Hyper-V 2012 R2 Network Architectures Series (Part 7 of 7) – Conclusions and Summary
Congratulations. You reached the last of these 7 posts covering the most common Hyper-V Network Architectures today. Maybe you don’t remember all the pros/cons and caveats on each case, but don’t worry. I’ve built this table that summarizes the most important factors to consider when deciding which Hyper-V Network Architecture you want to use. As I said from the beginning, there is not one unique best practice but different options for different situations or needs. Each column in the table represents an important factor to consider and each row represents the 5 scenarios covered in the Series. I’ve added a last column to categorize each scenario based on Performance and Throughput. I find it useful to explain the differences and I hope you find it useful as well. I personally prefer the Non-Converged Network Architecture if possible and affordable but there is no reason to discard the other options if you know how the end to end solution works and how the different pieces in the backend and Windows interact with each other.
References:
RSS and VMQ
Standardized INF Keywords for RSS
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff570864(v=vs.85).aspx
Standardized INF Keywords for VMQ
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/hh205410(v=vs.85).aspx
VMQ Deep Dive
https://blogs.technet.com/b/networking/archive/2013/09/10/vmq-deep-dive-1-of-3.aspx
https://blogs.technet.com/b/networking/archive/2013/09/24/vmq-deep-dive-2-of-3.aspx
https://blogs.technet.com/b/networking/archive/2013/10/22/vmq-deep-dive-3-of-3.aspx
NIC Teaming Whitepapers
Windows Server 2012
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30160
Windows Server 2012 R2
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40319
Hyper-V Virtual Switch
https://blogs.msdn.com/b/sdncorner/archive/2014/02/21/hyper-v-virtual-switch-architecture.aspx