Automatically Configured Settings

The DataCore Installation Manager for Hyper-V installation automatically configures the following items:

  • Default virtual machine settings (It is recommended to configure the values as applicable.): 
    • CPU 4
    • RAM 12GB
    • Disk 100GB
    • RDM physical disks
    • Create pool

    • Language Pack: English (United States)- Installs the virtual machine and sets the default language of the Windows operating system as English. However, the language settings can be changed from the Language Pack drop-down.

  • Physical disks configured as RDM
  • Sets static MAC addresses for iSCSI ports
  • Sets Ethernet port bandwidth weight
    • Mirror port = 100
    • Target port = 80
  • Invokes Set-iSCSIPortSettings.ps1 script which:
    • Disables DNS registration
    • Disables WINs
    • Disables net adapter bindings
    • Disables Nagle
    • Disables Ack
    • Disables adapter power saving
    • Disables SRIOV
    • Enables RSC
    • Enables RSS
    • Creates transport filter "DatacenterCustom" to specify optimal TCP settings for all iSCSI TCP connections
  • Pins iSCSI Initiator IQN
  • Power plan is set to High Performance
  • Windows Updates are enabled
  • Windows Firewall is enabled
  • Creates virtual switches with default settings
  • Adds physical adapters to virtual switches
  • Enables MPIO
  • Installs DataCore Storage Management Provider
  • Installs DataCore Windows Integration Kit
  • Sets Ethernet bandwidth weight:
    • Initiator port = 80
  • Invokes Set-iSCSIPortSettings.ps1 script which:
    • Disables DNS registration
    • Disables WINs
    • Disables net adapter bindings
    • Disables Nagle
    • Disables Ack
    • Disables adapter power saving
    • Disables SRIOV
    • Enables RSC
    • Enables RSS
    • Creates transport filter "DatacenterCustom" to specify optimal TCP settings for all iSCSI TCP connections
  • Starts Microsoft iSCSI Initiator service
  • Sets Microsoft iSCSI Initiator server startup type to Automatic
  • Pins iSCSI Initiator IQN
  • Set backup folder for each server to C:\DataCore_Backup
  • Set mirror recovery speed to 64
  • Sets node name (IQN) for each iSCSI port to '%domain%:%server_name%-%port_name%' (for example, the target network port node name is set to 'iqn.1991-05.com.microsoft:hvsan-host1-target1')