The Oracle Sun Data Center InfiniBand Switch 36 that is used by SuperCluster provides the network foundation for a high performance, highly scalable, and fully redundant backplane across all of the internal components.
The IB switches connect the compute servers, storage cells, and the ZFS storage appliance. The IB switches incorporate an embedded Oracle ILOM to provide advanced management and monitoring capabilities. In particular, the Oracle ILOM enables the monitoring and control of users, hardware, services, protocols, and other configuration parameters.
SuperCluster M8 and SuperCluster M7 have a minimum of two IB switches, with additional IB switches installed as needed for larger configurations. You must secure each individual IB switch.
These topics describe how to secure the IB switches in SuperCluster M8 and SuperCluster M7: