1.3 Features of Oracle Private Cloud Appliance

Oracle PCA includes the following features:

  • Converged infrastructure orchestration software: Automated discovery, configuration, and management of included server, network, and storage resources for rapid infrastructure provisioning.

  • Unified, software-defined network fabric: Incorporated Oracle Fabric Interconnect hardware provides a single, consolidated fabric allowing new networks to be dynamically added and existing networks to be modified without the need to manually modify cabling.

  • Rapid application stack deployment, not just infrastructure: Support for ready-to-run Oracle VM Templates and Assemblies enables users to rapidly deploy not only the infrastructure, but also the applications that are hosted on the infrastructure.

  • Support for a wide variety of guest operating systems: Support for Linux, Oracle Solaris, and Windows operating systems and applications.

  • Support for customer-provided storage: Oracle PCA can be configured with external storage from Oracle or existing storage from other storage vendors.

  • Unified management: Browser-based orchestration software provides at-a-glance status for all hardware components. Role-based access control permits secure administration of the appliance across multiple administrators.