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This document is part of the documentation library for Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance X3-2 Release 1.0, which is available at:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E40371_01
The documentation library consists of the following items:
The release notes provide a summary of the new features, changes, fixed bugs and known issues in Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance X3-2.
The installation guide provides detailed instructions to prepare the installation site and install Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance X3-2. It also includes the procedure to install an additional compute node.
The safety and compliance guide is a supplemental guide to the safety aspects of Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance X3-2. It conforms to Compliance Model No. OCA1A.
The administrator's guide provides instructions for using the management software. It is a comprehensive guide to how to configure, monitor and administer Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance X3-2.
The quick start poster provides a step-by-step description of the hardware installation and initial software configuration of Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance X3-2. A printed quick start poster is shipped with each Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance base rack, and is intended for data center operators and administrators who are new to the product.
The quick start poster is also available in the documentation library as an HTML guide, which contains alternate text for ADA 508 compliance.
The expansion node setup poster provides a step-by-step description of the installation procedure for an Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance expansion node. A printed expansion node setup poster is shipped with each Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance expansion node.
The expansion node setup poster is also available in the documentation library as an HTML guide, which contains alternate text for ADA 508 compliance.
The Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance X3-2 documentation is written for technicians, authorized service providers, data center operators and system administrators who want to install, configure and maintain a virtual compute environment in order to deploy virtual machines for users. It is assumed that readers have experience installing and troubleshooting hardware, are familiar with web and virtualization technologies and have a general understanding of operating systems such as UNIX (including Linux) and Windows.
The Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance makes use of Oracle Linux and Oracle Solaris operating systems within its component configuration. It is advisable that administrators have experience of these operating systems at the very least. Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance is capable of running virtual machines with a variety of operating systems including Oracle Solaris and other UNIXes, Linux and Microsoft Windows. The selection of operating systems deployed in guests on Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance determines the requirements of your administrative knowledge.
Additional documentation for components related to Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance X3-2 is available as follows:
All Oracle products
Sun Rack II 1042 and 1242
Sun Server X3-2
Sun ZFS Storage Appliance 7320
Oracle Switch ES1-24
NM2-36P Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Expansion Switch
Oracle Fabric Interconnect F1-15 Director Switch
Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 3.1
Oracle VM
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