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 Oracle Server X5-2 nodes. Earlier versions of the Oracle PCA were shipped with Sun Server X4-2 or Sun Server X3-2 nodes, which continue to be supported by the Oracle PCA controller software. Oracle PCA racks that contain Sun Server X3-2 and/or Sun Server X4-2 nodes may also contain Oracle Server X5-2 nodes if additional nodes have been installed, or existing nodes have been replaced.
Software support for Oracle Server X5-2 expansion compute nodes is available as of Release 2.0.2 of the Oracle PCA controller software. Release 2.0.3 adds support for Oracle Server X5-2 management nodes. The software must be upgraded to the correct version to support Oracle Server X5-2 hardware.
The initial version of the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance, the X3-2 base rack, was 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 Oracle Server X5-2, Sun Server X4-2, or Sun Server X3-2, used as management nodes |
C | 2-25 | Either Oracle Server X5-2, Sun Server X4-2, or Sun Server X3-2, used as virtualization compute nodes (Due to the higher power requirements of the Oracle Server X5-2, if the appliance is equipped with 22kVA PDUs, the maximum number of compute nodes is 23.) |
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.