Installing the Controller on Microsoft Hyper-V
This chapter describes how to install and configure the Client Accelerator Controller-v on Hyper-V.
About the installation package for Hyper-V
The installation package for Hyper-V is a zip file that contains the management Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) and an installation script.
During installation, you will unzip the package and run the installation script from Windows PowerShell. To run the script, you might need to configure the security policy to “Unrestricted.”
To configure the security policy
1. Right-click the Windows PowerShell program and select Run as administrator.
2. At the command prompt, enter this command: Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
Completing the preconfiguration checklist
Here’s a check list specific to installations on Hyper-V virtual machines.
Network setting | Your value |
InstallLocation (required) | Path to the directory for the virtual machine. |
VHDLocation (optional) | The default is the selected directory. The script looks for the mgmt VHD image at this location. |
VMName (optional) | Optionally, change the default.. |
StatsDiskSize (optional) | The default size is 15 GB. Enter a value in gigabytes to override the allocated size. If you override the allocated size, the value must be entered in gigabytes. |
PowerOn (optional) | Include this setting if you want the controller to start up after the installation is complete. |
PrimaryNetwork (optional) | Enter the name of the vSwitch used to connect to the primary NIC. |
AuxNetwork (optional) | Enter the name of the vSwitch used to connect to the auxiliary NIC. |
Installing the controller using the installation script
This section describes how to install the controller using an installation script available on the Hyper-V Manager. See
Completing the initial setup of the Client Accelerator Controller for details about completing the Client Accelerator Controller configuration.
If the installation script displays a message about insufficient disk space, try using the parameter StatsDiskSize <size> and set the size to an appropriate value. The management disk uses 38 GB in addition to this allocation.
After powering on the virtual machine, you may see messages about missing interfaces or disks. If there are missing interfaces on the Client Accelerator Controller-v, check the virtual machine settings and verify that you are using synthetic NICs (not legacy NICs), and that the NICs are connected.
To install Client Accelerator Controller-v using the installation script
2. Extract the zip file into the directory you want to use.
3. On your Windows desktop, open the Hyper-V Manager.
4. Open the Virtual Switch Manager in the Actions pane.
5. Use the Virtual Switch Manager to create a virtual switch for each Client Accelerator Controller-v interface (for example, primary or aux).
6. Open Windows PowerShell.
7. Run the installation script.
You can enter all the script parameters as part of the run command. If you do not enter any parameters, you are prompted for the installation location.
8. Enter the installation location.
The message “Creating new VM” appears. Virtual machine creation can take 30 minutes or more to complete.
9. After the virtual machine creation is complete, check all the settings in the Hyper-V Manager to verify they are correct.
10. Connect each virtual switch interface to the corresponding virtual switch.
11. Select Start to power on the virtual machine.
12. After you deploy the controller installation package to the virtual machine, set the virtual machine’s reserve weight for CPU to 100 and the memory weight to High.
13. Select Connect to connect to the terminal window.
14. Log in to the controller as an administrator and start the initial configuration wizard.
The default administrator login is admin and the default password is password.