Skip Headers
Oracle® Big Data Appliance Owner's Guide
Release 1 (1.0.3)
Part Number E25960-05
Home
Book List
Index
Contact Us
Next
PDF
·
Mobi
·
ePub
Contents
Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Related Documentation
Conventions
Backus-Naur Form Syntax
1
Introduction to Oracle Big Data Appliance
1.1
About Oracle Big Data Appliance
1.2
Oracle Big Data Appliance Rack
1.3
Server Components
1.4
Spare Kit Components
1.5
Oracle Big Data Appliance Management Software
1.6
Oracle Big Data Appliance Restrictions on Use
2
Site Requirements
2.1
General Environmental Requirements
2.2
Space Requirements
2.2.1
Receiving and Unpacking Requirements
2.2.2
Maintenance Access Requirements
2.3
Flooring Requirements
2.4
Electrical Power Requirements
2.4.1
PDUs for Oracle Big Data Appliance
2.4.1.1
Low-Voltage 15 kVA Single-Phase PDUs
2.4.1.2
Low-Voltage 15 kVA Three-Phase PDUs
2.4.1.3
High-Voltage 15 kVA Single-Phase PDUs
2.4.1.4
High-Voltage 15 kVA Three-Phase PDUs
2.4.2
Facility Power Requirements
2.4.3
Circuit Breaker Requirements
2.4.4
Grounding Guidelines
2.5
Temperature and Humidity Requirements
2.6
Ventilation and Cooling Requirements
2.7
Network Connection Requirements
2.8
Ensuring That the Site Is Ready
3
Network Requirements
3.1
Overview of Network Requirements
3.1.1
Default Network Connections
3.1.2
Minimum Requirements for the Networks
3.1.3
Network Diagram
3.2
Cabling the Client Network
3.2.1
How the Servers Connect to the Gateway Switches
3.2.2
Using Splitter Cables for Connecting to the 40 Gbps Physical Ports
3.2.3
Configuring Multiple Racks into a Single Hadoop Cluster
3.2.4
What About Data Centers without a 10 GbE Infrastructure?
3.3
Factory Network Settings
3.4
Port Assignments
4
Using the Oracle Big Data Appliance Configuration Utility
4.1
Overview of the Oracle Big Data Appliance Configuration Utility
4.2
Using the Oracle Big Data Appliance Configuration Utility
4.2.1
Using Open Office Calc
4.2.2
Generating the Configuration Files
4.2.3
About the Configuration Files
4.2.4
Checking for Network Errors
4.3
Network Configuration
4.4
Software Configuration
5
Installing Oracle Big Data Appliance at the Site
5.1
Reviewing Safety Guidelines
5.2
Unpacking Oracle Big Data Appliance
5.2.1
Contents of the Shipping Kit
5.2.2
Removing Oracle Big Data Appliance from the Shipping Crate
5.3
Placing Oracle Big Data Appliance in Its Allocated Space
5.3.1
Moving Oracle Big Data Appliance
5.3.2
Stabilizing Oracle Big Data Appliance
5.3.2.1
Stabilize the Oracle Big Data Appliance Rack with Leveling Feet
5.3.2.2
Stabilize the Oracle Big Data Appliance Rack with Mounting Brackets
5.3.3
Attaching a Ground Cable (Optional)
5.4
Powering On the System for the First Time
5.4.1
Inspecting the Oracle Big Data Appliance Rack After It Is in Place
5.4.2
Connecting Power Cords
5.4.3
Powering On Oracle Big Data Appliance
6
Using Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager
6.1
Oracle ILOM Overview
6.1.1
Oracle ILOM Interfaces
6.1.2
Oracle ILOM Users
6.2
Administrative Network Diagram
6.3
Oracle ILOM IP Addresses for Oracle Big Data Appliance Components
6.4
Connecting to Oracle ILOM Using the Network
6.4.1
Connecting to the Command-Line Interface
6.4.2
Connecting to the Web GUI
6.4.3
Opening a Remote KVM Session
6.5
Connecting to Oracle ILOM Using a Serial Connection
6.5.1
Connecting to Oracle ILOM of a Server
6.5.2
Connecting to Oracle ILOM of a Gateway Switch
6.5.3
Using ipmitool Commands When SP Network Information Is Lost
7
Using the dcli Utility
7.1
Overview of the dcli Utility
7.1.1
Setting Up Passwordless SSH
7.1.2
Basic Use of dcli
7.1.2.1
Getting Help
7.1.2.2
Identifying the Target Servers
7.1.2.3
Specifying the Commands
7.1.2.4
Controlling the Output Levels
7.2
dcli Syntax
7.3
dcli Return Values
7.4
dcli Examples
8
Configuring Oracle Big Data Appliance
8.1
Configuring the KVM Switch
8.1.1
Starting the KVM Switch
8.1.2
Connecting the KVM Switch to the Management Network
8.1.3
Checking the KVM Firmware Version
8.1.4
Configuring the KVM Switch to Access the Servers
8.1.5
Accessing a Server by Using the KVM Switch
8.2
Configuring the Cisco Ethernet Switch
8.2.1
Scope of the Configuration
8.2.2
Prerequisites for Configuring the Ethernet Switch
8.2.3
Configuring the Ethernet Switch on the Customer Network
8.2.4
Setting Up Telnet Access
8.2.5
Identifying the DNS Servers
8.2.6
Setting the Clock and Time Zone
8.2.7
Configuring the NTP Servers
8.2.8
Disabling the Spanning Tree
8.2.9
Verifying the Ethernet Configuration
8.3
Configuring the InfiniBand Leaf and Spine Switches
8.3.1
Configuring an InfiniBand Switch
8.3.2
Setting the Time Zone on an InfiniBand Switch
8.3.3
Checking the Health of an InfiniBand Switch
8.4
Configuring the Power Distribution Units
8.4.1
Connecting the PDUs to the Network
8.4.2
Verifying the PDU Firmware Version
8.4.3
Configuring the Threshold Settings for the PDUs
8.5
Configuring the Oracle Big Data Appliance Servers
8.6
Configuring the Network
8.6.1
Verifying the Factory Software Image
8.6.2
Copying the Configuration Files to Oracle Big Data Appliance
8.6.3
Starting the Network Configuration
8.6.4
Connecting to the Network
8.6.5
Completing the Network Configuration
8.7
Reinstalling the Base Image
8.8
Checking the Health of the Network
8.8.1
bdacheckhw
8.8.2
bdacheckib
8.8.3
bdachecknet
8.8.4
bdachecksw
8.8.5
bdadiag
8.8.6
bdaid
8.8.7
bdaimagevalidate
8.8.8
bdaredoclientnet
8.8.9
bdaserials
8.8.10
iblinkinfo
8.8.11
imagehistory
8.8.12
imageinfo
8.8.13
listlinkup
8.8.14
showvlan
8.8.15
showvnics
9
Connecting Multiple Oracle Big Data Appliance Racks
9.1
Extending a Rack by Adding Another Rack
9.2
Cabling Two Racks Together
9.3
Cabling Several Racks Together
10
Configuring Ethernet over InfiniBand
10.1
Introduction to Virtual NIC (VNIC)
10.2
Setting Up Ethernet over InfiniBand (EoIB)
11
Creating Virtual LANs
11.1
Introduction to VLAN
11.2
Tagging Ethernet Connectors with a VLAN Identifier
11.3
Creating VNICs and Associating Them with VLANs
11.4
Deleting VLANs
12
Setting Up Auto Service Request
12.1
Understanding Auto Service Request
12.2
Getting Ready for ASR Installation
12.3
Installing ASR Manager
12.3.1
Downloading the Software
12.3.2
Installing the ASM Package
12.3.3
Installing the Oracle Service Tags Bundle
12.4
Registering ASR Manager
12.5
Verifying ASR Manager
12.6
Configuring the Trap Destinations
12.7
Activating ASR Assets
12.8
Validating Auto Service Request on Oracle Big Data Appliance
12.9
Troubleshooting ASR
13
Installing the Oracle Big Data Appliance Software
13.1
Using the Mammoth Utility
13.2
Installing the Software on a Single or Primary Rack
13.3
Mammoth Utility Syntax
13.4
What If an Error Occurs During the Installation?
13.5
Adding a Rack to an Existing Cluster
13.6
Mammoth Utility Steps
14
Maintaining Oracle Big Data Appliance
14.1
Monitoring the Ambient Temperature of Servers
14.2
Powering On and Off Oracle Big Data Appliance
14.2.1
Nonemergency Power Procedures
14.2.1.1
Powering On Oracle Big Data Appliance
14.2.1.2
Powering On Servers Remotely Using Oracle ILOM
14.2.1.3
Powering Off Oracle Big Data Appliance
14.2.1.4
Powering On and Off Network Switches
14.2.2
Emergency Power-Off Considerations
14.2.2.1
Emergency Power-Off Procedure
14.2.2.2
Emergency Power-Off Switch
14.2.3
Cautions and Warnings
14.3
Adding Memory to a Server
14.4
Maintaining the Physical Disks of Servers
14.4.1
Verifying the Server Configuration
14.4.1.1
Verifying Disk Controller Configuration
14.4.1.2
Verifying Virtual Drive Configuration
14.4.1.3
Verifying Physical Drive Configuration
14.5
Changing InfiniBand IP Addresses
14.6
Maintaining the InfiniBand Network
14.6.1
Backing Up and Restoring Oracle ILOM Switch Settings
14.6.1.1
Backing Up Oracle ILOM Configuration Settings
14.6.1.2
Restoring Oracle ILOM Configuration Settings
14.6.2
Replacing a Failed InfiniBand Switch
14.6.3
Verifying InfiniBand Network Operation
14.6.4
Understanding the Network Subnet Manager Master
14.7
Changing the NTP Servers
A
Replacement Units
A.1
Understanding Repair Categories
A.2
Compliance with the European Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive
A.3
Disk Controller Batteries
A.4
LED Status Descriptions
A.4.1
Sun Fire Server LEDs
A.4.2
Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Switch 36 LEDs
A.5
Parts for Sun Fire Servers
A.6
Parts for InfiniBand Switches
A.7
Parts for the Cisco Ethernet Switch
A.8
Parts for the KVM Switch and KMM Tray Components
A.9
Parts for Power Distribution Units
A.10
Cables and Cable Accessories for an Oracle Big Data Appliance Rack
B
Cabling Tables
B.1
Cable Color Coding
B.2
Oracle Big Data Appliance Rack Layout
B.3
Keyboard, Video, and Mouse Network Cable Connections
B.4
Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager Cable Connections
B.5
Single-Phase Power Distribution Unit Cable Connections
B.6
Three-Phase Power Distribution Unit Cable Connections
B.7
In-Rack InfiniBand Switch-to-Switch Cable Connections
B.8
In-Rack InfiniBand Switch-to-Server Cable Connections
C
Multirack Cabling Tables
C.1
Understanding Multirack Cabling
C.2
Key to Table Abbreviations
C.3
Two-Rack Cabling
C.4
Three-Rack Cabling
C.5
Four-Rack Cabling
C.6
Five-Rack Cabling
C.7
Six-Rack Cabling
C.8
Seven-Rack Cabling
C.9
Eight-Rack Cabling
Index
Scripting on this page enhances content navigation, but does not change the content in any way.