Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documentation
• Conventions
• Backus-Naur Form Syntax

Changes in This Release for Oracle Big Data Appliance Owner's Guide

• Changes in Oracle Big Data Appliance Release 1 (1.1)

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 Parts 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 What About Data Centers Without a 10 GbE Infrastructure?
  • 3.2.4 Configuring Multiple Racks into a Single Hadoop Cluster
• 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 OpenOffice Spreadsheet
  • 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 the Oracle ILOM of a Server
  • 6.5.2 Connecting to the Oracle ILOM of a Gateway Switch

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 and Clock 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 bdacheckcluster
  • 8.8.2 bdacheckhw
  • 8.8.3 bdacheckib
  • 8.8.4 bdachecknet
  • 8.8.5 bdachecksw
  • 8.8.6 bdadiag
  • 8.8.7 bdaid
  • 8.8.8 bdaimagevalidate
  • 8.8.9 bdaredoclientnet
  • 8.8.10 bdaserials
  • 8.8.11 iblinkinfo
  • 8.8.12 imagehistory
  • 8.8.13 imageinfo
  • 8.8.14 listlinkup
  • 8.8.15 showvlan
  • 8.8.16 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 Setting Up Auto Service Request

• 10.1 Understanding Auto Service Request
• 10.2 Getting Ready for ASR Installation
• 10.3 Installing ASR Manager
  • 10.3.1 Downloading the Software
  • 10.3.2 Installing the Oracle Automated Service Manager Package
  • 10.3.3 Installing the Oracle Service Tags Bundle
• 10.4 Registering ASR Manager
• 10.5 Verifying ASR Manager
• 10.6 Configuring the Trap Destinations
• 10.7 Activating ASR Assets
• 10.8 Validating Auto Service Request on Oracle Big Data Appliance
• 10.9 Troubleshooting ASR

11 Installing the Oracle Big Data Appliance Software

• 11.1 Using the Mammoth Utility
• 11.2 Installing the Software on a Single or Primary Rack
• 11.3 Upgrading the Software on Oracle Big Data Appliance
• 11.4 Mammoth Utility Syntax
• 11.5 What If an Error Occurs During the Installation?
• 11.6 Adding a Rack to an Existing Cluster
• 11.7 Mammoth Utility Steps
• 11.8 Using the Mammoth Reconfiguration Utility
  • 11.8.1 Changing the Software Configuration
• 11.9 Mammoth Reconfiguration Utility Syntax

12 Maintaining Oracle Big Data Appliance

• 12.1 Monitoring the Ambient Temperature of Servers
• 12.2 Powering On and Off Oracle Big Data Appliance
  • 12.2.1 Nonemergency Power Procedures
    • 12.2.1.1 Powering On Oracle Big Data Appliance
    • 12.2.1.2 Powering On Servers Remotely Using Oracle ILOM
    • 12.2.1.3 Powering Off Oracle Big Data Appliance
    • 12.2.1.4 Powering On and Off Network Switches
  • 12.2.2 Emergency Power-Off Considerations
    • 12.2.2.1 Emergency Power-Off Procedure
    • 12.2.2.2 Emergency Power-Off Switch
  • 12.2.3 Cautions and Warnings
• 12.3 Adding Memory to a Server
• 12.4 Maintaining the Physical Disks of Servers
  • 12.4.1 Verifying the Server Configuration
    • 12.4.1.1 Verifying Disk Controller Configuration
    • 12.4.1.2 Verifying Virtual Drive Configuration
    • 12.4.1.3 Verifying Physical Drive Configuration
• 12.5 Replacing a Server Disk
  • 12.5.1 Overview of the Disk Replacement Process
  • 12.5.2 About Disk Drive Identifiers
    • 12.5.2.1 Standard Disk Drive Mappings
    • 12.5.2.2 Standard Mount Points
    • 12.5.2.3 Obtaining the Physical Slot Number of a Disk Drive
  • 12.5.3 Dismounting Partitions Before Replacing a Working Disk
  • 12.5.4 What If a Server Fails to Restart?
  • 12.5.5 Replacing a Disk Drive
  • 12.5.6 Identifying the Function of a Disk Drive
    • 12.5.6.1 Checking for Use by the Operating System
    • 12.5.6.2 Checking for Use by Oracle NoSQL Database
  • 12.5.7 Configuring an Operating System Disk
    • 12.5.7.1 Partitioning the Operating System Disk
    • 12.5.7.2 Repairing the RAID Arrays
    • 12.5.7.3 Formatting the HDFS Partition of an Operating System Disk
    • 12.5.7.4 Restoring the Swap Partition
    • 12.5.7.5 Restoring the GRUB Master Boot Records
  • 12.5.8 Configuring an Oracle NoSQL Database Disk
    • 12.5.8.1 Removing the Logical Volume for Oracle NoSQL Database
    • 12.5.8.2 Stopping the Oracle NoSQL Database Service
  • 12.5.9 Configuring an HDFS Disk
  • 12.5.10 Verifying the Disk Configuration
• 12.6 Changing InfiniBand IP Addresses
• 12.7 Maintaining the InfiniBand Network
  • 12.7.1 Backing Up and Restoring Oracle ILOM Settings
    • 12.7.1.1 Backing Up Oracle ILOM Configuration Settings
    • 12.7.1.2 Restoring Oracle ILOM Configuration Settings
  • 12.7.2 Replacing a Failed InfiniBand Switch
  • 12.7.3 Verifying InfiniBand Network Operation
  • 12.7.4 Understanding the Network Subnet Manager Master
• 12.8 Changing the NTP Servers

A Error Messages for Oracle Big Data Appliance

• A.1 Auto Service Request Alerts: DISKALRT-02001 to DISKALRT-02006

B Replacement Units

• B.1 Understanding Repair Categories
• B.2 Disk Controller Batteries
• B.3 LED Status Descriptions
  • B.3.1 Sun Fire Server LEDs
  • B.3.2 Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Switch 36 LEDs
• B.4 Parts for Sun Fire Servers
• B.5 Parts for the Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Switch 36
• B.6 Parts for the Sun Network QDR InfiniBand Gateway Switches
• B.7 Parts for the Cisco Ethernet Switch
• B.8 Parts for the KVM Switch and KMM Tray Components
• B.9 Parts for Power Distribution Units
• B.10 Cables and Cable Accessories for an Oracle Big Data Appliance Rack

C In-Rack Cabling Tables

• C.1 Cable Color Coding
• C.2 Oracle Big Data Appliance Rack Layout
• C.3 KVM Network Cable Connections
• C.4 Administrative Gigabit Ethernet Cable Connections
• C.5 Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager Cable Connections
• C.6 Single-Phase Power Distribution Unit Cable Connections
• C.7 Three-Phase Power Distribution Unit Cable Connections
• C.8 InfiniBand Switch-to-Switch Cable Connections
• C.9 InfiniBand Switch-to-Server Cable Connections

D Multirack Cabling Tables

• D.1 Understanding Multirack Cabling
  • D.1.1 Cabling the Switches in One Rack
  • D.1.2 Cabling the Switches in Two Racks
  • D.1.3 Cabling the Switches in Up to Eight Racks
• D.2 Key to Cabling Table Abbreviations
• D.3 Two-Rack Cabling
• D.4 Three-Rack Cabling
• D.5 Four-Rack Cabling
• D.6 Five-Rack Cabling
• D.7 Six-Rack Cabling
• D.8 Seven-Rack Cabling
• D.9 Eight-Rack Cabling

Index