Chapter 6 Power On Appliance for the First Time

Steps:

1. Review the safety guidelines. Refer to Section 5.3.1. "Review Safety Guidelines" in the Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance Installation Guide.

2. Visually inspect the appliance.

   • Check the rack for damage and loose or missing screws.

   • Check that cables are securely connected.

   • Verify that power cables with appropriate connectors for your power source have been supplied.

   • Check the floor tile arrangement for cable access and airflow.

   • Check the airflow that leads in to the front of the system. (See Verify Installation Requirements.)

3. Connect the power cords.

   • Open the rear door.

   • Remove the cable ties from the power cords.

   • Route the power cords to the facility receptacles either above the rack or below the flooring.

     An image illustrates both cabling options. It shows a rack with power cables routed through the top, and a rack with power cables routed through the data center floor. A detail bubble in the center shows how power cords are secured in bundles.

   • Secure the power cords in bundles.

   • Plug the power distribution unit (PDU) power cords into the facility receptacles.

Steps:

1. Connect two 10GbE ports labeled 'Public' on both IO Director Switches to your (next-layer) data center switches.

   An image shows the rear panel of an F1-15 Director Switch. The two ports that must be connected to the data center network, are highlighted.

2. Connect a workstation with a web browser directly to the management network using the supplied blue Ethernet cable connected to port 24 of an Oracle ES1-24 switch.

3. Configure the workstation's wired network connection to use the IP address 192.168.4.254.

Steps:

1. Switch on all PDU circuit breakers located on the rear of the main PDU inside the rack. The circuit breakers are on the rear of the system cabinet.

   An image identifies the locations of the PDU circuit breakers in the rack. Detail bubbles show a circuit breaker in the On (I) and Off (O) position.

2. Wait approximately 2 minutes to allow PDU power-on configuration to complete.

   Note

   Appliance infrastructure components without power switches are powered on together with the PDUs.

3. Make sure that the circuit breakers on the Sun ZFS Storage Appliance are in the On ("I") position.

   An image shows the circuit breaker on the left power supply of the ZFS Storage Appliance. Note that the circuit breaker on the right power supply must also be switched on.

4. Press the Power button located on the front of the first management node (in rack unit 5).

   An image shows the full front panel of a management node, and a close-up of the left side where the controls are situated. Call-outs identify the Power button and the Power/OK LED.

5. Wait approximately 5 minutes to allow the management system to power on completely. When complete, the Power/OK LED illuminates and remains a steady green.

6. On the workstation, browse to the Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance Dashboard at: http://192.168.4.3.

   The page loads as soon as the web server on the management node is running. It has a built-in 20 second refresh interval.

   The first management node automatically powers on additional components and starts the provisioning of the compute nodes. Once the system has discovered and provisioned at least one compute node, the web interface becomes available. As compute nodes are provisioned, their status changes to green, indicating that they are ready.

   Note

   The provisioning of a full base rack takes approximately one hour, starting from the moment when the first management node is powered on.