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

Table of Contents

1.1 What is Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance
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
1.3.8 Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance Diagnostics Tool
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 Backup
1.7 Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance Software Update

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