Oracle^® Exadata Storage Server X5-2 Extreme Flash Installation Guide

Exadata Storage Expansion Rack X5-2 Configuration Restrictions

The following restrictions apply to Oracle Exadata Storage Expansion Rack X5-2 flexible configurations:

• Up to 19 Exadata storage servers are supported in the rack.

• Oracle Exadata Storage Expansion Rack X5-2 cannot be converted to Oracle Exadata Database Machine X5-2 rack.

• Rack units U01, U20, U21, and U22 are reserved for the Cisco and Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Switch 36 switches.

• Exadata storage servers are installed in the rack in the following order:

  1. Up to 3 storage servers in U02 to U07, starting with U02.

  2. Up to 4 storage servers in U08 to U15, starting with U08.

  3. Up to 7 storage servers in U27 to U40, starting with U27.

  4. Up to 2 storage servers in U26 to U23, starting with U26.

  5. Up to 2 storage servers in U19 to U16, starting with U19.

  6. 1 storage server in U41 to U42.