17 Monitoring the Exalogic Machine Using Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center

This chapter describes how to manage assets of an Exalogic machine in a physical configuration using a standalone Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g Ops Center installation that is external to Exalogic.

The information in this chapter is intended to be a reference model, to help you understand how an external, standalone installation of an Oracle product like Enterprise Manger Ops Center 11g or Enterprise Manager Cloud Control can be used to manage the assets in an Exalogic machine in a physical configuration.

• For more information about Enterprise Manager Ops Center 12c, the preferred product for hardware-level management, see the Enterprise Manager Ops Center 12c documentation at http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E27363_01/index.htm.

• For more information about Enterprise Manager Cloud Control, see the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c documentation at http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E24628_01/index.htm.

Note:

Exalogic virtual configurations include Exalogic Control, which provides the management and monitoring interface for Exalogic. The information in this chapter is relevant only for Exalogic physical configurations.

This chapter contains the following sections:

• Overview

• Key Features

• Prerequisites

• Accessing Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center Documentation

• Launching Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center

• Understanding the Workflow

• Managing Users and Roles

• Discovering and Managing Exalogic Machine Hardware

• Grouping Exalogic Machine Hardware Assets

• Viewing Exalogic Compute Nodes

• Viewing InfiniBand Switches

• Viewing the Storage Appliance

• Viewing the InfiniBand Fabric and Its Nodes

• About Problem Management

• Using Monitoring Profiles and Rules

• Using Reports in Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center

• Using Oracle Services in Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center