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1. Data File Size GB if you indicated that you want to build a container database then you need to provide a database data file size in the final field on the page This field does not accept input unless the Is Container Database selection is True If you do not want to create an initial database then do not check the Create Initial Database check box a Data Files on Flash Storage select true if you plan to store your entire database in flash storage 400 GB SSDs otherwise leave the selection false This option is only available on Oracle Database Appliance X5 2 systems Database Information _ORACLE J DATABASE APPLIANCE ed _d V Create Initial Database i Network Information Database Name mydb1 ka Database Informatio Network Validation Is Container Database false v Database Type OLTP v Database Class oan 32 Database Language AMERICAN b Database Deployment RAC x Data File Size GB Data Files on Flash Storage lfalse v TT Help lt Back Next gt Cancel Click Next 7 On the Network Validation page either validate the network settings and save the validation output in a file or bypass the validation step by selecting the Skip Network Validations check box Preparing for Oracle Database Appliance Installation and Deployment 2 15 Creating an Oracle Appliance Manager Deployment Plan neiwe TEA _oracce U P DATABASE
2. x O K O XK xK XxX Xx x O K XxX XxX KK Xx x O K O XK XK XK xK K Xx xX K O XK XK K XKX XK XxX XxX X Note Oracle strongly recommends that you use these templates because they implement best practices and are configured specifically for Oracle Database Appliance While Oracle recommends using Oracle Appliance Manager to create databases if you choose to use Oracle Database Configuration Assistant DBCA then you can and should use an Oracle Database Appliance template to create your databases On Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform if you only plan to deploy one Oracle Database then use a template for your ODA_BASE that has the same name as the template you choose for your Oracle Database However you do not have to select database templates with the same size category as the ODA_BASE template For example use a small ODA_BASE template to host two very small databases and a large ODA_BASE template to host either one large with one small database or one medium database with one small and two very small databases When choosing your template sizes note that the total requirements for your selected database templates must not exceed the capacity of your ODA_BASE template Calculating Required Cores Once you have selected the templates for your planned databases use the tables in Appendix B Database Sizing for Oracle Database Appliance of the Oracle Database 2 4 Oracle Database Appliance Getting Started
3. Automatic Storage Management See Oracle ASM backup file location configurator 2 8 2 12 basic input output system See BIOS BIOS basic input output system software inventory 1 3 C checklist for system requirements 2 5 tasks to complete after Oracle Database Appliance is delivered 4 1 tasks to complete before deployment 2 1 cleaning up deployment 4 6 Cluster Time Synchronization Service See CTSS configuration file 2 10 4 2 4 3 load to configurator 2 11 configurator custom configuration 2 12 data file size 2 15 data files on flash storage 2 15 database class 2 14 database deployment 2 15 database language 2 15 database type 2 14 InfiniBand 2 12 container database configurator option 2 14 cores Index licensed change 1 2 CTSS Cluster Time Synchronization Service default 2 6 on NTP server 2 6 custom installation 2 6 D data file size configurator option 2 15 data files physical storage 2 5 data files on flash storage configurator option 2 15 database block size configurator 2 8 2 12 language configurator 2 8 2 12 software inventory binaries 1 3 template See template database territory configurator 2 8 2 12 database class configurator option 2 14 Database Configuration Assistant See Oracle DBCA database deployment configurator option 2 15 database language configurator option 2 15 database templates 2 4 database type configurator option 2 14 deployme
4. Oracle Appliance Manager configurator you can create a database or defer database creation to a later time If you plan to create an initial database during deployment prepare to select one of the following options a Enterprise Edition Oracle Database 12c Release 1 Enterprise Edition no automated failover with the following characteristics Single instance Oracle Database Enterprise Edition home Oracle Database software installation on both nodes through the use of internally mirrored disks a Oracle Real Application Clusters Oracle RAC One Node Oracle RAC One Node 12c Release 1 with the following characteristics Oracle RAC One Node has a designated Oracle Database Appliance home node Oracle RAC One Node software installed on both servers Automated failover Enterprise Edition license required Oracle RAC One Node license on each server required Exception If you designate one server as a backup server then you can use that server without a license in accordance with the 10 day rule See Also Oracle Software Investment Guide for information about the 10 day rule available at http www oracle com us corporate pricing sig 070616 pdf a Oracle RAC Oracle Real Application Clusters 12c Release 1 with the following characteristics Oracle RAC home Oracle RAC software installed on both servers Enterprise Edition license required Oracle RAC license on each server required not eligible for the 10
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6. 18 Node 1 public IP address 192 0 2 19 Node 0 virtual IP VIP address 192 0 2 20 Node 1 virtual IP VIP address 192 0 2 21 SCAN addresses two addresses resolving to the SCAN VIP name 192 0 2 22 192 0 2 23 See Also Checklist for Custom Node Network Address Configuration earlier in this chapter for information about requirements for nonstandard public IP addresses Click Next 6 On the Database Information page select whether you want to create an initial database If you check the box to create a database then you can also provide your database details These details include the database name which you must enter and the following options selected from the available list values Is Container Database leaving the default value false will build a non container database Database Type the default type is OLTP or you can select DSS or In Memory Database Class see Selecting Database Templates on page 2 3 for guidelines to help you choose the appropriate template noting that not all options are 2 14 Oracle Database Appliance Getting Started Guide Creating an Oracle Appliance Manager Deployment Plan available for all models of Oracle Database Appliance the default class is odb 06 Database Language the default language is AMERICAN a Database Deployment select one of the following where RAC is the default Oracle RAC Oracle RAC One Node Oracle Database Enterprise Edition no Oracle RAC
7. Network for a comprehensive introduction to SCAN http www oracle com technetwork database clustering ove rview scan 129069 pdf Information Checklist Tables If you wish print the checklist tables that match your system and use them to help you record progress and save information that you gather for your system requirements Checklist for System Details The following table is a checklist for system information that you will need Use the final column the Value column to record the selected values as you work through the checklist Preparing for Oracle Database Appliance Installation and Deployment 2 7 Gathering System Requirement Information Table 2 2 Checklist for System Details Configuration System Information Description Oracle Database Provide the name for the cluster running on Oracle Appliance System Name Database Appliance This name is also used as the default root word for Oracle Database Appliance network addresses The name should comply with the host name specifications described in the RFC 952 standard For example the name should be alphanumeric and not begin with a numeral The name you choose will become the default first part of the names for the following a Oracle ILOM host names for Nodes 1 and 2 systemnamel ilom and systemname2 ilom respectively a SCAN host name systemname scan Node 0 and Node 1 Public IP addresses systemname1 and systemname2 respectively Node 0 an
8. Oracle Database Appliance Node 0 cccseeceeees 3 9 Peripheral Device Connections for Oracle Database Appliance Version 1 Node 0 3 9 Power Cord Connections on Oracle Database Appliance X5 2 ss sesssssssestsssssstessseesteses 3 10 Power Cord Connections on Oracle Database Appliance X4 2 and X3 2 cccsceeee 3 11 Front of Oracle Database Appliance Models X3 2 X4 2 and X5 2 Power Panel 3 13 Front of Oracle Database Appliance Version 1 Power Panel cccccccseseesesteteteeeeees 3 13 vii viii Audience Preface Oracle Database Appliance is an optimized prebuilt and ready to use clustered database system that is easy to deploy operate and manage By integrating hardware and software Oracle Database Appliance eliminates the complexities of nonintegrated manually assembled solutions Oracle Database Appliance reduces the installation and software deployment times from weeks or months to just a few hours while preventing configuration and setup errors that often result in suboptimal hard to manage database environments This guide is intended for anyone who configures maintains or uses Oracle Database Appliance This includes system administrators network administrators database administrators application administrators and users This book does not include information about Oracle Database architecture tools management or application development that is covered in the main b
9. fiber cards then the onboard 10GBase T Copper ports are used for the interconnect See Figure 3 3 for interconnect cabling instructions when InfiniBand cards are replaced with 10GbE SFP fiber cards First define your system s public connection type by responding to the following Do you want to use Fiber or Copper card for public network Please Choose C opper or F iber If you are connecting to a copper based public network then enter C If you are connecting to a fiber based public network then enter F The script then prompts you to confirm your choice If you make a mistake or need to change your public network choice later reconfigure your system by running the script opt oracle oak lib setupX4network pl as the root user on both nodes WARNING If you have already deployed the End User Bundle for a Bare Metal installation or the ODA_BASE template for a Virtualized Platform installation then you will need to redeploy that software after running the setupX4network pl procedure Configuring Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager Configure Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager Oracle ILOM to manage Oracle Database Appliance independently of the operating system Although not required Oracle ILOM provides alternate ways to restart and troubleshoot Oracle Database Appliance To configure Oracle ILOM you will need aname and IP address for each of the two nodes a password to replace the
10. in Task 5 Deploy Your Configuration All Platform Deployments on page 4 5 2 16 Oracle Database Appliance Getting Started Guide Creating an Oracle Appliance Manager Deployment Plan Summary ORACLE DATABASE APPLIANCE ji Database Information gt Summary DNS Servers 192 0 2 2 192 0 2 5 192 0 2 4 VIP IP 192 0 2 20 192 0 2 21 Network Information Public IP 192 0 2 18 192 0 2 19 Public Network Mask 255 255 252 0 Public Network Gateway 192 0 0 1 Public Network interface bond0 Public Network Hostname MySystem0 MySystem1 NET1 Interface bond1 NET2 Interface bond2 NET3 Interface xbond0 Disk Group Redundancy HIGH HIGH HIGH CloudF FileSystem Info Configure Cloud FileSystem True Cloud FileSystem Mount point cloudfs Cloud Filesystem size GB 50 Automatic Service Request Configure ASR False Configure External ASR False ASR proxy server port 80 SNMP Version v2 KI Save the generated configuration Save instan _ _cancei If you are running the configurator on Oracle Database Appliance and have completed the preliminary steps to configure your initial network and install the End User Bundle or deploy ODA_BASE then you can click Install to deploy the configuration that you just created If you are not ready to complete the deployment then first click Save and then click Finish Remember the name an
11. policies and the benefits that each implementation offers your company Oracle Database Appliance Software Table 1 1 lists the software that might be included with each Oracle Database Appliance component Some releases may not contain all of the items listed in the table for one or more of the components Components listed as Installed are typically available on Oracle Database Appliance when you receive it and components listed as Downloaded are components that you will typically download and deploy yourself Table 1 1 Software for Oracle Database Appliance Component Installed or Component Component Contents Required On Downloaded Oracle Database Oracle Appliance Manger command line interface All deployments Installed Operating System zo Manager configurator graphical user j Oracle Linux Hardware drivers Oracle Database Basic input output system BIOS All deployments Downloaded a Oracle Appliance Manager Oracle Linux Oracle VM Java Development Kit JDK Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager Oracle ILOM Oracle Database Patch Set Update PSU Oracle Automated Service Request ASR Oracle Grid Infrastructure Oracle Intelligent Platform Management Interface IPMI Java Development Kit JDK Oracle Database Oracle Database clone binaries Bare metal Downloaded Apphance Oracle Database templates customized for Oracle deployments End User Bundle Database Appliance deployments Oracle Grid Infrastructure clone bin
12. service request handling You can configure Oracle ASR on Oracle Database Appliance to use its own ASR Manager or use Oracle ASR Manager configured on another server in the same network as your appliance To support Oracle ASR your Oracle Database Appliance hardware must be associated with a Support Identifier SI in My Oracle Support For details see Validate ASR Systems in My Oracle Support in Oracle Auto Service Request Installation and Operations Guide You can configure Oracle ASR during initial deployment by choosing the Custom configuration option You can also configure Oracle ASR after deployment either Typical or Custom using the oakcli configure asr command The command prompts for input and after you provide all of the required information completes the Oracle ASR configuration An Oracle ASR configuration requires you to enter your My Oracle Support account user name and password If a proxy server is required for Internet access to Oracle then you must also provide the name of the proxy server You can optionally configure Oracle ASR to use Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP Version 2 or SNMP Version 3 To confirm that you have a working Oracle ASR configured run the oakcli test asr command Review your Oracle ASR configuration with the oakcli show asr command 5 2 Oracle Database Appliance Getting Started Guide Symbols Numerics 10GbE SFP fiber cards 3 4 10GbE SFP cards 3 14 A
13. APPLIANCE wy 4 v Skip Network validations Click Run Validations to perform network validations Database Information z Network Validation w Summary Save Validation Output Run validations Back Next Cancel Oracle recommends that you validate your network before deploying your configuration However unless you are running Oracle Appliance Manager configurator on server attached to the network subnet configured for your appliance the validation will fail In such a case select Skip Network Validations check box and then click Next to proceed to the next page If you run the validation then review the results After you review the results if you are ready to proceed then click Next If the validation fails then save the validation output to review these results with your network administrator To save the configuration information that you have entered and correct the network addresses later select Skip Network Validations and click Next to continue to the next page 8 On the Summary page review the configuration options that you have selected Click Save to save the configuration file or click Back to modify your selections You can print the contents of the configuration file and use the printout to review your configuration entries for deployment planning purposes You might also use the configuration file during the actual deployment as described
14. Guide Gathering System Requirement Information Appliance Administration and Reference Guide to determine the total number of CPUs they require to support them Gathering System Requirement Information You need to collect information before deploying Oracle Database Appliance Print the tables and use them to enter values as you find and finalize them Information You Will Need This section describes the type of information you will need to collect as you prepare to install and deploy Oracle Database Appliance Once you understand what you need you can print and collect the details for your specific system using that checklist tables provided in the next section Information Checklist Tables Storage administration is integrated into Oracle Database Appliance No additional storage configuration is required Oracle Database Appliance includes integrated storage for operational files operating system Oracle Grid Infrastructure home Oracle Database homes tools user data database files and log files database redo logs Operational files are stored on mirrored internal system disks in each server Data and database redo log files are stored on disks as follows a On Oracle Database Appliance X5 2 Oracle Database Appliance X4 2 and Oracle Database Appliance X3 2 data files are stored in the storage shelf and the optional storage expansion shelf a On Oracle Database Appliance X5 2 Oracle Database Appliance X4 2 and Orac
15. NS server Tertiary Dns Server your tertiary DNS server Node Name Host Name 0 your Node 0 host name 1 your Node 1 host name Choose the network interface to configure net1 net2 net3 net4 net1 Configure DHCP on net1 yes no no You have chosen static configuration on netl Enter the IP address for net1 on Node 0 your Node 0 IP address Enter the IP address for netl on Node 1 your Node 1 IP address Netmask for netl your netmask Gateway Address for net1 lt Gateway IP gt Plumbing the IPs now on Node 0 In the preceding example the prompt for the net1 gateway address includes a default value shown as lt Gateway IP gt The program derives this gateway address using values from previous entries You should accept this value unless your network administrator has provided a specific address that differs from the derived address Note Oracle recommends using the oakcli configure firstnet command only one time on Oracle Database Appliance Subsequent use after configuring the initial network can cause unpredictable changes to your network settings Validating Oracle Appliance Manager Software Version Before deploying Oracle Database Appliance as described in Chapter 4 you should have the current version of the Oracle Appliance Manager software installed Run the following command to find the installed version oakcli show version Confirm that you have the version 12 1 2 2 0 If you have an earlier v
16. ODA_BASE template on Oracle Database Appliance before you deploy any other software This requires downloading the appropriate ODA_BASE template to an external client and then copying the template to your Oracle Database Appliance as described in the following steps 1 From an external client machine log on to My Oracle Support and access note 888888 1 at https support oracle com CSP main article cmd show amp type NOT amp 1d 888888 ll In the Latest Releases section find the link to the patch described as VM Template ODA_BASE Click the link to download the current Oracle Database Appliance ODA_BASE template onto your external client Use an scp command to copy the ODA_BASE template from the external client to Dom0 on Node 0 Use the scp or OVS directory as the target location Alternatively you could place the ODA_BASE template onto a USB storage device and copy the template once the USB device is visible on Oracle Database Appliance Note Format any USB drives as FAT32 ext3 or ext4 NTFS file formats are not supported Log in to Dom0 as root on Node 0 of Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform and copy the ODA_BASE template to the ovs directory on Dom0 if it is not already there Remain logged into Dom0 while you complete the remaining steps in this task Use the command oakcli deploy oda_base and respond to the prompts to deploy ODA_BASE This command automatically deploys ODA_BASE on both no
17. ORACLE Oracle Database Appliance Getting Started Guide Release 12 1 2 2 0 for Linux x86 64 E22692 41 February 2015 Oracle Database Appliance Getting Started Guide Release 12 1 2 2 0 for Linux x86 64 E22692 41 Copyright 2011 2015 Oracle and or its affiliates All rights reserved Primary Authors David Austin Douglas Williams Virginia Beecher Contributors Madhusudhan Achar Aiman Al Khammash Mark Bauer Michael Bechler Tammy Bednar Ruggero Citton Jonathan Creighton Kevin Deihl Yingwei Hu Winston Huang Sarat Kakarla Gabriele Knauth Erich Kreisler Bill Manry Mary Martyak Anil Nair Josh Ort Ram Pandarapattathil Angelo Pruscino Fenando Betanzo Sanchez Mark Scardina Ravi Sharma Richard Shinkle Sandeep Singla Janel Stern Srinivasan Subramaniam Su Tang Krishnadev Telikicherla Bob Thome Paul Tsien Ralph Woodley Yusuke Yamamoto This software and related documentation are provided under a license agreement containing restrictions on use and disclosure and are protected by intellectual property laws Except as expressly permitted in your license agreement or allowed by law you may not use copy reproduce translate broadcast modify license transmit distribute exhibit perform publish or display any part in any form or by any means Reverse engineering disassembly or decompilation of this software unless required by law for interoperability is prohibited The information contained herein is subjec
18. Oracle Database Appliance X5 2 then you have the option to connect to either a copper or a fiber public network To connect to a fiber network on Oracle Database Appliance X5 2 you must also Preparing for Oracle Database Appliance Installation and Deployment 2 5 Gathering System Requirement Information replace the InfiniBand cards with 10GbE SFP fiber cards Ensure that your network planning is based on the correct type of public network Oracle recommends using a DNS server so that you can use the features of Single Client Access Name SCAN If you deploy without a DNS server but later create a DNS server and add SCAN then you must specify additional VIP addresses as described in Oracle Database Appliance Release Notes for Linux x86 64 A correctly configured Oracle Database Appliance requires at least six public addresses on the same subnet for the nodes a public and a virtual IP name and address for each node and two addresses that resolve to the SCAN for the cluster All names must conform to the RFC 952 standard which permits alphanumeric characters won and hyphens but does not allow underscores _ Provide an IP address for the public interface for each node This interface is bond0 or Eth1 on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform a bond of Eth2 and Eth3 which is used for the host IP address for the node If you select a Custom installation then provide names and addresses for the following opt
19. Oracle Database Appliance Licensing Information For more information about using Oracle Database see the following documents a Oracle Database Concepts Oracle Database Administrator s Guide a Oracle Database SQL Language Quick Reference Oracle Database Reference a Oracle Database 2 Day Real Application Clusters Guide a Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide a Oracle Clusterware Administration and Deployment Guide For more details about other Oracle products that are mentioned in Oracle Database Appliance documentation such as Oracle VM Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager and so on see the Oracle Documentation home page at the following address http docs oracle com Conventions The following text conventions are used in this document Convention Meaning boldface Boldface type indicates graphical user interface elements associated with an action or terms defined in the text italic Italic type indicates book titles emphasis or placeholder variables for which you supply particular values monospace Monospace type indicates commands within a paragraph URLs code in examples text that appears on the screen or text that you enter prompt The pound prompt precedes a Linux command 1 About Oracle Database Appliance Oracle Database Appliance simplifies deployment maintenance and support for high availability database solutions built from Oracle Database templat
20. S cable a From Node 0 PCIe slot 2 SASO To Storage shelf top I O port 0 4 Light blue SAS cable a From Node 0 PCIe slot 3 SAS1 a To Storage shelf bottom I O port 0 5 Dark red SAS cable a From Node 1 PCIe slot 2 SAS1 To Storage shelf top I O port 1 6 Light red SAS cable a From Node 1 PCIe slot 3 SASO a To Storage shelf bottom I O port 1 Caution Do not attach cables to ethernet ports in the I O modules labeled SERVICE ONLY when cabling the system These ports are intended for use by service engineers only See Also Oracle Database Owner s Guide for details about cabling with the supplied Cable Management Arm For Oracle Database Appliance X4 2 and X5 2 installations if you wish to use fiber connections between Oracle Database Appliance and your public network the interconnect must be cabled using the green and yellow copper ports as shown in callouts 1 and 2 in Figure 3 3 For Oracle Database Appliance X5 2 you must replace the InfiniBand cards with 10GbE SFP fiber cards because fiber ports do not exist in the base configuration Note that the rear panel of Oracle Database Appliance X5 2 is slightly different from that shown in Figure 3 3 but the interconnect cabling is the same 3 4 Product Title BookTitle as a Variable Attaching Storage Expansion Shelf Figure 3 3 Interconnects When Using Fiber Connections to the Public Network on Oracle Database Appliance X4 2 and Oracle Database App
21. acle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform then select Virtualized Platform or leave the default value Bare Metal as the environment option If you are installing on X3 2 X4 2 or X5 2 hardware then select ODA X3 2 ODA X4 2 or ODA X5 2 respectively or leave the default value ODA V1 as the hardware option If you are using InfiniBand as the interconnect between the two Oracle Database Appliance servers select the Infiniband checkbox This option is only available for Oracle Database Appliance X5 2 systems The Browse option is not useful during the initial run because there are no configuration files to load In this example Typical Virtualized Platform and ODA X5 2 are the selected options 2 12 Oracle Database Appliance Getting Started Guide Creating an Oracle Appliance Manager Deployment Plan Note The SAP Application option is only valid with the Bare Metal option Click Next 4 On the System Information page provide the system name and select the correct value from the lists for your region and time zone In the New Root Password and New Root Password confirm fields enter a new password for the root user This password is encrypted in the configuration file and will be temporarily decrypted to reset the password during deployment System Information _ ORACLE 2 DATABASE APPLIANCE Re 4 an Configuration Type w System Information S
22. acle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform supports multiple VLANs on the same network interface card NIC port Each VLAN is essentially an independent logical network operating with other VLANs over the same physical connection Use VLANs to minimize the number of required physical connections and NICs while concurrently separating traffic Each VLAN is assigned a distinct VLAN identification ID The network switch uses VLAN IDs to segregate traffic among the different VLANs operating on the same link When a VLAN is configured the VLAN functions exactly like a separate physical connection Note Virtual LANs need to be configured in the physical switches before you use them Selecting Database Configuration Options These tasks will guide you through selecting your database configuration items a Selecting Database Deployment Options Selecting Database Templates 2 2 Oracle Database Appliance Getting Started Guide Planning Oracle Database Appliance Configuration Options a Calculating Required Cores Before continuing print the checklist tables found in Information Checklist Tables Use the checklists to record decisions and information that you collect for your planned Oracle Database Appliance configuration Selecting Database Deployment Options Oracle Appliance Manager installs the Oracle Database software on mirrored disks that are internal to Oracle Database Appliance During the initial deployment with the
23. addresses to be configured for Oracle Database Appliance meet these three criteria 1 They are static IP addresses 2 They are on the same subnet as all other IP addresses virtual IP VIP addresses used for Real Application Clusters communication and SCAN addresses 3 They include the following One public IP address configured on the DNS server for each node and resolvable to that node before installation 2 6 Oracle Database Appliance Getting Started Guide Gathering System Requirement Information a A VIP address for each node configured on the DNS server that is not currently in use a SCANs for Oracle Database Appliance with the following characteristics Configured on the DNS server before installation so that the two IP addresses are associated with the name provided as the SCAN and both addresses are returned in random order to the requester by the DNS server Configured on the DNS server before installation to resolve to addresses that are not currently in use Have names that do not begin with a numeral Caution Do not change the IP addresses and subnet for the private network Note Configuring SCANs in a Network Information Service NIS is not supported See Also a Oracle Database Appliance Owner s Guide for information about replacing the InfiniBand cards with 10GbE SFP fiber cards a Oracle Single Client Access Name SCAN a technical paper on Oracle Technology
24. anel of all other models Figure 3 10 Front of Oracle Database Appliance Models X3 2 X4 2 and X5 2 Power Panel 3 When both nodes are initialized on each node Push the recessed Power button on the node s front panel see callout 2 in the preceding figures Wait for several minutes until for the green Power OK LED on the node s front panel see callout 3 in the preceding figures to stay on instead of blinking Note Do not repeatedly push the power button callout 2 in the preceding figures Oracle Database Appliance is ready for use as soon as the green Power OK LEDs see callout 3 in Figure 3 10 on the front of both system nodes remain steadily on Defining Your Public Network Option After you power on Oracle Database Appliance X4 2 for the first time a short script runs on each node Use an attached keyboard to answer questions that the script displays on the local monitor Readying Oracle Database Appliance for Deployment 3 13 Configuring Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager Note The above statement is valid for Oracle Database Appliance X4 2 only When you power on Oracle Database Appliance X5 2 for the first time the system automatically defines your Public network configuration based on the interconnect On Oracle Database Appliance X5 2 the InfiniBand network is used for the interconnect if InfiniBand cards are used If InfiniBand cards are replaced with 10GbE SFP
25. aries ODA_BASE Oracle Database clone binaries Virtualized Downloaded template Oracle Database templates customized for Oracle aan eployments Database Appliance deployments Oracle Grid Infrastructure clone binaries Overview of Oracle Database Appliance Deployment Deployment consists of three high level steps 1 Prepare for Oracle Database Appliance About Oracle Database Appliance 1 3 Overview of Oracle Database Appliance Deployment a Register your Support Identifier SI for Oracle Database Appliance with My Oracle Support to obtain software and support from Oracle a Plan your configuration options and gather network and related information Set up the server site a Configure network names and addresses on your Domain Name System DNS server Use the Oracle Appliance Manager configurator to generate the network names and addresses or to validate your existing network names and addresses The standalone configurator is available for download from Oracle Technology Network You can create a configuration file on a local machine before delivery of your Oracle Database Appliance as described in Preparing for Oracle Database Appliance Installation and Deployment Note Download the standalone Oracle Appliance Manager configurator from http www oracle com technetwork database database applianc e overview See Chapter 2 Preparing for Oracle Database Appliance Installation and Deployment and Oracle D
26. asks for more information to complete this step 1 4 Oracle Database Appliance Getting Started Guide Overview of Oracle Database Appliance Deployment See Also Oracle Database Appliance Owner s Guide for more information about setting up your Oracle Database Appliance hardware About Oracle Database Appliance 1 5 Overview of Oracle Database Appliance Deployment 1 6 Oracle Database Appliance Getting Started Guide 2 Preparing for Oracle Database Appliance Installation and Deployment This chapter provides a checklist of tasks that you can complete before delivery of Oracle Database Appliance These tasks are Registering Your Support Identifier on My Oracle Support a Planning Oracle Database Appliance Configuration Options a Gathering System Requirement Information Creating an Oracle Appliance Manager Deployment Plan See Also a Oracle Database Appliance Setup Poster for an overview of Oracle Database Appliance setup tasks a Oracle Database Appliance Owner s Guide to obtain more detailed hardware installation instructions and safety guidelines Registering Your Support Identifier on My Oracle Support Add your hardware Support Identifier SI to your My Oracle Support account profile Your hardware SI is supplied when you purchase Oracle Database Appliance If you have acquired new software licenses then you must also register your new software SIs The SI registration process can take up to 24 hours to c
27. atabase Appliance Owner s Guide for more information to complete this step 2 Prepare Oracle Database Appliance for deployment a Mount Oracle Database Appliance hardware into a rack at the server site Connect power and required cables to Oracle Database Appliance a Create an initial network configuration to load external files See Chapter 3 Readying Oracle Database Appliance for Deployment and Oracle Database Appliance Owner s Guide for more information to complete this step 3 Install and deploy software on Oracle Database Appliance a Download and copy the Oracle Database Appliance software package to Oracle Database Appliance Run the Oracle Appliance Manager configurator and select or enter the required information During deployment you configure a two node Oracle Grid Infrastructure installation Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Automatic Storage Management You also have the option to configure Oracle Database Enterprise Edition Oracle RAC or Oracle RAC One Node After the initial deployment you might add databases configure core count and instance caging and add virtual domains if you have deployed Oracle Database Appliance See Chapter 4 Deploying Oracle Software on Oracle Database Appliance for more information to complete this step 4 Complete post installation tasks a Download patches to apply after deployment a Reset default passwords See Chapter 5 Oracle Database Appliance Postinstallation T
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29. ce between competing virtual machines for CPU and network access and provide more storage space and enable automatic startup for virtual machines Some of these options require additional network configuration outside of the Oracle Database Appliance servers By default you have one local repository on each node and the maximum size is dependent on the hardware a 390 GB on Oracle Database Appliance X5 2 Virtualized Platform a 350 GB on Oracle Database Appliance X4 2 Virtualized Platform a 390 GB on Oracle Database Appliance X3 2 Virtualized Platform a 250 GB on Oracle Database Appliance Version 1 When you create virtual machines in the default repositories the virtual machines can only run on the node where they are located and therefore have no failover capability To obtain the most flexible shared machine environment use a shared repository with Virtual Local Area Networks VLANs Shared repositories provide high availability options more storage and reduce the use of internal storage VLANs help you partition network traffic for your virtual machines When you use a shared repository hosted on shared disks the virtual machines consume space in Oracle Automatic Storage Management Oracle ASM disk groups DATA and RECO On shared disks virtual machines can start automatically whenever the repository becomes available can run on a preferred node and can start or failover to the other node if the preferred node is unavailable Or
30. d location of the file you save as you might wish to copy the file to your Oracle Database Appliance as described in Chapter 4 Deploying Oracle Software on Oracle Database Appliance If you need to make corrections before deployment then rerun the standalone Oracle Appliance Manager configurator load your configuration file make the changes and save the file again Preparing for Oracle Database Appliance Installation and Deployment 2 17 Creating an Oracle Appliance Manager Deployment Plan 2 18 Oracle Database Appliance Getting Started Guide 3 Readying Oracle Database Appliance for Deployment This chapter covers the following tasks that you must complete before deploying Oracle Database Appliance software a Attaching Supplied Cables This task is not required for Oracle Database Appliance Version 1 which has all interconnects and storage connections pre configured when shipped Attaching Storage Expansion Shelf This task is not required for Oracle Database Appliance Version 1 which does not use external storage shelves a Attaching Peripheral Devices This task is only applicable if you have direct access to Oracle Database Appliance and intend to use a locally connected monitor keyboard and mouse a Booting Up the First Time The steps in this section apply to your newly installed Oracle Database Appliance but are also applicable when you need to power it down or add new hardware such as a storage expan
31. d Node 1 Virtual IP addresses systemnamel vip and systemname2 vip respectively Type of Configuration Typical which is recommended by Oracle Custom which allows you to override default values for any or all of the following Database block size language territory backup file location or disk redundancy level for the DATA and RECO disk groups a Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager Oracle ILOM server a Oracle Auto Service Request Oracle ASR configuration a Oracle Cloud File System mount point and file system size a Network Time Protocol service server Mode Bare metal or virtualized platform Region Select the region where you plan to operate the Oracle Database Appliance system Timezone Select the time zone where you plan to operate the Oracle Database Appliance system Initial Database Details if Database name you want to create one duri a Normal or container database uring deployment a Class database template Database language a Database deployment Oracle Enterprise Edition single instance Oracle RAC One Node or Oracle RAC a Data file size for container database only 2 8 Oracle Database Appliance Getting Started Guide Gathering System Requirement Information Note Do not use a host name with more than 13 characters Although the total length of the host name can be 15 characters Oracle Appliance Manager appends two additi
32. day rule Selecting Database Templates Oracle Database Appliance software includes preconfigured templates that incorporate Oracle best practices with optimization for different classes of databases Due to differences in CPU counts memory size and other resources available with different Oracle Database Appliance models some templates are not supported on all models Each database template has different workload profile and performance characteristics based on the following Preparing for Oracle Database Appliance Installation and Deployment 2 3 Planning Oracle Database Appliance Configuration Options memory requirements calculated from the System Global Area SGA plus Program Global Area PGA sizes processing requirements calculated from the number of processes logging requirements based on log buffer size and online redo log size To determine which templates to use for the databases you deploy use the guidelines from Appendix B Database Sizing for Oracle Database Appliance in Oracle Database Appliance Administration and Reference Guide Then refer to Table 2 1 to check if a particular template is available on your Oracle Database Appliance hardware model Templates that do not have a corresponding X in a model column are not available on that model Table 2 1 Database Template Names and Characteristics Template Name Vi X3 2 X4 2 X5 2 Odb 01s Odb 01 Odb 02 Odb 04 Odb 06 Odb 12 Odb 16 Odb 24 Odb 32 Odb 36
33. default Oracle I LOM password access to a management network through an assigned netmask a an Ethernet cable connected from each node of Oracle Database Appliance using the nodes NET MGT ports into the management network In the default configuration Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP is enabled in Oracle ILOM and the DHCP server automatically assigns network settings to each node To determine the IP address or host name assigned by the DHCP server to the nodes use the network tools provided with the DHCP server If you do not use DHCP then use the custom option in Oracle Database Appliance Manager configurator to assign IP addresses and host names to Oracle ILOM when you deploy your database 3 14 Product Title BookTitle as a Variable Configuring Initial Network Connection Note Until you complete Oracle Database Appliance configuration as described in Chapter 4 you will not be able to access Oracle ILOM unless DCHP is enabled See Also Chapter 2 Overview of Oracle Database Appliance in Oracle Database Appliance Owner s Guide for details about the port used for ILOM on your platform To connect to the Oracle ILOM use one of the following two methods 1 Log in using a web interface by completing these steps a Using a client system s browser enter the IP address or host name assigned by DHCP into the browser address field and press Enter b At the login page enter the default user name
34. des If your OODA_BASE template is in the OVS directory then your deployment dialog should look similar to the following example values such as the number of available CPU cores differ between Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform hardware platforms oakcli deploy oda_base Enter the template location OVS templateBuild 2012 12 22 12 05 tar gz Core Licensing Options 1 2 CPU Cores 2 4 CPU Cores 3 6 CPU Cores 4 8 CPU Cores 5 10 CPU Cores 6 12 CPU Cores Deploying Oracle Software on Oracle Database Appliance 4 3 Deployment Tasks An Annotated Check List 7 14 CPU Cores 8 16 CPU Cores 9 24 CPU Cores Selection 1 6 3 ODA base domain memory in GB min 16 max 244 Current Memory 150G default 192 32 The oakcli deploy oda_base command also enables you to assign one or more virtual local area networks VLANs to your ODA_BASE To deploy VLANs respond with y when prompted for additional VLAN networks and respond with n when you have no or no more VLANs to deploy as shown in this partial example Additional vlan networks to be assigned to oda_base y n y Select the network to assign Test00 Test01 Test02 Test03 Test00 Additional vlan networks to be assigned to oda_base y n y Select the network to assign Test00 Test01 Test02 Test03 Test01 Additional vlan networks to be assigned to oda_base y n n See Also Oracle Database Appliance Administration and Reference Guide for
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36. e Appliance for Deployment 3 5 Attaching Storage Expansion Shelf Note The storage expansion shelf normally sits at the bottom of Oracle Database Appliance beneath the storage shelf However because racks should always be provisioned from the bottom up that space might be unavailable In these cases to avoid re rack mounting the entire system position the storage expansion shelf above the server nodes or even in a different but adjacent rack 2 The extension storage shelf is installed in exactly the same manner as the original storage shelf For information about installing optional components in the Oracle Database Appliance see the section Optional Component Installation in Chapter 4 of Oracle Database Appliance Owner s Guide 3 Install the supplied cables as described in Cabling a Storage Expansion Shelf or as shown on the Oracle Database Appliance Setup Poster Caution Incorrect connections can cause data loss when adding a storage expansion shelf to Oracle Database Appliance with existing databases 4 Attach the supplied power cords as explained in Attaching Power Cords and Initializing Components Caution Do Not turn on the power until you have added the cables as described in Cabling a Storage Expansion Shelf Note Oracle recommends that you do not remove a storage expansion shelf from Oracle Database Appliance whether the shelf was installed during the initial se
37. e Appliance software All versions of the configurator are available from the Overview page by clicking the Oracle Database Appliance Manager Configurator link at 2 10 Oracle Database Appliance Getting Started Guide Creating an Oracle Appliance Manager Deployment Plan http www oracle com technetwork database database appliance overview index html 2 Start the configurator using the command config bat on a Windows client or the command config sh ona Linux or UNIX client The Oracle Appliance Manager Welcome page appears Welcome _ORACLE 2 DATABASE APPLIANCE a p Welcome Welcome to Oracle Appliance Manager AA Configuration Type Provide information about your system name and configuration in the following screens and save the parameter file so that you can use it as a guide for network and configuration If you are ready to install then you can load a previously created configuration file You can also modify a configuration file that you have created earlier or enter completely new information I Click Install to deploy Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Database with the configuration information you have provided 1 N Copyright 2011 Oracle and or its affiliates All rights reserved Help 34 net gt Cancel Click Next 3 On the Configuration Type page select the options for configuration type environment and hardware model You can optionally load an existing c
38. en enter a command similar to the following which shows an Oracle Database Appliance Release 2 10 file p12978712_210000_Linux x86 64 zip root oda_host tmp This example assumes that you set up a static IP address with the host name oda_ host and configured Oracle Database Appliance with that address using oakcli configure firstnet Alternatively place the end user bundle patch onto a USB storage device that you make accessible on Oracle Database Appliance Go to go to the location of the End User Bundle image on the device and run the oakcli unpack command Note Format any USB drives as FAT32 ext3 or ext4 NTFS file formats are not supported Use the command syntax oakcli unpack package directory_path package_ name to unpack the Oracle Database Appliance software where directory_pathis the path where the end user bundle patch file is located 4 2 Oracle Database Appliance Getting Started Guide Deployment Tasks An Annotated Check List For example if the end user bundle patch file for Oracle Database Appliance Release 2 10 were in tmp then the following command would unpack p12978712_ 210000_Linux x86 64 zip oakcli unpack package tmp p12978712_210000_Linux x86 64 zip The oakcli unpack command unpacks the bundle patch and places the extracted files in the directory locations required for deployment Task 3 Install the ODA_BASE Template Virtualized Platform Deployments Only You must install the
39. ent add storage expansion shelf 3 5 deployment overview 1 4 shared repositories 2 2 Oracle ASR Oracle Auto Service Request configurator 2 8 2 12 configuring 5 2 Oracle Automatic Storage Management See Oracle ASM Oracle Cloud File System configurator 2 8 2 12 Oracle Clusterware deployment overview 1 4 Oracle Database See database Oracle Database Configuration Assistant See Oracle DBCA Oracle Database Enterprise Edition configurator option 2 15 deployment overview 1 4 overview 2 3 Oracle DBCA Oracle Database Configuration Assistant create database 2 4 select database template 2 4 Oracle Grid Infrastructure deployment overview 1 4 software inventory 1 3 Oracle ILOM Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager configurator 2 8 2 12 configure 3 14 software inventory 1 3 Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager See Oracle ILOM Oracle RAC Oracle Real Application Clusters configurator option 2 15 deployment option 2 3 deployment overview 1 4 VIP address requirement 2 9 See also Oracle RAC One Node Oracle RAC One Node configurator option 2 15 deployment option 2 3 deployment overview 1 4 Oracle Real Application Clusters See Oracle RAC P password changing 5 1 patching deployment overview 1 4 patch set bundle software inventory 1 3 power cords connecting 3 11 public IP address public Internet Protocol address checklist 2 6 configurator 2 14 public network connection fiber 3 4 public netwo
40. equired output or generates errors then you must install the Oracle Database Appliance virtualized image Note Find instructions to install the Oracle Database Appliance virtualized image in the My Oracle Support Note 1520579 1 at https support oracle com CSP main article cmd show amp type NO T amp id 1520579 1 After installing the virtualized image you may need to reconfigure your initial network as described in Configuring Initial Network Connection on page 3 15 Task 2 Install the End User Bundle Bare Metal Platform Deployments Only You must install the end user bundle on Oracle Database Appliance before you deploy any other software This requires downloading the appropriate patch file to your external client and then copying and installing the patch as described in the following steps 1 From an external client machine log on to My Oracle Support and access note 888888 1 at https support oracle com CSP main article cmd show amp type NOT amp 1id 888888 rae In the Latest Releases section find the link to the patch described as End User Bundle GI RDBMS Click the link to download the current Oracle Database Appliance end user bundle patch onto your external client Copy the end user bundle patch to a location on Oracle Database Appliance for example the tmp directory using a secure copy scp command by navigating to the folder on your client where you downloaded the end user bundle patch th
41. ernet ports in the I O modules labeled SERVICE ONLY when cabling the system These ports are intended for use by service engineers only See Also Oracle Database Appliance Owner s Guide for details about cabling with the supplied Cable Management Arm Attaching Peripheral Devices Oracle Database Appliance is not equipped with devices for human interaction such as a monitor or keyboard To log in directly not through a network attach a monitor to the graphics card port and a keyboard and a mouse to the USB ports on Node 0 only See callout 1 for the keyboard and mouse inputs and callout 2 for the monitor input in the following figures where Figure 3 6 shows Oracle Database Appliance 3 8 Product Title BookTitle as a Variable Booting Up the First Time models X3 2 and X4 2 The Oracle Database Appliance X5 2 rear panel is slightly different however the peripheral device connections are the same as X3 2 and X4 2 Figure 3 7 shows Oracle Database Appliance Version 1 Figure 3 6 Peripheral Device Connections for Oracle Database Appliance Node 0 Figure 3 7 Peripheral Device Connections for Oracle Database Appliance Version 1 Node 0 IMPOR TANT Cloie der aithin BP Bbl Ho PPLE Booting Up the First Time To ready Oracle Database Appliance for the powering on the first time you need to attach all of the required power cords which differ between models and options and confirm that initialization completes succ
42. ersion then see the My Oracle Support Note 888888 1 at 3 16 Product Title BookTitle as a Variable Validating Oracle Appliance Manager Software Version https support oracle com CSP main article cmd show type NOT amp id 888888 1 for information on how to re image your system with the current version Readying Oracle Database Appliance for Deployment 3 17 Validating Oracle Appliance Manager Software Version 3 18 Product Title BookTitle as a Variable 4 Deploying Oracle Software on Oracle Database Appliance This chapter provides a checklist of tasks to deploy Oracle software after you have established connectivity to Oracle Database Appliance as described in Chapter 2 Deploying Oracle Database Appliance software requires approximately 1 hour to complete for bare metal installations and about 3 hours for virtualized platform deployments The extra time for virtualized deployments is required to complete additional steps and because some operations take longer when configuring virtual domains Each task in this chapter identifies whether it applies to a bare metal platform to a virtualized platform or to all platforms Take care to perform only the tasks designated for a deployment on your platform tasks 1 3 4 and 5 are for Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform deployments tasks 2 4 and 5 are for Oracle Database Appliance bare metal deployments You can repeat a failed deployment or perform a new de
43. es designed for optimal performance on this platform Oracle Database Appliance provides a reliable resilient self managing database system that is scalable for small and large businesses Oracle Database Appliance also includes several documents to help you configure deploy manage and use your systems This chapter contains the following sections a Oracle Database Appliance Documentation Road Map About Oracle Database Appliance a Overview of Oracle Database Appliance Deployment Oracle Database Appliance Documentation Road Map The documentation road map identifies where in the life cycle of obtaining deploying managing and using Oracle Database Appliance the documents are relevant Use Oracle Database Appliance Getting Started Guide as an introduction to understanding and managing Oracle Database Appliance and related software The book applies to all models of Oracle Database Appliance hardware Unless the text refers to a specific model the term Oracle Database Appliance implies all hardware models Oracle Database Appliance Getting Started Guide focuses primarily on software configuration deployment and management of Oracle Database Appliance However there are other documents that can help you prepare for installing and subsequently managing and using Oracle Database Appliance The first three categories in the following list identify documents available from the Oracle Database Appliance Documentation Library at htt
44. ess Requirements for Oracle Database Appliance Bare Metal Virtualized Minimum IP Platform Minimum Address Counts IP Address Counts Your Values As Same Type of IP and Default Values and Default Values Applicable Subnet Host Public 2 2 for ODA_BASE X Addresses Host Private 4 2 xX Addresses 192 168 16 24 192 168 16 24 for Not applicable the 192 168 16 25 Demo ape Sepa eee 192 168 16 25 for i ae Svan j Dom0 should not be 192 168 17 25 192 168 16 27 for changed ODA_BASE 192 168 16 28 for ODA_BASE Oracle RAC VIP 2 2 xX Single Client 2 2 X Access Name SCAN Preparing for Oracle Database Appliance Installation and Deployment 2 9 Creating an Oracle Appliance Manager Deployment Plan Table 2 3 Cont Minimum IP Address Requirements for Oracle Database Appliance Bare Metal Virtualized Minimum IP Platform Minimum Address Counts IP Address Counts Your Values As Same Type of IP and Default Values and Default Values Applicable Subnet Oracle 2 2 Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM User Virtual Not Applicable At least 1 for each Machine Virtual Machine 1 These IP addresses are not used on Oracle Database Appliance X5 2 when using InfiniBand Creating an Oracle Appliance Manager Deployment Plan Use the standalone Oracle Database Appliance configurator to create an offline deployment plan and validate your network settings before the actual deployment However if you prefer t
45. essfully You can then start up the system by switching on the process server nodes These two tasks are described in the following sections a Attaching Power Cords and Initializing Components a Powering On the First Time Readying Oracle Database Appliance for Deployment 3 9 Booting Up the First Time Attaching Power Cords and Initializing Components Use the callouts in Figure 3 8 and Figure 3 9 and Table 3 3 as guides to insert the supplied power cords into Oracle Database Appliance models with external storage Ensure that the electrical outlets providing the power are grounded before plugging in the power cords Figure 3 8 Power Cord Connections on Oracle Database Appliance X5 2 Storage Shelf Storage Expansion Shelf 3 10 Product Title BookTitle as a Variable Booting Up the First Time Figure 3 9 Power Cord Connections on Oracle Database Appliance X4 2 and X3 2 Model X4 2 1 2 3 4 Model X3 2 Storage Shelf Storage Expansion Shelf If you only use a single AC circuit connect both power cords for each component to that circuit However to maintain N 1 power supply redundancy use two separate AC circuits Then for both nodes and the storage shelf or shelves connect one power cord from each AC circuit into each component See the following table where the two separate AC circuits are denoted by AC1 and AC2 for the recommended power connections as identified by the call
46. hese slots as PCIe slot 1 PCIe slot 2 and PCIe slot 3 which matches the numbers on the labels reading from left to right The storage shelf back panel has two IO modules one located above the other Each IO module has three ports numbered 0 1 and 2 Table 3 1 identifies these ports as either top or bottom ports for ports in the upper and in the lower IO module respectively Table 3 1 Description of Callouts for Cabling Oracle Database Appliance With Single Storage Shelf Callout Number from Figure 3 1 and Figure 3 2 Description 1 Green InfiniBand Cable Oracle Database Appliance X5 2 a From Node 0 PCIe slot 1 PORT2 a To Node 1 PCIe slot 1 PORT2 Green Cat 6 cable Oracle Database Appliance X3 2 or green labelled twinax cable Oracle Database Appliance X4 2 a From Node 0 PCIe slot 1 NETO a To Node 1 PCIe slot 1 NETO Readying Oracle Database Appliance for Deployment 3 3 Attaching Supplied Cables Table 3 1 Cont Description of Callouts for Cabling Oracle Database Appliance With Single Storage Shelf Callout Number from Figure 3 1 and Figure 3 2 Description 2 Yellow InfiniBand Cable Oracle Database Appliance X5 2 a From Node 0 PCIe slot 1 PORT1 a To Node 1 PCIe slot 1 PORT1 Yellow Cat 6 cable Oracle Database Appliance X3 2 or yellow labelled twinax cable Oracle Database Appliance X4 2 a From Node 0 PCIe slot 1 NET1 a To Node 1 PCIe slot 1 NET1 3 Dark blue SA
47. im any liability for any damages caused by use of this software or hardware in dangerous applications Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and or its affiliates Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners Intel and Intel Xeon are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International Inc AMD Opteron the AMD logo and the AMD Opteron logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group This software or hardware and documentation may provide access to or information about content products and services from third parties Oracle Corporation and its affiliates are not responsible for and expressly disclaim all warranties of any kind with respect to third party content products and services unless otherwise set forth in an applicable agreement between you and Oracle Oracle Corporation and its affiliates will not be responsible for any loss costs or damages incurred due to your access to or use of third party content products or services except as set forth in an applicable agreement between you and Oracle Contents PRG Ore rcatattra rere sacha aaah a oenl eae Recreate acest atone bean asthe at eat aa N a ix PASEKO EEA a CE EEE E EE E ESEESE EEEE EE ENE E ENEE EEEE ix Documentation Accessibility ssena a e a E a e ia aeg s ix
48. ional interfaces that you need bondi Ethernet bond This applies to all Oracle Database Appliance platforms bond2 Ethernet bond This applies to Oracle Database Appliance Version 1 only xbond0 for high capacity transfers such as backups This applies to Oracle Database Appliance Version 1 only Use bondi and bond2 for management backup disaster recovery or other options where you require a network interface Be prepared to provide a netmask and a gateway for each interface as both are required when configuring network connections for Oracle Database Appliance Questions to Ask Your Oracle Database Appliance Administrator 1 Is a network time protocol NTP service configured for each server so that the local system time for each server is synchronized If you have NTP servers and you want to synchronize time between Oracle Database Appliance nodes using NTP then be prepared to provide the addresses for the servers Otherwise the Oracle Grid Infrastructure software provides time synchronization between nodes using Cluster Time Synchronization Service CTSS 2 Will the public IP address cables be plugged in to redundant switches to avoid a single point of failure for Oracle Database Appliance 3 What root password should you use for Oracle Database Appliance Root passwords should comply with your system security requirements Questions to Ask Your Network Administrator Confirm with your network administrator that the
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50. le Database Appliance X3 2 database redo log files are stored on solid state drives SSDs in the storage shelf and the optional storage expansion shelf On Oracle Database Appliance Version 1 data files are stored in the shared storage bay and database redo log files are stored on solid state drives SSDs in the shared storage bay There is not an option to add a storage expansion shelf Oracle Database Appliance X5 2 contains four 400 GB SSDs which will be configured as an ASM disk group with ACFS to be used as an additional database cache Also on Oracle Database Appliance X5 2 the 200 GB SSDs are used for attribute caching for ACFS along with the database redo logs Note Oracle Database Appliance X4 2 ships with 900GB shared disks and Oracle Database Appliance X5 2 ships with 4TB shared disks Disk hardware capacity is measured using 1 KB 1 000 bytes whereas software storage requirements are based on 1 KB 1 024 bytes This means that a disk with a rated capacity of 900 GB has only about 838 GB of space for software storage and a 4TB disk is actually 3 725 TB Ensure that the names and addresses that you provide for configuration are configured in your Domain Name System DNS servers With Patch Set 1 and later the addresses that you provide are configured in the etc hosts file to provide IP name and address resolution even if a DNS server is not available If you are deploying Oracle Database Appliance X4 2 or
51. le Clusterware supports the Intelligent Platform Management Interface IPMI an industry standard protocol that can isolate a failed node from the rest of the cluster IPMI can restart a problematic node without cooperation from either Oracle Clusterware or from the operating system Configuring IPMI is an option when performing a custom deployment of Oracle Database Appliance If you completed a custom deployment and configured IPMI then change the default user name and password using the following procedure 1 Login as the user grid 2 Enter the command crsctl set css ipmiadmin username where username is the new name for the IPMI administrator account Provide a new password when prompted For example u01 app 12 1 0 2 grid bin crsctl set css ipmiadmin racadm IPMI BMC password Oracle Database Appliance Postinstallation Tasks 5 1 Configuring Oracle Auto Service Request CRS 4229 The IPMI information change was successful Note Do not change the default password until after you have completed software deployment on Oracle Database Appliance If you change the password before deployment completes then you might encounter configuration errors Configuring Oracle Auto Service Request Oracle Auto Service Request Oracle ASR is a secure support feature that automatically generates a service request for specific hardware faults Oracle ASR can improve system availability through expedited diagnostics and priority
52. liance X5 2 Oracle Database Appliance models X3 2 X4 2 and X5 2 can be shipped with one or two storage shelves You can obtain the second shelf at a later time to double your storage capacity Use the instructions in the section Attaching Storage Expansion Shelf if your Oracle Database Appliance has a storage expansion shelf either during initial installation or if obtained later Attaching Storage Expansion Shelf If you originally deploy Oracle Database Appliance with only one storage shelf then you might add storage expansion shelf at any time without having to shut down your databases or applications Tip Oracle recommends that you add a storage expansion shelf when you have relatively little activity on your databases As soon as Oracle Database Appliance recognizes the new storage ASM automatically rebalances the disk groups which might degrade database performance until the operation completes Whether your storage expansion shelf was part of your original shipment or was obtained after deployment of Oracle Database Appliance complete the following two tasks to install and to cable the shelf a Installing a Storage Expansion Shelf a Cabling a Storage Expansion Shelf Installing a Storage Expansion Shelf To install a storage expansion shelf 1 Physically locate the storage expansion shelf below your Oracle Database Appliance if possible or else close enough to connect the provided cables Readying Oracle Databas
53. more information about VLANs on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform When the command completes verify that your deployment of ODA_BASE is valid by running the show oda_base command Examine the output to confirm that ODA_BASE is configured as shown in the following example oakcli show oda_base ODA base domain ODA base CPU cores 2 ODA base domain memory 16 ODA base template tmp oda_base_2 10 tar gz ODA base vlans privl net1 net2 net3 net4 db_mgmt ODA base current status Running Tip If you have problems and need to cleanup and start again with a new ODA_BASE deployment then first run the following command from Dom0 on Node 0 opt oracle oak tools cleanOdabase py This command will remove ODA_BASE so that you can try a fresh deployment If you are deploying Oracle Database Appliance X3 2 Oracle Database Appliance X4 2 or Oracle Database Appliance X5 2 then Oracle recommends that you check the storage cabling before continuing with deployment To perform this check connect to ODA_BASE on Dom0 using root for the user name and welcome for the password After connecting run the following command oakcli validate c storagetopology The command will display errors if the cables between the two nodes and the storage shelf or shelves are not in the correct sockets 4 4 Oracle Database Appliance Getting Started Guide Deployment Tasks An Annotated Check List Task 4 Prepare to Run O
54. naging database system that is scalable for small and large businesses Oracle Database Appliance Provides Capacity on Demand Licensing Deploy as few or as many processors in Oracle Database Appliance as your workload requires within the limits described below Capacity on Demand software licensing enables you to scale quickly to more processor cores without incurring the excessive costs and downtime usually associated with hardware upgrades Oracle Database Appliance X5 2 scales from a minimum of 2 processor cores up to 72 processor cores on bare metal and on Oracle Database Appliance X5 2 Virtualized Platform Oracle Database Appliance X4 2 scales from a minimum of 2 processor cores up to 48 processor cores on bare metal and on Oracle Database Appliance X4 2 Virtualized Platform Oracle Database Appliance X3 2 scales from a minimum 4 processor cores up to 32 processor cores If you deploy Oracle Database Appliance X3 2 Virtualized Platform license processor cores for your OODA_BASE only from a minimum of 2 processor cores to a maximum of 32 processor cores Oracle Database Appliance Version 1 scales from a minimum of 2 processor cores up to 24 processor cores on bare metal and on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform 1 2 Oracle Database Appliance Getting Started Guide Overview of Oracle Database Appliance Deployment The decision to use bare metal or Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform depends on your company
55. nfigurator or build a new one at this time You can also use a configuration file previously built and saved on Oracle Database Appliance To initiate the deployment using an existing configuration file enter a command similar to the following substituting your file s name and directory path as necessary oakcli deploy conf tmp onecommand param Note Do not use a configuration file created for an earlier version of Oracle Appliance Manager configurator If you do not have a current configuration file then complete a real time configuration and deployment as described in the following step To initiate a real time configuration and deployment enter the following command oakcli deploy Follow the instructions to complete the Oracle Appliance Manager configurator screens given in Creating an Oracle Appliance Manager Deployment Plan on page 2 10 Select the Install option on the configurator Summary page to complete the deployment When the deployment is complete on both nodes you will see the message Oracle Database Appliance Deployment successful Deploying Oracle Software on Oracle Database Appliance 4 5 Deployment Tasks An Annotated Check List Note If you encounter deployment problems and need to cleanup and to perform a fresh deployment then run the following command on Node 0 from Dom0 if you are configuring Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform opt oracle oak onecmd cleanupDeplo
56. nt plan 2 10 deployment steps overview 1 3 DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol configuring initial network 3 16 connect to Oracle ILOM 3 15 initial network 3 16 Oracle ILOM configuration 3 14 DNS Index 1 See domain name system domain name system configurator 2 13 initial network 3 16 prepare to install 1 4 2 5 domain name system server configure network names 1 4 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol See DHCP E electrical connections attach power cords 3 9 electrical power cords connecting 3 11 end user bundle deployment 4 2 4 3 download 4 2 software inventory 1 3 F fiber connections 3 4 firstnet configure initial network 3 16 4 2 flash configurator option 2 15 H hardware driver software inventory 1 3 InfiniBand 2 12 replacing cards 3 4 3 14 InfiniBand interconnect cabling 3 3 initial network configure 3 15 3 16 4 2 installation owner grid 5 1 oracle 5 1 password 5 1 instance caging overview 1 4 Integrated Lights Out Manager See Oracle ILOM interconnect InfiniBand 2 12 interconnect cables attach 3 2 storage expansion shelf 3 6 interconnect changing to fiber 3 14 Internet Protocol address See IP address See also public IP address and virtual IP address IP address Internet Protocol address default 2 9 required 2 9 Index 2 See also public IP address and virtual IP address IPMI Intelligent Platform Management I
57. nterface change password 5 1 K keyboard adding 3 8 L LED status when blinking 3 12 3 13 status when steady 3 12 3 13 licensing overview 1 2 Linux software inventory 1 3 monitor adding 3 8 mouse adding 3 8 My Oracle Support hardware SI 2 1 register 1 4 N network address checklist 2 6 Network Information Service NIS no SCAN support 2 7 network time protocol service NTP service configurator 2 8 2 12 system requirements 2 6 network validation configurator option 2 15 network defining public 3 13 NTP service See network time protocol service O OAKCLI See Oracle Appliance Manager command line interface oakcli commands configure asr 5 2 configure firstnet 3 16 4 2 deploy 4 4 4 5 deploy oda_base 4 3 show asr 5 2 show env_hw 4 1 show oda_base 4 4 show version 3 16 testasr 5 2 unpack 4 2 validate 3 16 4 4 See also Oracle Appliance Manager command line interface ODA_BASE software inventory 1 3 ODA_BASE template 4 3 Oracle Appliance Manager software inventory 1 3 Oracle Appliance Manager configurator about 2 10 automatic network server name and address generation 2 13 download standalone 1 4 example 2 11 network names and addresses 1 4 network validation errors 2 10 standalone download 2 10 using 2 10 Oracle Appliance Manager graphical user interfaceSee Oracle Appliance Manager configurator Oracle ASM Oracle Automatic Storage Managem
58. o configure your system at the time you deploy it you can wait and use the online configurator that is part of the base Oracle Database Appliance software About the Standalone Oracle Database Appliance Configurator The standalone Oracle Appliance Manager configurator is a Java based tool that enables you to generate your deployment plan and validate your network settings before the actual deployment If you want to use this tool before deployment then you must download and run the configurator on a local client system which can be a Linux UNIX MAC or Windows system At the end of an offline configurator session you can save your deployment plan in a configuration file When you are ready to deploy copy this configuration file to Oracle Database Appliance and run the online Oracle Appliance Manager configurator to import and deploy your saved plan You can also print the file s content and use the printout as a checklist for setting up your external network configuration Prior to saving your configuration file Oracle recommends that you test your network settings However this will only work correctly if your client system is connected to same network that you will use for Oracle Database Appliance Running the Standalone Oracle Database Appliance Configurator To run the standalone Oracle Database Appliance configurator 1 Download the standalone Oracle Appliance Manager configurator that matches your version of Oracle Databas
59. ody of Oracle Documentation unless there are features specific to Oracle Database Appliance Users of Oracle Database Appliance software are expected to have the same skills as users of any other Linux based Oracle Database and Oracle Real Application Clusters installations Documentation Accessibility For information about Oracle s commitment to accessibility visit the Oracle Accessibility Program website at http www oracle com pls topic lookup ctx acc amp id docacc Access to Oracle Support Oracle customers that have purchased support have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support For information visit http www oracle com pls topic lookup ctx acc amp id info or visit http www oracle com pls topic lookup ctx acc amp id trs if you are hearing impaired Related Documents The following documents along with this document are published in the Oracle Database Appliance online documentation library available at http www oracle com goto oda docs Oracle Database Appliance Setup Poster a full size printed copy ships with Oracle Database Appliance Oracle Database Appliance Getting Started Guide a Oracle Database Appliance Administration and Reference Guide a Oracle Database Appliance Release Notes for Linux x86 64 a Oracle Database Appliance Owner s Guide a Oracle Database Appliance Service Manual a Oracle Database Appliance Safety and Compliance Guide a Oracle Database Appliance Security Guide a
60. omplete Note You cannot obtain support or software from Oracle without registered SIs Planning Oracle Database Appliance Configuration Options You can deploy Oracle Database Appliance either as a bare metal or a virtualized system For bare metal installations decide how many CPU cores to enable and what database configuration options you need if any For Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform installations there are a number of additional options to consider See the following sections to plan your system appropriately a Selecting Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform Options This section describes the use of options such as shared disks and virtual local area networks a Selecting Database Configuration Options Preparing for Oracle Database Appliance Installation and Deployment 2 1 Planning Oracle Database Appliance Configuration Options This section describes the use of single instance Oracle Real Application Clusters Oracle RAC and Oracle RAC One Node databases and sizing templates to configure your initial database This information is relevant to you if you plan to configure an initial database during deployment on bare metal or virtualized systems Selecting Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform Options Before you implement virtual machines you must decide how and where they will run Based on your requirements you might provide high availability options reduce interferen
61. on Oracle Database Appliance with one or more storage shelves unless you are planning a virtualized platform deployment For Readying Oracle Database Appliance for Deployment 3 15 Validating Oracle Appliance Manager Software Version Virtualized Platform installations the check is performed after deploying the system as described in Chapter 4 Perform this check by running the oakcli validate c storageTopology command 3 Run the command oakcli configure firstnet to configure the initial network You might need to refer to data that you collected on the work sheets in the first section of this chapter for some of the required values Use the global option by accepting the default value in the first prompt and then provide the required data for the remaining prompts You do not need to enter anything to accept the default values that are shown in square brackets at the end of prompts The following is an example shows the key features of the dialog some details may be different depending on the model of Oracle Database Appliance In this example default values are always selected and values that you need to provide when running the command shown in italic font oakcli configure firstnet Configure the network for the node s local global global The network configuration for both nodes Domain Name your organization domain name DNS Server s Primary Dns Server your primary DNS server Secondary Dns Server your secondary D
62. onal characters c to your host name Additionally Oracle recommends that you use all lower case characters for the host name Note You will need to provide a new password for the root user during deployment However there is no entry for this password in the preceding table because this is not a value that you should write down Checklist for Custom Node Network Address Configuration By default names for network interfaces are derived from the Oracle Database Appliance system name which you provide during installation Also when using the Oracle Appliance Manager configurator the addresses for the public IP addresses can be automatically assigned in a sequence starting with the address you provide for the public IP address for Node 0 The other IP addresses generated are in order the public address for Node 1 the virtual IP address for Node 0 the virtual IP address for Node 1 and the SCAN addresses Use the following checklist table to identify the IP addresses required for Oracle Database Appliance and any default network addresses You can retain the default values or use addresses provided by your system administrator to perform a Custom configuration When using your own values you may wish to print this table and use the Your Values As Applicable column to record these values Ensure that all addresses with an X in the Same Subnet column are on the same subnet as each other Table 2 3 Minimum IP Addr
63. onfiguration file by clicking Browse Preparing for Oracle Database Appliance Installation and Deployment 2 11 Creating an Oracle Appliance Manager Deployment Plan Configuration Type _ORACLE lt DD DATABASE APPLIANCE ESS p Welcome e Configuration Type Select Configuration Type Y System Information N e Typical Recommended Custom _ SAP Application x Select Hardware Select Environment i ODA X5 2 Bare Metal CO Virtualized Platform ELSE REEL C Infiniband Load an existing configuration Browse Moo g T Help lt Back _Newt gt Cancel Oracle recommends the typical configuration except for SAP databases and applications in which case select SAP Application Choose the Custom option to configure additional or alternate network interfaces or to override the default values for one or more of the following a Database block size language territory backup file location or disk redundancy level for the DATA and RECO disk groups a Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager Oracle I LOM server a Oracle Auto Service Request Oracle ASR configuration a Oracle Cloud File System mount point and file system size a Network Time Protocol service server To see the default values for your version of Oracle Database Appliance software before choosing the Typical or Custom option run the configurator using the Custom option If you are installing Or
64. outs in the preceding figure Caution Before you insert any power cables ensure that the power supply On Off switch on the storage shelf is in the Off position If a storage expansion shelf is installed then ensure that the power supply switches on both storage shelves are in the Off position Table 3 3 Electrical Power Cord Connections for Oracle Database Appliance with Storage Shelves Callout Number from Figure 3 8 and AC Figure 3 9 Component Circuit 1 Node 1 AC1 2 Node 0 AC1 Readying Oracle Database Appliance for Deployment 3 11 Booting Up the First Time Table 3 3 Cont Electrical Power Cord Connections for Oracle Database Appliance with Storage Shelves Callout Number from Figure 3 8 and AC Figure 3 9 Component Circuit 3 Node 1 AC2 4 Node 0 AC2 5 Storage expansion shelf Not required for AC1 single storage shelf implementations 6 Storage shelf ACI 7 Storage shelf AC2 8 Storage expansion shelf Not required for AC2 single storage shelf implementations Oracle Database Appliance Version 1 hardware has only one power socket for each node The power sockets are at the lower left corner of the rear panels Ensure that the electrical outlets providing the power are grounded before plugging in the power cords See Also Oracle Database Owner s Guide for details about cabling with the supplied Cable Management Arm Powering On the First Time Before continuing with the follo
65. p www oracle com goto oda docs The fourth category includes documents from other sources as indicated which contain information that you might require a Orientation Setup Poster Getting Started Guide Release Notes a Installation and Deployment Setup Poster Getting Started Guide About Oracle Database Appliance 1 1 About Oracle Database Appliance Release Notes Licensing Information Safety and Compliance Guide Owner s Guide Ongoing Management Service Manual Security Guide Administration and Reference Guide General Resources Oracle Database Administrator s Guide and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide Oracle Database Documentation Library at http docs oracle com Sun Server X3 2 Sun Server X4 2 and Oracle Server X5 2 documentation at http docs oracle com en hardware tab 2 Note You will find a full size full color printed copy of the Setup Poster in your Oracle Database Appliance shipment The copy in the library mentioned in the preceding list is a PDF file accompanied by a text version of its contents for your convenience About Oracle Database Appliance Oracle Database Appliance simplifies deployment maintenance and support for high availability database solutions built from Oracle Database templates designed for optimal performance on this platform Oracle Database Appliance provides a reliable resilient self ma
66. ployment to convert from a bare metal to a virtualized platform or from a virtualized to a bare metal platform after running a cleanup script as described at the end of this chapter Note If you are planning to convert from Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform to a bare metal deployment first check with My Oracle Support to confirm that you have a compatible image installed See Also Oracle Database Appliance Setup Poster for an overview of the deployment process Deployment Tasks An Annotated Check List You must complete the deployment tasks in the order that they are listed However some tasks are not needed for bare metal deployments and other steps are not needed for virtualized platform deployments When you are not required to complete a task for your type of deployment continue with the next required task Task 1 Check Oracle Database Appliance Virtualization Status Virtualized Platform Deployments Only To check whether Oracle Database Appliance has a virtualized image installed log in as root with the password welcome1 and enter the command oakcli show env_hw If the output contains the value VM Dom0 along with the model of your hardware then you can proceed with deployment of Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform Deploying Oracle Software on Oracle Database Appliance 4 1 Deployment Tasks An Annotated Check List as described in the next section If the command does not produce the r
67. racle Database Manager Configurator All Platform Deployments Log into Node 0 of Oracle Database Appliance as the root user with the default password If you are deploying on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform then you need to connect to Dom0 through VNC using dom0 for the Hostname and 5900 for the Port If you want to deploy from a configuration file that you created offline as described in Creating an Oracle Appliance Manager Deployment Plan on page 2 10 then copy the configuration file to Oracle Database Appliance using a command similar to the scp command used to copy the patch in Step 4 of your previous task If you are deploying on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform then you need to copy the file from Dom0 to ODA_BASE using another scp command to send the file to the internal IP address 192 168 16 27 You can place the configuration file in the tmp directory for convenience or into a more permanent location for future use Run the command startx to ready the X Window System for Oracle Appliance Manager configurator Note Set the DISPLAY variable in your terminal window if the oakcli deploy command fails to open the Welcome window in Oracle Appliance Manager configurator Task 5 Deploy Your Configuration All Platform Deployments You must have a configuration file to deploy Oracle Database Appliance You can use a file that you created earlier with the standalone Oracle Appliance Manager co
68. rk defining 3 13 R Real Application Clusters See Oracle RAC redo log files physical storage 2 5 redundancy level disk group configurator 2 8 2 12 root password configurator entry 2 13 S SAP Application configurator option 2 12 SCAN single client access name checklist 2 7 address 2 6 configurator 2 13 2 14 IP address 2 9 network access checklist 2 6 no NIS support 2 7 subnet address 2 6 SI Support Identifier add to profile 2 1 ASR requirement 5 2 register 1 4 2 1 single client access name See SCAN software license registration 2 1 overview 1 3 SSDs configurator option 2 15 storage expansion shelf adding 3 5 Index 3 support identifier See SI system name configurator entry 2 13 system requirements checklist 2 5 T template database optimized for Oracle Database Appliance 1 3 Oracle DBCA 2 4 select 2 3 software inventory 1 3 troubleshooting network validation 2 10 turning on Oracle Database Appliance 3 12 V validation errors names and addresses on the DNS 2 10 virtual IP address virtual Internet Protocol address checklist 2 6 2 7 configurator 2 13 2 14 Oracle RAC requirement 2 9 subnet 2 6 Index 4
69. root and the default password changeme The Oracle ILOM web interface appears 2 Log in using a command line interface CLI by completing these steps a Using a client system establish a secure shell SSH connection by entering the following on the command line ssh 1 root sp_ip_address where sp_ip_address is the IP address assigned by DHCP b Enter the default user name root and the default password changeme The Oracle ILOM CLI prompt appears See Also The Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager Documentation Library at http docs oracle com cd E19860 01 index html for additional information about Oracle ILOM Configuring Initial Network Connection To manage your Oracle Database Appliance deployment across a network you need to configure an initial network connection You use this network to transfer deployment software to Oracle Database Appliance If you have physical access to your Oracle Database Appliance then you can download deployment software to USB storage that you plug into the system in which case you do not need an initial network Note An initial network configuration will be replaced during the final image deployment 1 Login as root password welcomel If you are configuring the network on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform then login to Dom0 to complete this step 2 Oracle recommends that you perform a validity check of the cables before you perform any other actions
70. s for the green and yellow cables or the labels at the ends of each cable with the colored line shown in the following illustration Also match the cable colors to the background colors of the socket identification labels If you are unable to use color coding then use the callout numbers described in Table 3 1 to complete the cabling for Oracle Database Appliance with a single storage shelf Because all cables with the same terminations are interchangeable you can safely ignore the color coding Figure 3 1 Interconnects and Cables for Single Storage Shelf on Oracle Database Appliance X5 2 Storage Shelf 3 2 Product Title BookTitle as a Variable Attaching Supplied Cables Figure 3 2 Interconnects and Cables for Single Storage Shelf on Oracle Database Appliance X4 2 and X3 2 Model X4 2 rE TTH Model X3 2 Node 1 Sareea F node 0 see ane Storage Shelf The cables shown in Figure 3 1 and Figure 3 2 and described in Table 3 1 are included with each shipped Oracle Database Appliance Other than the green and yellow Cat 6 cables the cables are all black but have colored labels at each end that match the references to cable colors in the text and the label colors on the back panels Note The back panel of each node contains three PCIe generation 3 terminal slots with two sockets in each slot The PCIe slots are labeled X PCIe3 where X is the PCIe slot number Table 3 1 identifies t
71. shipped Oracle Database Appliance storage expansion shelf These cables are all black but have colored labels at each end that match the references to cable colors in the text and the label colors on the back panels Note The back panel of each node contains three PCIe generation 3 terminal slots with two sockets in each slot The PCle slots are labeled X PCIe3 where X is the PCIe slot number Table 3 2 identifies these slots as PCIe slot 1 PCIe slot 2 and PCIe slot 3 which matches the numbers on the labels reading from left to right The storage expansion shelf back panel has two IO modules one located above the other Each IO module has three ports numbered 0 1 and 2 Table 3 2 identifies these ports as either top or bottom ports for ports in the upper and in the lower IO module respectively Table 3 2 Description of Callouts for Cabling Oracle Database Appliance Storage Expansion Shelf Callout Number from Figure 3 4 and Figure 3 5 Description 7 Dark blue SAS cable a From Node 1 PCIe slot 2 SASO To Storage expansion shelf top I O port 0 8 Light blue SAS cable a From Node 1 PCIe slot 3 SAS1 To Storage expansion shelf bottom I O port 0 9 Dark red SAS cable a From Node 0 PCIe slot 2 SAS1 To Storage expansion shelf top I O port 1 10 Light red SAS cable a From Node 0 PCIe slot 3 SASO To Storage expansion shelf bottom I O port 1 Caution Do not attach cables to eth
72. sion shelf Configuring Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager Although this is not a required step or one that you can perform after deployment Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM provides alternate ways to restart and troubleshoot Oracle Database Appliance Configuring Initial Network Connection To build your network information during deployment you need a temporary network configuration framework which this section explains how to configure Validating Oracle Appliance Manager Software Version Oracle recommends that you always use the current version of Oracle Database Appliance software if you are deploying or redeploying Caution Electronic equipment is susceptible to damage by static electricity Use a grounded antistatic wrist strap foot strap or equivalent safety equipment to prevent electrostatic damage ESD when you install or service the system Readying Oracle Database Appliance for Deployment 3 1 Attaching Supplied Cables See Also Oracle Database Appliance Setup Poster for an overview of Oracle Database Appliance setup tasks a Oracle Database Appliance Owner s Guide to obtain more detailed hardware installation instructions and safety guidelines Attaching Supplied Cables Use Figure 3 1 and Figure 3 2 to guide you as you insert the supplied cables into Oracle Database Appliance models with a single storage shelf If you are able to distinguish colors then match cable color
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74. tup or added later Cabling a Storage Expansion Shelf Figure 3 4 and Figure 3 5 show you how to insert the required cables into the storage expansion shelf of Oracle Database Appliance The cables for the two nodes and the original storage shelf are included in the illustration for reference If you are able to distinguish colors match the colors of the labels at the ends of each cable with the colored line shown in the following illustration Also match the cable colors to the background colors of the socket identification labels If you are unable to use color coding then use the callout numbers described in Table 3 2 to complete the cabling of the storage expansion shelf Because all cables with the same terminations are interchangeable you can ignore the color coding 3 6 Product Title BookTitle as a Variable Attaching Storage Expansion Shelf Figure 3 4 Cables for Storage Expansion Shelf on Oracle Database Appliance X5 2 i Node 1 Node 0 Storage Shelf Storage Expansion Shelf Figure 3 5 Cables for Storage Expansion Shelf on Oracle Database Appliance X3 2 and X4 2 Model X4 2 rae Model X3 2 Node 1 Node 0 Storage Shelf Storage Expansion Shelf Readying Oracle Database Appliance for Deployment 3 7 Attaching Peripheral Devices The cables identified with callout numbers in Figure 3 4 and Figure 3 5 and described in Table 3 2 are included with each
75. wing steps ensure that all of the required power cables are attached to both Oracle Database Appliance nodes and to one or both storage shelves if included in your system Note You might notice that the two nodes appear to be running as soon as you attach the power cords because the fans are turned on and the front panel LEDs start to blink or eventually remain on However to properly start the system processors you must complete the steps in this section If attached switch the storage shelve s power supplies On Off switches to the On position Each storage shelf has a two power switches one located on the right side and one on the left side of the rear panel The disks begin to initialize which can take several minutes Note Do not apply main power to the server nodes until the storage shelves are fully initialized indicated by the green LEDs on the shelves and the system processer SP on the nodes staying steadily lit Wait for the server nodes and storage shelves if attached to complete their initialization steps To indicate that initialization is complete the green system processer SP LEDs on the front of the nodes will stop blinking and remain steadily on See callout 1 in the following figures the first of which shows the front 3 12 Product Title BookTitle as a Variable Booting Up the First Time panel of Oracle Database Appliance Version 1 and second of which shows the front p
76. y pl This command restores the servers to their predeployment state You can then restart the deployment 4 6 Oracle Database Appliance Getting Started Guide 9 Oracle Database Appliance Postinstallation Tasks This chapter describes the following administrative tasks that you must complete after you have deployed the software but before the system is operational Changing the Oracle Installation Owner Passwords Changing the IPMI User Name and Password Configuring Oracle Auto Service Request Changing the Oracle Installation Owner Passwords You must change the default administrative account passwords after installation to secure your system During deployment you should have changed the password of the root user After deployment change the Oracle Grid Infrastructure installation owner grid and Oracle Database installation owner oracle account passwords welcome1 to passwords that comply with your enterprise user security protocols Also if you created an initial database during deployment change the passwords for open database accounts such as the SYS SYSTEM DBSNMP users and other roles The default password for the SYS and SYSTEM users is welcomel See Also Oracle Database Appliance Security Guide Oracle Database Concepts and Oracle Database Security Guide for information about the required configuration and best practices to secure database systems Changing the IPMI User Name and Password Orac
77. ystem Name MySystem Network Information Region America z Timezone America Los_Angeles X New Root Password 000000000000 New Root Password confirm 000000000000 Help lt Back Next gt J Cancel Click Next 5 On the Network Information page provide your domain name DNS server addresses public and VIP addresses for your two nodes SCAN name and addresses and Netmask and Gateway addresses Preparing for Oracle Database Appliance Installation and Deployment 2 13 Creating an Oracle Appliance Manager Deployment Plan Network Information _ORACLE im DATABASE APPLIANCE a D l f System Information P Network Information DNS Servers 192 0 2 2 192 0 2 5 192 0 2 4 Y Database Information ME g T Help lt Back Next gt Cancel Domain Name mydomain example com Node0 Name Node0 IP Node1 Name Node1 IP Public MySystem0 192 0 2 18 MySystem1 192 0 2 19 VIP MySystem0 vip 192 0 2 20 MySystem1 vip 192 0 2 21 SCAN MySystem scan Addresses 192 0 2 22 192 0 2 23 Netmask 255 255 252 0 Gateway 192 0 0 1 As you enter data on this page some fields will automatically fill with values derived from earlier entries For example if the address that you provide for the Node 0 public IP address is 192 0 2 18 then the node addresses are assigned as follows Node 0 public IP address 192 0 2

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