2.2 Hardware Configuration

Table 2-1 describes the configuration for each of the hardware components of the Business Intelligence Machine.

Table 2-1 Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine Hardware

Component Description

Core Components

Compute Server

For X6-4 and X5-4: Oracle Server X5-4

For X4-4: Sun Server X4-4

For X3-4 and earlier: One Sun Fire X4470 M2 server

Power Supply

Two power supply units: 1U A239A 2000-watt AC power supply

System Processor

For X6-4: Four CPUs: E7-8895v3, 18C, 2.6 GHz, 155W, 44MB Cache, 8 GT/s QPI, Intel Turbo Boost Technology, Intel HT Technology Processor with Heatsink. X-Option. RoHS

For X5-4: Four CPUs: E7-8895v3, 18C, 2.6 GHz, 155W, 44MB Cache, 8 GT/s QPI, Intel Turbo Boost Technology, Intel HT Technology Processor with Heatsink. X-Option. RoHS

For X4-4: Four CPUs: E7-8895v2, 15C, 2.8 GHz, 155W, 37.5MB Cache, 8 GT/s QPI, Intel Turbo Boost Technology, Intel HT Technology Processor with Heatsink. X-Option. RoHS

For X3-4 and earlier: Four CPUs: E7-4870, 10C, 2.4 GHz, 130W, 30MB Cache, 6.4 GT/s QPI, Intel Turbo Boost Technology, Intel HT Technology Processor with Heatsink. X-Option. RoHS

System Memory

For X6-4 and X5-4: Sixty-four dual in-line memory modules: 32 GB, DDR3 LRDIMM-1600 (total system memory: 2 TB per server, upgradable to 3 TB)

For X4-4: Sixty-four dual in-line memory modules: 32 GB, DDR3 LRDIMM-1600 (total system memory: 2 TB per server, upgradable to 3 TB)

For X3-4: Sixty-four dual in-line memory modules: 32 GB, DDR3 RDIMM-1066 (total system memory: 2 TB per server)

For X2-4: Sixty-four dual in-line memory modules: LV DIMM, 16 GB, DDR3-1066, 1.35V (total system memory: 1 TB per server, upgradable to 2 TB)

SAS Host Bus Adapter (HBA)

For X6-4, X5-4: One Sun Storage 12 Gb SAS-3 PCIe RAID host bus adapter

For X4-4 and earlier: One SAS-2 8-port internal (2x4), 6 Gb, RAID PCIe Gen 2 host bus adapter

InfiniBandHost Channel Adapter (HCA)

For X6-4, X5-4, and X4-4: One Sun Dual Port QDR Infiniband host channel adapter for PCI Express Gen 3; Infiniband CX3

For X3-4 and earlier: One 2-port QDR InfiniBand host channel adapter

Ethernet Network Interface Card (NIC)

For X6-4 and X5-4: Two Dual-Port 10 Gigabit-Ethernet PCIe 2.0 Copper/Fiber SFP+ cards

For X4-4: Available as an option- One Dual-Port 10 Gigabit-Ethernet PCIe 2.0 Copper/Fiber SFP+ card

For X3-4 and earlier: One Dual-Port 10 Gigabit-Ethernet PCIe 2.0 Copper/Fiber SFP+ card

Fiberchannel Card

For X6-4, X5-4, and X4-4: Two Sun Storage 16 Gb Fiber Channel PCIe Universal HBA, QLogic

For X3-4 and earlier: One 8Gb Dual-Port Fiber Channel PCI-Express card

Hard Disk Drives (HDD)

For X6-4 and X5-4: Six 2.5 inch 1.2 TB 10K RPM SAS3 front-accessible, hot-swappable, drive bays (total HDD memory: 7.2 TB per server)

For X4-4: Six 2.5 inch 1.2 TB 10K RPM SAS2 hard disk drives (total HDD memory: 7.2 TB per server)

For X3-4: Six 2.5 inch 900 GB 10K RPM SAS2 hard disk drives (total HDD memory: 5.4 TB per server)

For X2-4: Six 2.5 inch 600 GB 10K RPM SAS2 hard disk drives (total HDD memory: 3.6 TB per server)

Cooling Fans

Six hot-swappable, redundant fans at chassis front (top-loading); redundant fans in each power supply

Flash cards

For X6-4: Three 3.2TB V-NAND Flash F320 NVMe AIC, Aura 6 (9.6 TB total)

For X5-4: Three 1.6 TB NVMe PCIe Flash Cards (4.8 TB total)

For X4-4: Three 800 GB Sun FlashAccelerator F80 PCIe cards

For X3-4: Six 400 GB Sun FlashAccelerator F40 PCIe cards

Accessories

Rack Mount Slide Rail Kit

One tool-less rack-mount slide-rail kit

Cable Management Arm (CMA)

One cable management arm

Ports and I/O Slots on the Server

USB 2.0 Ports

Two front, two rear, and one internal

VGA Ports

One front and one rear high-density DB-15 video port

The rear VGA port supports VESA Device Data Channel for monitor identification.

PCI Express I/O Slots

For X6-4, X5-4, and X4-4: Eleven PCI Express 3.0 slots that accommodate low-profile PCIe cards.

  • All slots support x8 PCIe connections

  • Slots 1 through 7, 9, and 10: x8-only connectors

  • Slots 8 and 11: x8 or x16 connectors

For X3-4 and X2-4: Ten PCI Express 2.0 slots that accommodate low-profile PCIe cards.

  • Slots 0 and 9: x4 electrical interface

  • Slots 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, and 8: x8 electrical interface

  • Slots 3 and 5: x8 or x16 electrical interface (x16 connector)

Ethernet Ports

For X6-4, X5-4, and X4-4: The four ports that can be used for either 10GbE or for slower 1GbE connections

Intel Ethernet Controller X540

For X3-4 and earlier: Four 10/100/1000 RJ-45 GbE ports on rear panel

Each Network Interface Controller (NIC) supports Intel QuickData Technology, Intel I/OAT, VMDq, PCI-SIG SR-IOV, IPSec offload, and LinkSec.

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