Oracle® Private Cloud Appliance

Installation Guide for Release 2.3

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E83753-09

December 2020

Table of Contents

1 Introduction to Oracle Private Cloud Appliance

1.1 System Installation Procedures

1.2 About Oracle Private Cloud Appliance

1.3 Features of Oracle Private Cloud Appliance

1.4 Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Rack Components

1.5 Server Components

1.6 Operational Procedures for Oracle Private Cloud Appliance

1.6.1 Emergency Power-off Considerations
1.6.2 Cautions and Warnings

2 Site Requirements

2.1 Space Requirements

2.1.1 Receiving and Unpacking Requirements
2.1.2 Maintenance Access Requirements

2.2 Flooring Requirements

2.3 Electrical Power Requirements

2.3.1 Facility Power Requirements
2.3.2 Circuit Breaker Requirements
2.3.3 Grounding Guidelines

2.4 Temperature and Humidity Requirements

2.5 Ventilation and Cooling Requirements

3 Network Requirements

3.1 Network Connection and IP Address Requirements

3.1.1 Network Connection Requirements
3.1.2 IP Address Requirements

3.2 General Network Configuration

4 Installing Oracle Private Cloud Appliance

4.1 Installation Task Map

4.2 Prepare to Install Oracle Private Cloud Appliance

4.2.1 Before You Begin
4.2.2 Review Safety Guidelines
4.2.3 Prepare the Installation Site
4.2.4 Tools Required for Unpacking and Installation
4.2.5 Unpack Oracle Private Cloud Appliance

4.3 Install Oracle Private Cloud Appliance in Its Allocated Space

4.3.1 Move Oracle Private Cloud Appliance
4.3.2 Stabilize Oracle Private Cloud Appliance
4.3.3 Attach a Ground Cable (Optional)
4.3.4 Remove the Oracle Fabric Interconnect F1-15 Bracket

4.4 What's Next?

5 Powering On Oracle Private Cloud Appliance

5.1 Power On Task Map

5.2 Before Initial Power On

5.3 Power On for the First Time

5.3.1 Review Safety Guidelines
5.3.2 Inspect Oracle Private Cloud Appliance
5.3.3 Connect the Power Cords
5.3.4 Power On Oracle Private Cloud Appliance
5.3.5 Connect Oracle Private Cloud Appliance to the Network

5.4 What's Next?

6 Extending Oracle Private Cloud Appliance - Additional Compute Nodes

6.1 Extending Compute Capacity Task Map

6.2 Review Safety Guidelines

6.3 Rack-mount Safety Precautions

6.4 Prepare to Add a Server

6.4.1 ESD Precautions
6.4.2 Unpack the Server Upgrade Kit
6.4.3 Prepare the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Rack

6.5 Install the Server Into the Rack

6.5.1 Install Mounting Brackets
6.5.2 Attach Slide-Rail Assemblies
6.5.3 Install the Server Into the Slide-Rail Assemblies
6.5.4 Install the Cable Management Arm
6.5.5 Cable the Server
6.5.6 Replace the Rack Doors

7 Extending Oracle Private Cloud Appliance - Server Memory Kits

7.1 Extending Server Memory Task Map
7.2 Selecting a Server Memory Kit
7.3 Installing the Memory Upgrade Kit
7.4 Configuring the System Software to Use Additional Memory

8 Extending Oracle Private Cloud Appliance - External Storage

8.1 Extending Storage Capacity Task Map

8.2 Adding External Fibre Channel Storage

8.2.1 Creation of Virtual Host Bus Adaptors (vHBAs)
8.2.2 Installing Optional Fibre Channel I/O Modules
8.2.3 Connecting Fibre Channel Hardware
8.2.4 Zone Configuration
8.2.5 Configuring Your Storage Appliance
8.2.6 Updating Physical Disks in Oracle VM Manager

8.3 Adding External InfiniBand Storage

8.3.1 Connecting InfiniBand Storage Hardware
8.3.2 IP Address Allocation
8.3.3 Configuring the ZFS Storage Appliance
8.3.4 Enabling External IPoIB Storage in Oracle VM Manager

A Default IP Addresses

A.1 Default NET0 IP Addresses
A.2 Default Management IP Addresses
A.3 Default InfiniBand IP Addresses

B Cabling Reference

B.1 Oracle Switch ES1-24 Ethernet Connections

B.2 Storage Head Cluster Interconnects

B.3 Connections from NM2-36P Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Expansion Switch to Oracle Fabric Interconnect F1-15

B.4 Connections from NM2-36P Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Expansion Switches to Oracle Server X5-2 Compute Nodes

B.4.1 NM2-36P (U19) InfiniBand Switch to Oracle Server X5-2 Compute Nodes Connections
B.4.2 NM2-36P (U20) InfiniBand Switch to Oracle Server X5-2 Compute Nodes Connections

C Connectivity Diagrams

C.1 External Ethernet Connections
C.2 Virtual Networking
C.3 External Storage Connections
C.4 Custom and Host Networks

D Site Checklists

D.1 System Components Checklist
D.2 Data Center Room Checklist
D.3 Data Center Environmental Checklist
D.4 Access Route Checklist
D.5 Facility Power Checklist
D.6 Safety Checklist
D.7 Logistics Checklist
D.8 Network Specification Checklist