The Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance consists of a Sun Rack II 1242 base, populated with the hardware components identified in Figure 1.1.
Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance Release 1.1 software has support for Sun Server X4-2 and Sun Server X3-2 nodes. A Release 1.0 base rack system is factory-installed with Sun Server X3-2 nodes. The Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance controller software must be upgraded to Release 1.1 in order to support Sun Server X4-2 nodes. A Release 1.1 base rack is factory-installed with Sun Server X4-2 nodes.
Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance Release 1.1 software has support for two built-in ZFS storage appliance models: Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance ZS3-ES and Sun ZFS Storage Appliance 7320. A Release 1.0 base rack system is factory-installed with a Sun ZFS Storage Appliance 7320. A Release 1.1 base rack is factory-installed with an Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance ZS3-ES.
Table 1.1 Figure Legend
Item | Quantity | Description |
|---|---|---|
A | 1 | Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance ZS3-ES (for Release 1.0 base rack: Sun ZFS Storage Appliance 7320) |
B | 2 | Sun Server X4-2, used as management nodes (for Release 1.0 base rack: Sun Server X3-2) |
C | 2-25 | Sun Server X4-2, used as virtualization computing nodes (for Release 1.0 base rack: Sun Server X3-2) |
D | 2 | Oracle Fabric Interconnect F1-15 Director Switch |
E | 2 | NM2-36P Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Expansion Switch |
F | 2 | Oracle Switch ES1-24 |
At the software level, Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance leverages the virtualization technology of Oracle VM and Oracle Virtual Networking. Management, including updates, of the underlying hardware and software is orchestrated and largely automated by the Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance controller software.
