The Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance X3-2 consists of a Sun Rack II 1242 base, populated with the hardware components identified in Figure 1.1.
Table 1.1 Figure Legend
Item | Quantity | Description |
|---|---|---|
A | 1 | Sun ZFS Storage Appliance 7320 (version 2011.1.5.0) |
B | 2 | Sun Server X3-2, used as management nodes |
C | 2-25 | Sun Server X3-2, used as virtualization compute nodes |
D | 2 | Oracle Fabric Interconnect F1-15 Director Switch (version 3.9) |
E | 2 | NM2-36P Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Expansion Switch (version 2.1.2) |
F | 2 | Oracle Switch ES1-24 (version 1.3.0.9) |
At the software level, Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance leverages the virtualization technology of Oracle VM and Oracle Virtual Networking. Management, including updates, of the underlying hardware and software is orchestrated and largely automated by the Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance controller software.
