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Monitoring and management of the Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance X3-2 is achieved using the Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance Dashboard. This web-based graphical user interface is also used to perform the initial configuration of the appliance beyond the instructions provided in the Quick Start poster included in the packaging of the appliance.
Before starting the system and applying the initial configuration, read and understand the Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance X3-2 Release Notes. The section Known Limitations and Workarounds provides information that is critical for correctly executing the procedures in this document. Ignoring the release notes may cause you to configure the system incorrectly. Bringing the system back to normal operation may require a complete factory reset.
The Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance Dashboard allows you to perform the following tasks:
Initial software configuration for the appliance using the Network Setup tab, as described in Section 2.4, “Network Setup”.
Hardware monitoring and identification of each hardware component used in the appliance, accessed via the Hardware View tab described in Section 2.2, “Hardware View”.
Physical network monitoring and identification via the Network View tab described in Section 2.3, “Network View”.
Reconfiguration of appliance software, such as resetting the global password used for different components within the appliance, via the Network Setup tab, as described in Section 2.4, “Network Setup”.
The Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance software includes functionality that is currently not available through the Dashboard user interface:
Backup
The configuration of all components within Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance X3-2 is automatically backed up based on a crontab entry. This functionality is not configurable. Restoring a backup requires the intervention of an Oracle-qualified service person. For details, see Section 1.6, “Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance X3-2 Backup”.
Update
Immediately after power-on, the Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance X3-2 software must be updated from Release 1.0.1 to Release 1.0.2. The update process is controlled from the command line of the master management node. For details, see Section 1.7, “Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance X3-2 Software Update”. For step-by-step instructions, see Section 2.5, “Update”.
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