6 Understand Network Requirements and Configuration

This chapter describes the network requirements for the Exalogic machine.

It contains the following topics:

• Overview of Network Requirements

• Naming Conventions

• Important Notes for Oracle Solaris Users

• Network Connection and IP Address Requirements

• Default InfiniBand Bonded IP Addresses

• Introduction to Oracle Exalogic Network Configuration

• Prepare to Reconfigure the Networking of Exalogic Machine

• Subnet Manager Requirements for Connecting Exalogic to Exadata

• Network Configuration Worksheets