The Oracle PCA consists of a Sun Rack II 1242 base, populated with the hardware components identified in Figure 1.1.
Oracle Private Cloud Appliance base racks are factory installed with Sun Server X4-2 nodes. Earlier versions of the Oracle PCA were shipped with Sun Server X3-2 nodes, but these servers are no longer available although they continue to be supported by the Oracle PCA controller software. Oracle PCA racks that contain Sun Server X3-2 nodes may also contain Sun Server X4-2 nodes if additional nodes have been installed, or existing nodes have been replaced.
Software support for Sun Server X4-2 nodes is available as of Release 1.1.3 of the Oracle PCA controller software. The software must be upgraded to Release 1.1.3 or above to support Sun Server X4-2 hardware. Software installed on Oracle PCA racks that are currently being shipped is already at Release 1.1.3 or above.
Earlier versions of the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance were shipped with the Sun ZFS Storage Appliance 7320. This hardware component has since been replaced with the Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance ZS3-ES. Software support for the Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance ZS3-ES is available as of Release 1.1.3. All software releases continue to support the Sun ZFS Storage Appliance 7320.
Table 1.1 Figure Legend
Item | Quantity | Description |
|---|---|---|
A | 1 | Either Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance ZS3-ES or Sun ZFS Storage Appliance 7320 |
B | 2 | Either Sun Server X4-2 or Sun Server X3-2, used as management nodes |
C | 2-25 | Either Sun Server X4-2 or Sun Server X3-2, used as virtualization computing nodes |
D | 2 | Oracle Fabric Interconnect F1-15 |
E | 2 | NM2-36P Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Expansion Switch |
F | 2 | Oracle Switch ES1-24 |
At the software level, Oracle PCA 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 PCA controller software.