9 Network Management

The Oracle Public Cloud Machine includes compute nodes, a storage appliance, switches, and other components that require connectivity to your network. The network connections allow clients and administrators to use the compute resources remotely, by accessing the IaaS, and PaaS user interfaces and APIs, as well as virtual machines running on compute nodes.
The following three types of networks are supported:

  • Infrastructure service networks: Infrastructure service networks are service networks that are created during the installation process while configuring the Oracle Public Cloud Machine. This network type is managed by Oracle Cloud Administrator. Oracle Cloud Administrator can provide access to specific tenants, like for ZFSSA or OMS access.

  • Service networks: Service networks provide shared services across multiple tenants. The shared services include access to storage, networks, and other engineered systems. The service networks are further classified as public networks (EoIB) and private networks (IPoIB). This network type is created and shared by Oracle Cloud Administrators, and used by tenant administrators and tenant users.

  • Tenant networks: Networks that are assigned exclusively for a specific tenant. Only the instances in that tenant can use this network. The tenant networks are further classified as public networks (EoIB) and private (IPoIB) networks.

    EoIB networks are created by Oracle Cloud Administrators, and used by tenant administrators and tenant users. IPoIB networks are fully managed by tenant administrators and tenant users.

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