R2 Guest VMs

SR-IOV #4 - Windows Server 2016 Guest VMs with SR-IOV (How fast is a VM using SR-IOV)

Links:

• Microsoft Performance Tools for Network Workloads (ctsTraffic)

SR-IOV #5 - SR-IOV vs VMQ Performance

Demo with Mellanox ConnectX-5 (100 Gbps Network Adapter)

Demo with Chelsio (40Gbps Network Adapter)

The Windows Server 2019 Host Network configuration

The demo/lab Host configuration with three physical network interface controller (pNIC)
The use of three pNIC is only to show the diffrent amount of Virtual Functions (VF)

1. Get-VMSwitch
2. Get-VMSwitch | ft Name,NetAdapterInterfaceDescriptions
3. Get-NetAdapter -Name *NIC* | sort name | ft name, InterfaceDescription, LinkSpeed -AutoSize
4. Get-NetAdapterSriov | sort name | ft Name, InterfaceDescription, SriovSupport, NumVFs -AutoSize
5. Note
6. Get-NetAdapterSriovVf | sort name | ft -AutoSize
7. Note

Network Offload

 Network Offload

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Network Offload

Synthetic Accelerations in a Nutshell - Windows Server 2019

Synthetic Accelerations in a Nutshell - Windows Server 2016

Synthetic Accelerations in a Nutshell - Windows Server 2012 R2

Synthetic Accelerations in a Nutshell - Windows Server 2012

Azure Stack HCI

Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2019 RSS Performance Demo with Default pNIC settings

Demo with Mellanox ConnectX-5 100Gbps and the use of Microsoft tool NTttcp.exe 

Windows Server 2019 RSS/MTU Performance Demo

MTU size changed from 1514 to 9014

Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016 RSS Performance Demo with Default pNIC settings

Demo with Mellanox ConnectX-5 100Gbps and the use of Microsoft tool NTttcp.exe 

Windows Server 2012R2

Windows Server 2012R2 Network Offload History lesson Demo from year 2014 with Windows Server 2012R2 and the use of Network Offload features (Synthetic Accelerations).

Fault domain awareness

 Fault domain awareness in Microsoft Failover Cluster

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Fault domain awareness in Microsoft Failover Cluster

PowerShell used in the Video

# Cluster and Node information

Get-ClusterNode | sort name | ft Name, State, StatusInformation, FaultDomain

Get-ClusterNode | sort name | ft Name, State, StatusInformation, FaultDomain | Out-File -FilePath C:\Temp\Review\Get-ClusterNode-ft.txt

Get-ClusterNode | sort name | fl *

Get-ClusterNode | sort name | fl * | Out-File -FilePath C:\Temp\Review\Get-ClusterNode-fl.txt

Start-Cluster

Stop-Cluster

Start-ClusterNode –ClearQuarantine

cls

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# Fault domain awareness

# https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/failover-clustering/fault-domains

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# Defining fault domains with PowerShell

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Get-cluster | fl AutoAssignNodeSite

(Get-Cluster).AutoAssignNodeSite=1

Get-ClusterFaultDomain | sort name | ft -AutoSize

Get-ClusterFaultDomain | sort name | ft -AutoSize | Out-File -FilePath C:\Temp\Review\Get-ClusterFaultDomain-ft.txt

Get-ClusterFaultDomain | sort name | fl * 

Get-ClusterFaultDomain | sort name | fl * | Out-File -FilePath C:\Temp\Review\Get-ClusterFaultDomain-fl.txt

New-ClusterFaultDomain -Type Site -Name "Copenhagen" -Description "Microsoft Denmark"

New-ClusterFaultDomain -Type Rack -Name "RACK45"

New-ClusterFaultDomain -Type Rack -Name "RACK46"

New-ClusterFaultDomain -Type Rack -Name "RACK47"

New-ClusterFaultDomain -Type Rack -Name "RACK48"

Set-ClusterFaultDomain -Name "Copenhagen","RACK45", "RACK46", "RACK47", "RACK48" -Location "Bulding 92 Room 1"

Set-ClusterFaultDomain -Name "RACK45", "RACK46", "RACK47", "RACK48" -Parent "Copenhagen"

Set-ClusterFaultDomain -Name "S047011","S047012","S047013" -Parent "RACK47"

Set-ClusterFaultDomain -Name "S047014","S047015","S047016" -Parent "RACK48"

# *************************************************************************************************************

# Remove fault domains

# *************************************************************************************************************

Set-ClusterFaultDomain -Name "S047011","S047012","S047013","S047014","S047015","S047016" -Parent ""

Set-ClusterFaultDomain -Name "RACK45", "RACK46", "RACK47", "RACK48" -Parent ""

Remove-ClusterFaultDomain -Name "Copenhagen","RACK45", "RACK46", "RACK47", "RACK48"

(Get-Cluster).AutoAssignNodeSite=0

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