Using HP ProLiant Network Teaming

Software with Microsoft® Windows®
Server 2008 Hyper-V or with Microsoft®
Windows® Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V


HOWTO, 4TH Edition


Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 2
Software requirements .......................................................................................................................... 2
Order of instal ation ......................................................................................................................... 2
Uninstalling teaming software ............................................................................................................ 3
Creating an HP Network Team .............................................................................................................. 5
Dissolving an HP Network Team .......................................................................................................... 10
VLANs with Hyper-V........................................................................................................................... 11
For more information .......................................................................................................................... 13
Call to action .................................................................................................................................... 13

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Introduction
HP ProLiant Network Teaming Software lets your ProLiant systems running Microsoft® Windows®
Server 2008 Hyper-V take advantage of HP network controller teaming technology.
NIC teaming means grouping several physical NICs into a single logical NIC. NIC teaming enhances
fault tolerance by increasing availability of a server’s network connection. Multiple network paths let
you balance network traffic for better performance.
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V is a scalable, hypervisor-based virtualization platform for
provisioning and managing virtual server workloads. NIC teaming and virtualized platforms can work
together to increase efficiency of large-scale enterprise systems.
This HOWTO paper defines a step-by-step procedure for installing the software and implementing
NIC teaming.
Software requirements
Using NIC teaming on an HP ProLiant server in a Hyper-V environment requires the following
software:
• HP ProLiant Network Teaming Software: HP Network Configuration Utility (NCU) version 10.10 or
greater. It is in HP ProLiant Support Pack (PSP) 8.60 on the HP SmartStart CD. It is also available
from http://www.hp.com.
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V
Before installing the teaming software, verify HP ProLiant server support: Refer to the HP paper
“Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V on HP ProLiant Servers.”
Order of instal ation
You must install and enable the software in the following order:
1. Install and enable the latest version of Hyper-V from Microsoft.
Review and install the appropriate Windows updates and hot fixes identified at “Hyper-V Update
List for Windows Server 2008” and “Hyper-V Update List for Windows Server 2008 R2.”
Using Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core or Microsoft® Hyper-V™ Server 2008 R2 requires
you to install the hot fix “Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core.”
2. Install and enable the HP ProLiant Network Teaming Software.

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NOTES
If you install the teaming software before instal ing HyperV, the
network adapters may stop passing traffic. To resolve this issue,
uninstall both the HP teaming software and Hyper-V and then
reboot the server. Reinstall Hyper-V and then the teaming software.
There is no known method of uninstal ing HP ProLiant Teaming
software on machines running Windows Server 2008 Server Core.
We are developing a tool for removing the teaming software. It
will be available on the HP website in the future. We recommend
that you configure any machine that will run Server Core, Hyper-V,
and teaming during the initial instal ation using the order of
installation described above.
Uninstal ing teaming software
1. In Windows, select Start > Control Panel.
2. Double-click on the Network Connections icon. The Network Connections window appears as
shown below.



3. Right-click any Local Area Connection icon and select Properties.
4. In the list of protocol and services, select HP Network Configuration Utility and click Uninstall.
5. After you uninstall the utility, the operating system typical y asks if you want to reboot the server.
Click Yes.

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6. After the system reboots, no instances of a teamed device should appear in the Network Control
panel. No references to the HP Network Configuration Utility should appear on the property sheet
(shown below).



7. If Hyper-V has been installed on the system, uninstall it now.
After removing the HP Network Configuration Utility and Hyper-V from the system, begin the
re-installation. Install and enable Hyper-V first; then install the HP Network Configuration Utility.


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Creating an HP Network Team
Once you have installed the HP Network Configuration Utility, a network team may not be created if
you selected any of the network interfaces to be configured as part of a team under HP Network
Configuration Utility during the installation of Hyper-V. To create an HP Network Team, proceed as
fol ows.
1. If any network interfaces were selected during the instal ation of Hyper-V, remove them from the
Virtual Network Manager: Select the interface in the left hand navigation screen and click the
remove button.


2. Once you have removed all intended network interfaces from the navigation window, click OK to
apply the changes. A confirmation pop-up wil appear to confirm the changes to the Microsoft
Virtual Network; click Yes to continue.
3. With the installation of Hyper-V, Microsoft installs and binds the Microsoft Virtual Network Switch
Protocol to the network interfaces. You must de-select this in the properties window for each
network interface to be configured as part of a team in HP Network Configuration Utility.

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De-select

If the Microsoft Virtual Network Switch Protocol is selected and enabled in the properties screen for
any of the network ports, the Team, Dissolve, and VLAN options wil not be available in HP Network
Configuration Utility, as shown below.


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4. With al of the desired network interfaces un-bound from the Microsoft Virtual Network Switch
Protocol in the properties screen, the Team, Dissolve, and VLAN options wil be available in HP
Network Configuration Utility. To create the network team, select the network interfaces desired to
be used in the team, and click on Team.



5. The NCU window then displays the network team as shown below. To save and apply the new
network team, click OK.



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6. Once the network configuration changes have completed, you can access the Microsoft Virtual
Network Manager within Hyper-V and configure the HP Network Team for use in Hyper-V. After
making all necessary configuration options in the Microsoft Virtual Network Manager, click OK to
save the configuration.






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After the Microsoft Virtual Network Manager has applied all configuration changes for the HP
Network Team selected, the properties screen for the HP Network Team wil indicate that the
Microsoft Virtual Network Switch Protocol has been assigned and bound to the HP Network Team, as
shown below.








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Dissolving an HP Network Team
The process for dissolving an HP Network Team that has been configured as previously described wil
require the following steps:
1. Remove the HP Network Team from the Virtual Network Manager.
2. In the properties screen for the HP Network Team, deselect the Microsoft Virtual Network Switch
Protocol.

De-select

3. In the HP Network Configuration Utility, select the team to be dissolved and press the Dissolve
button. Click OK to apply the network changes.



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Document Outline

• Introduction
• Software requirements
  • Order of installation
  • Uninstalling teaming software
• Creating an HP Network Team
• Dissolving an HP Network Team
• VLANs with Hyper-V
• For more information
• Call to action

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