Chapter 1 Concept, Architecture and Life Cycle of Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance X3-2

Table of Contents

1.1 What is Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance X3-2
1.2 Hardware Components
1.2.1 Management Nodes
1.2.2 Compute Nodes
1.2.3 Storage Appliance
1.2.4 Network Infrastructure
1.3 Software Components
1.3.1 Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance Dashboard
1.3.2 Password Manager (Wallet)
1.3.3 Oracle VM Manager
1.3.4 Operating Systems
1.3.5 Databases
1.3.6 Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance Management Software
1.3.7 Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance Configuration Script
1.4 Provisioning and Orchestration
1.4.1 Appliance Management Initialization
1.4.2 Compute Node Discovery and Provisioning
1.4.3 Server Pool Readiness
1.5 High Availability
1.6 Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance X3-2 Backup
1.7 Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance X3-2 Software Update

This chapter describes what Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance X3-2 is, which hardware and software it consists of, and how it is deployed as a virtualization platform.