Oracle® SDN User's Guide

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Updated: November 2016
 
 

Minimum Hardware and Software Requirements

Hardware or Software
Minimum Version
Oracle IB switches
For EDR IB functionality:

  • Oracle InfiniBand Switch IS2-46 as a core or fan-out switch

  • Oracle InfiniBand Switch IS2-254 as a core IB switch

  • Oracle Fabric Interconnect F2-12 Virtualized I/O system as a core or fan-out switch

For QDR IB functionality:

  • Oracle Fabric Interconnect F1-15 as a core IB switch

  • Oracle Fabric Interconnect F1-4 as a core IB switch

    Oracle's Sun Data Center InfiniBand Switch 36 and Sun Network QDR InfiniBand Gateway Switch can be used as fan-out switches for either EDR or QDR fabrics.

Oracle HCAs
For EDR IB functionality, EDR-capable HCAs running supported firmware, for example, Oracle Dual Port EDR InfiniBand Adapter.
For QDR IB functionality, QDR-capable HCAs running supported firmware, for example, Oracle Dual Port QDR InfiniBand Adapter M4.
To support an HA PVI, a dual-port HCA is required so that each of the two VNICs in the PVI has a unique termination port.
Leaf switch, spine switch, or virtualization switch
For EDR IB functionality, two Oracle EDR IB switches running a supported version of Oracle Fabric OS.
Oracle Fabric Interconnects
For QDR IB functionality, two Oracle Fabric Interconnect F1-15 or F1-4 switches running a supported version of XgOS.
Switch OS
For EDR IB functionality, Oracle Fabric OS 1.0.0.
For QDR IB functionality, 3.7.0-XGOS.
Oracle Fabric Manager GUI
For EDR IB functionality, Oracle Fabric Manager 5.0.1.
For QDR IB functionality, Oracle Fabric Manager 4.x.
Linux host OS
For EDR IB functionality, Oracle Linux 6.7, Oracle Solaris 11.3 SRU9, or Oracle VM 3.4.1
For QDR IB functionality, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 update 1 OS with a minimum Oracle Virtual Networking host driver version of 5.0.0-LX.
ESX host OS
For EDR IB functionality, this OS is not supported.
For QDR IB functionality, VMware ESXi Server 5 update 0 (GA) OS with a minimum Oracle Virtual Networking host driver version of 5.1.0-ESX.
Windows host OS
For EDR IB functionality, this OS is not supported.
For QDR IB functionality, Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 OS with a minimum Oracle Virtual Networking host driver version of 5.2.2-WIN.
Oracle Solaris host OS
For EDR IB functionality, Oracle Solaris 11.3.
For QDR IB functionality, Oracle Solaris 11.2.

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