Bare metal

This capability enables VMM 2016 to identify the hardware, install the operational system (OS), enable the Hyper-V or file server role, and add the machine to a target-host group with streamlined operations in an automated process.

As of SC 2016, deploying a bare metal Hyper-V cluster is now a single step. Furthermore, additional cluster hosts can be added to an existing Hyper-V or SOFS cluster using bare metal deployment.

PXE capability is required and is an integral component of the server pool. The target server will need to have a baseboard management controller (BMC) supporting one of the following management protocols:

  • Data Center Management Interface (DCMI) 1.0
  • Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware (SMASH) 1.0
  • Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) 1.5 or 2.0
  • Custom protocols such as HPE Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) or Integrated Dell Remote Access (iDRAC)

Enterprise and hosting companies will benefit from the ability to provide new Hyper-V servers without having to install the operational system manually on each machine. By using BMC and integrating with Windows Deployment Services (WDS), VMM deploys the OS to designated hosts through the boot from the VHD(X) feature. The right BMC configuration presence is also a requirement for one of the most interesting features, called OS Rolling Upgrade, which will be discussed in detail later.

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