This chapter provides an overview of configuration planning considerations.
VSM 7 consists of a base unit and optional capacity upgrades.
VSM 7 consists of a base unit and optional capacity upgrades. The base unit is a VSM 7 in its minimum configuration, including:
A standard Sun Rack II cabinet, Model 1242
Full height Sun Rack 10 KV AMP (North America or International)
Two Oracle SPARC T7-2 servers in a specific configuration and factory preconfigured for VSM 7, including 10GbE Ethernet NICs, FC/FICON HBAs, SAS3 HBAs and TDX cards
Two Oracle Storage Drive Enclosure DE3-24C storage disk enclosures, each with five 200GB Flash SSDs and 19 8TB SAS HDD drives, representing 150TB native capacity
Two Oracle Switch ES1-24 10GbE Ethernet switches in a highly available top-of-rack redundant configuration for network management
SFPs, either SR or LR, installed into T7-2 FC HBAs
Depending on country, two VLE50HZ-POWER-Z or two VLE60HZ-POWER-Z power Power Distribution Units (PDUs)
Storage capacity upgrades are either base capacity upgrades that are factory-built when the base unit is assembled, or field capacity upgrades that are installed in the field. They add capacity to the base unit, which has two storage disk enclosures (150TB native capacity).
A storage capacity upgrade kit is packaged as two storage disk enclosures. Up to three upgrade kits can be installed in a VSM 7 base unit, for a total of four (375TB), six (600TB), or eight (825TB) storage disk enclosures in the unit.
For a VSM 7 with Oracle DE3-24C storage disk enclosures, a capacity upgrade kit has two Oracle DE3-24C storage disk enclosures, each containing 24 8TB SAS HDD drives and no Flash SSDs.
The native capacity for each possible VSM 7 configuration with Oracle DE3-24C storage disk enclosures is as follows:
VSM 7 base unit (two storage disk enclosures total): 150TB
VSM 7 base unit plus one capacity upgrade kit (four storage disk enclosures total): 375TB
VSM 7 base unit plus two capacity upgrade kits (six storage disk enclosures total): 600TB
VSM 7 base unit plus three capacity upgrade kits (eight storage disk enclosures total): 825TB
Customers may order either Long Wave or Short Wave SFPs for the FICON ports when their VSM 7 is built. This can be modified in the field with a field upgrade kit containing eight Long Wave or Short Wave SFPs:
The VSM 7 Long Wave FC/FICON field upgrade option has eight single LW SFPs.
The VSM 7 Short Wave FC/FICON field upgrade option has eight single SW SFPs.
Designing an optimized VSM 7 system to meet specific customer requirements requires close collaboration between Oracle personnel and key customer decision makers who are involved with selecting and implementing the system. Planning for more complex system implementations may require consultation with the Oracle Advanced Customer Services (ACS) group.
Define customer requirements.
Assess budgetary constraints.
Design an optimized VSM 7 system based on defined requirements and constraints.
Refer to the VSM Planning Spreadsheet for more detailed configuration information and a sample configuration to use for reference during the planning process. The spreadsheet is available to the account team from Oracle VSM Support.
Estimate capacity requirements and propose a system configuration.
Create a high-level conceptual diagram of the proposed VSM 7 system configuration.
Create a detailed engineering diagram of the proposed VSM 7 system configuration.
Present the VSM 7 system physical and functional configuration plans to key decision makers.