Configuring Hyper-V
In this section, we will cover how you can configure your Hyper-V hosts to develop your hardware virtualization infrastructure.
NIC Teaming
Microsoft does not provide any support for NIC teaming in any of its products. This is a bit of an issue with Hyper-V. There may be many virtual machines on a single host server. A NIC, cable, or switch port failure could terminate the network connectivity of all those virtual machines.
All is not lost; Microsoft's hardware partners have updated their NIC teaming solutions to include support for Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V. Each manufacturer has a set of instructions for configuring NIC teaming on a Hyper-V host server. You must follow these instructions precisely. You will have to ...
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