Cable the Oracle MaxRep Replication Engine

Connect the ports as indicated below to cable the Oracle MaxRep Replication Engine.

Prerequisites:

Refer to the site preparation plan to identify the Oracle MaxRep for SAN configuration to deploy before installing or cabling the Oracle MaxRep Replication Engine.
Identify the Ethernet ports that are to be used on the Replication Engine.
Obtain a range of IP addresses for the Replication Engine Ethernet ports.
Ensure that the customer’s network firewalls are configured to permit access to the Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) interface.

Refer to the site preparation plan to identify the Oracle MaxRep for SAN configuration to deploy before installing or cabling the Oracle MaxRep Replication Engine.
Identify the Ethernet ports that are to be used on the Replication Engine.
Obtain a range of IP addresses for the Replication Engine Ethernet ports.
Ensure that the customer’s network firewalls are configured to permit access to the Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) interface.

Connect the Ethernet ports to the management network switches.
Needed connections:
Ethernet port (ETH-0) and (ETH-2) of the Replication Engine must be connected to the management network switches using Cat5e Ethernet cables.
Note: ETH-2 is connected for redundant port bonding. If ETH-2 is not connected, only ETH-0 is used for management communications. In case of port bonding (FC-only), the Ethernet port (ETH-1) may be connected to the management network.
Connect the ILOM port to the management network to permit remote serviceability.
The ILOM port is required for Call‑Home functionality. Not connecting or configuring the ILOM port for the management network prevents notification of hardware failures.
Connect all four ports of HBA1 on the Replication Engine to the customer’s main Fibre Channel (FC) fabric.

In a dual fabric environment, connect both FC ports of HBA2 to the alternate FC fabric.

Note: To ensure that the Replication Engine can recover from SAN fabric failures, two HBAs are required on each Replication Engine.