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Cabling the Interconnect and Storage for Oracle Database Appliance X4-2

  • Writer: Mahammad Rafi
    Mahammad Rafi
  • May 9, 2019
  • 4 min read

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Storage Shelf

Purpose Start - Compute Node End - Storage Shelf

1. Connect dark blue SAS Connect into dark blue port Connect into dark blue port in

(SAS0) in PCIe slot 2 in node 0 top IO Module (port 0)

2. Connect light blue SAS Connect into light blue port Connect into light blue port in

(SAS1) in PCIe slot 3 in node 0 bottom IO Module (port 0)

3. Connect dark red SAS Connect into dark red port Connect into dark red port in

(SAS1) in PCIe slot 2 node 1 top IO Module (port 1)

4. Connect light red SAS Connect into light red port Connect into light red port in

(SAS0) in PCIe slot 3 node 1 bottom IO Module (port 1)

Network

Purpose Start - Compute Node End - Storage Shelf

5. green Twinax Connect into green port (Net0) in Connect into green port (NET0) in

PCIe slot 1 PCIe slot 1

6.yellow Twinax Connect into yellow port (Net1) in Connect into yellow port (NET1) in

PCIe slot 1 PCIe slot 1


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Storage Expansion Shelf

Purpose Start - Compute Node End - Storage Shelf

7. Connect dark blue SAS Connect into dark blue port Connect into dark blue port in

(SAS0) in PCIe slot 2 in node 1 top IO Module (port 0)

8. Connect light blue SAS Connect into light blue port Connect into light blue port in

(SAS1) in PCIe slot 3 in node 1 bottom IO Module (port 0)

9. Connect dark red SAS Connect into dark red port Connect into dark red port in

(SAS1) in PCIe slot 2 in node 0 top IO Module (port 1)

10. Connect light red SAS Connect into light red port Connect into light red port in

(SAS0) in PCIe slot 3 in node 0 bottom IO Module (port 1)


Preparing to Deploy Oracle Database Appliance X4-2


1 Set Up the Hardware and Register with My Oracle Support

  1. Ensure that the system hardware is set up and mounted properly as specified in Oracle Database Appliance Owner’s Guide, found on:

  2. http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=dba21

  3. Verify that your shipment contains the correct power cables for your location.

  4. Oracle Database Appliance includes the network cables for the interconnect between the two servers. Public network cables are not included in Oracle Database Appliance shipments.

  5. Obtain your hardware Support Identifier (SI) from your hardware vendor.

  6. Add the hardware SI and new software licenses that you received with Oracle Database Appliance to your My Oracle Support profile. Each SI registration may take up to 24 hours.

2 Planning the Network Configuration


A Collect the following network and cluster information from your network administrator:

• Generic network information

  1. Domain name (for example, example.com)

  2. Domain name server addresses

  3. (Optional) Network Time Protocol server addresses

• Cluster network information

  1. Single Client Access Name (SCAN) and two addresses (for example, hrsys-scan and 192.0.2.16, 192.0.2.17)

  2. Netmask for public network (for example, 255.255.252.0)

  3. Gateway for public network (for example, 192.0.2.1)

3 Planning the Network Configuration, Continued


B Collect the following cluster node information from your network administrator:

• Node 0 network information

  1. Public name and address (for example, hrsys0 and 192.0.2.18)

  2. VIP name and address (for example, hrsys0-vip and 192.0.2.19)

• Node 1 network information

  1. Public name and address (for example, hrsys1 and 192.0.2.20)

  2. VIP name and ad

Note: Public, VIP, and SCAN IP addresses must be on the same subnet.

Note: For virtualization, your network administrator must provide extra IP addresses for dom0, dom1, and virtual machines.


4 Set Up Oracle ILOM Configuration (Optional)


Configure Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (Oracle ILOM) for managing Oracle Database Appliance independently of the operating system.

Collect the following information for your Oracle ILOM network:

  1. Oracle ILOM name and address for node 0 (for example, hrsysilom1 and 10.0.0.3)

  2. Oracle ILOM name and address for node 1 (for example, hrsysilom2 and 10.0.0.4)

  3. Netmask for management network (for example, 255.255.255.0)

  4. Gateway for management network (for example, 10.0.0.1).

5 Plan the Software and Database Configuration Choices


A Plan your software installation choices as follows:

  1. Configuration type: Custom

  2. System name (for example, hrsys)

  3. Region (for example, America)

  4. Time zone (for example, America/Los_Angeles)

  5. Deployment type (for example, Oracle Real Application Clusters)

  6. Disk group redundancy: High (triple-mirrored) or Normal (double-mirrored)

  7. Database backup (for example, External). Local applianceinternal backups utilize 60% of available disk space for archive logs and backup, external backups utilize 20% of available disk space for archive logs.

B Prepare to enter information for the following fields:

  1. Database Name (for example, hrdb)

  2. DB Class (for example, Small)

  3. Database Language (for example, English)

  4. Database Block Size (for example, 8192)

  5. Database Character Set (for example, AL32UTF8)

  6. Database Territory (for example, America)

6 Plan for Oracle Auto Service Request and Oracle Cloud File System Size.


A (Optional) To configure Oracle Auto Service Request (Oracle ASR) be prepared to provide the following :

  1. Proxy server name to use for your deployment

  2. Proxy server port

  3. Proxy username

  4. Proxy password

  5. Oracle online account username

  6. Oracle online account password

B (Optional) Configure External Oracle ASR Manager

  1. Oracle ASR Manager IP/host name

  2. Oracle ASR Manager port

  3. Your My Oracle Support account user name and password For more information about Oracle ASR, see:

www.oracle.com/technetwork/systems/asr/overview/index.html

C To change the default name and size of Oracle Cloud File System, be prepared to provide the following:

  1. Name of file system (default name is /cloudfs)

  2. Size of file system (default size is 50 GB)

7 Download the Software


A (Recommended) Download Oracle Appliance Manager Configurator:

http://www.oracle.com//technetwork/server-storage/engineered-systems/database-appliance/index.html

(i) Run the configurator, preferably on a computer that is on a network that is local to where you plan to install Oracle Database Appliance.

(ii) Enter and validate your configuration choices with the configurator. This creates a configuration file that you can use during actual deployment. You can also run Oracle Appliance Manager Configurator directly from Oracle Database Appliance during deployment.

B Follow the instructions in My Oracle Support Note 888888.1:

https://support.oracle.com/CSP/main/article?cmd=show&type=NOT&id=888888.1

(i) Download the latest software (Oracle Database Appliance End-User Bundle) to a local computer on the network.

(ii) Download the latest Oracle Database Appliance patch bundle, which you must apply before or after deployment.

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