Management Network IP Addresses

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You need management network IP addresses for these components in SuperCluster M8 or SuperCluster M7:

• One 1GbE host management IP address for every dedicated domain (Database Domain or Application Domain) and Root Domain in each PDomain.
• One 1GbE host management IP address for every database zone in a Database Domain that will be set up by your Oracle installer .
• One 1GbE host management IP address for every I/O Domain that will be set up by your Oracle installer6.
• Two 1GbE host management IP addresses for every PDomain in your system (two for each service processor in your system)
• One 1GbE host management IP address for every SPARC M8 or SPARC M7 server in your SuperCluster (one for each floating service processor alias in each server)
• One 1GbE host management IP address for each of these components:
- • Cisco Catalyst switch
- • IB switches (3)
- • PDUs (2)
- • Storage servers
- • ZFS storage controllers (2)
- • ISCSI for ZFS controllers (2)
• One Oracle ILOM IP address for each of these components:
- • Storage servers
- • ZFS storage controllers (2)

Note - It is best practice to have all the IP addresses on this network in sequential order. If you cannot set aside the appropriate number of sequential IP addresses for this network, and you must break the IP addresses into nonsequential addresses, the Oracle installer can break the IP addresses on this network into nonsequential blocks. However, this makes the information in the Installation Template more complex, and requires additional communication between you and your Oracle representative to ensure that the nonsequential IP addresses are correctly assigned to the appropriate components or domains in the system.

Keep in mind that you might want to configure additional database zones and I/O Domains after the initial installation, therefore additional IP addresses will be required. Plan accordingly for the total number of IP addresses needed for the SuperCluster networks in the future.