The iSCSI configuration is used for smaller implementations, where the Oracle FS System has only iSCSI connectivity to the network and no Fiber Channel (FC) SAN connectivity. The iSCSI configuration provides an iSCSI data path between the Oracle FS System and the Oracle MaxRep Replication Engine. The Replication Engine is connected to the customer’s LAN using 1 Gb/s or 10 Gb/s RJ45 connections.
The iSCSI configuration using RJ45 connectors requires two 10 Gb/s RJ45 HBAs to be installed in the PCI slots of the Replication Engine in addition to the standard SAS RAID controller. The following figure indicates the HBAs that must be installed on the Replication Engine PCI slots for the iSCSI configuration using RJ45 connectors.
Figure 1: HBA ports for iSCSI configuration using RJ45 connectors
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1 Slot 1: SAS RAID controller 4 Slot 4: Empty 2 Slot 2: 10 Gb/s RJ45 HBA 5 Slot 5: 10 Gb/s RJ45 HBA 3 Slot 3: Empty 6 Slot 6: Empty