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Oracle SuperCluster M6-32

Owner's Guide: Overview

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Determining SuperCluster M6-32 Configurations

Configuration Flowchart

Determine the Number of Compute Servers

Determine the Number of DCUs in Each Compute Server

Determine the Number of CMUs in Each DCU

CMU Overview

Determine the Amount of Memory in Each DCU

Determine the PDomain Configuration on Each Compute Server

Determine the LDom Configuration for Each PDomain

Determining the Best Configuration for Your Situation

Understanding PDomain Configurations

Understanding High Redundancy

High Redundancy Flowchart

Number of Compute Servers

Type of Configuration PDomains

Allocating CPU Resources for LDoms

CPU Resources for LDoms Flowchart

Compute Server Level Considerations

LDom Level Considerations

Allocating Memory Resources for LDoms

Memory Resources for LDoms Flowchart

Compute Server Level Considerations

LDom Level Considerations

Understanding PCIe Cards and Slots for LDoms

PCIe Cards and Slots for LDoms Flowchart

Compute Server Level Considerations

LDom Level Considerations

Understanding Storage for LDoms

Storage for LDoms Flowchart

Compute Server Level Considerations

LDom Level Considerations

Understanding the Hardware

Understanding SuperCluster M6-32

SuperCluster M6-32 Overview

Spares Kit Components

Configuration Restrictions

Identifying SuperCluster M6-32 Components

Understanding the Compute Server

Storage Rack Overview

Understanding DCUs

DCU Overview

Understanding DCU Configurations

PCIe Device Root Complexes Overview

PCIe Communication and Paths Overview

Understanding DCU PCIe and EMS Slot Locations

Understanding Half-Populated DCU Root Complexes

Half-Populated DCU 0 PCIe Slot Root Complexes

Half-Populated DCU 1 PCIe Slot Root Complexes

Half-Populated DCU 2 PCIe Slot Root Complexes

Half-Populated DCU 3 PCIe Slot Root Complexes

Understanding Fully-Populated DCU Root Complexes

Fully-Populated DCU 0 PCIe Slot Root Complexes

Fully-Populated DCU 1 PCIe Slot Root Complexes

Fully-Populated DCU 2 PCIe Slot Root Complexes

Fully-Populated DCU 3 PCIe Slot Root Complexes

Understanding PDomains

PDomains Overview

PDomain Guidelines

Extended Configuration PDomain Overview

Understanding Extended Configuration PDomains

Understanding Four DCUs in One Compute Server (R1 Extended Configuration PDomains)

Understanding Four DCUs Across Two Compute Servers (R2 Extended Configuration PDomains)

Base Configuration Overview

Understanding Base Configuration PDomains

Understanding Four DCUs on One Compute Server (R3 Base Configuration PDomains)

Understanding Four DCUs Across Two Compute Servers (R4 Base Configuration PDomains)

Understanding Two DCUs on One Compute Server (R5 Base Configuration PDomains)

Understanding Two DCUs Across Two Compute Servers (R6 Base Configuration PDomains)

Understanding LDoms

Understanding Compute Server Hardware and Networks

CPU and Memory Resources Overview

LDoms and the PCIe Slots Overview

Management Network Overview

10GbE Client Access Network Overview

Understanding the IB Network

Understanding Domains

Dedicated Domains

Understanding SR-IOV Domain Types

Understanding LDom Configurations for Extended Configuration PDomains

Understanding LDom Configurations for Fully-Populated DCUs (Extended Configuration PDomains)

Understanding LDom Configurations for Half-Populated DCUs (Extended Configuration PDomains)

Understanding LDom Configurations for Base Configuration PDomains

Understanding LDom Configurations for Fully-Populated DCUs (Base Configuration PDomains)

Understanding LDom Configurations for Half-Populated DCUs (Base Configuration PDomains)

Understanding Clustering Software

Cluster Software Overview

Cluster Software for the Database Domain

Cluster Software for the Oracle Solaris Application Domains

Understanding System Administration Resources

Oracle ILOM Overview

Understanding Platform-Specific Oracle ILOM Features

SPARC: Server-Specific and New Oracle ILOM Features and Requirements

Unsupported Oracle ILOM Features

Oracle Solaris OS Overview

OpenBoot Overview

Oracle ILOM Remote Console Plus Overview

Oracle Hardware Management Pack Overview

Time Synchronization and NTP Service

SNMP Service

Multidomain Extensions to Oracle ILOM MIBs

LDAP/SSL

Active Directory

Glossary

Index

SuperCluster M6-32 Overview

SuperCluster M6-32 is a complete engineered system designed to run databases and applications on a single system. Ideal for consolidation and private cloud, SuperCluster M6-32 can run database, middleware, custom and third party applications. SuperCluster M6-32 is ideal for large scale database and application consolidation and private cloud. You can run a variety of workloads including OLTP and data warehousing, complex applications, and mixed workloads for extreme performance. With big memory, SuperCluster M6-32 can run databases and applications in memory while providing the highest levels of availability and serviceability. SuperCluster M6-32 can scale vertically, allowing customers to flexibly add compute and storage resources to meet demanding data center requirements.

SuperCluster M6-32 is an integrated hardware and software system designed to provide a complete platform for a wide range of application types and widely varied workloads. The SuperCluster M6-32 is intended for large-scale, performance-sensitive, mission-critical application deployments.

Clustering software, such as Oracle RAC and Oracle Solaris Cluster, are optional. Combined with SuperCluster M6-32, it enables a high degree of isolation between concurrently deployed applications, which have varied security, reliability, and performance requirements. SuperCluster M6-32 enables customers to develop a single environment that can support end-to-end consolidation of their entire applications portfolio.

SuperCluster M6-32 provides an optimal solution for all database workloads, ranging from scan-intensive data warehouse applications to highly concurrent OLTP applications. With its combination of smart Oracle Exadata Storage Server Software, complete and intelligent Oracle Database software, and the latest industry-standard hardware components, SuperCluster M6-32 delivers extreme performance in a highly-available, highly-secure environment. Oracle provides unique clustering and workload management capabilities so SuperCluster M6-32 is well-suited for consolidating multiple databases into a single grid. Delivered as a complete pre-optimized, and pre-configured package of software, servers, and storage, SuperCluster M6-32 is fast to implement, and it is ready to tackle your large-scale business applications.

SuperCluster M6-32 does not include any Oracle software licenses. Appropriate licensing of the following software is required when used on SuperCluster M6-32:

In addition, you should license the following software:


Note - For a full list of software license products, see http://www.oracle.com/supercluster.


SuperCluster M6-32 is designed to fully leverage an internal IB fabric that connects all of the processing, storage, memory, and external network interfaces within SuperCluster M6-32 to form a single, large computing device. Each SuperCluster M6-32 is connected to data center networks through 10GbE (traffic) and 1GbE (management) interfaces.

You can integrate SuperCluster M6-32 with Exadata or Exalogic machines by using the available IB expansion ports and optional data center switches. The IB technology used by SuperCluster M6-32 offers significantly high bandwidth, low latency, hardware-level reliability, and security. If you are using applications that follow Oracle's best practices for highly scalable, fault-tolerant systems, you do not need to make any application architecture or design changes to benefit from SuperCluster M6-32. You can connect a combination of SuperCluster M6-32 systems and Oracle Exadata Database Machines, to develop a single, large-scale environment. You can integrate SuperCluster M6-32 systems with their current data center infrastructure using the available 10GbE ports in each compute server.

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