Base Configuration of Private Cloud Appliance
Each Private Cloud Appliance consists of an Oracle Rack base, populated with network, compute, and storage components. The appliance storage and compute capacity is customized to meet your capacity requirements.
A rack is populated according to the flex bay concept for rack space management. Flex bays are dedicated 4-rack-unit sections within the rack that can be used for flexible expansion. A flex bay can house either storage or compute resources, but not both in the same bay.
Different base configurations exist:
- Private Cloud Appliance X11
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The X11 hardware configuration is shipping as of August 2025. It contains 3 to 12 factory-installed Oracle Server X11 compute nodes (2U). Storage is provided by an Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance ZS11-2. Physical network infrastructure consists of Cisco Nexus 9348GC-FXP (management) and Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2 (data) switches.
Compared to previous configurations, the storage appliance has newer controllers but uses exactly the same disk enclosures. The network infrastructure components have remained the same.
- Private Cloud Appliance X10
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The X10 hardware configuration is shipping as of December 2023. It contains 3 to 12 factory-installed Oracle Server X10 compute nodes (2U). Storage is provided by an Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance ZS9-2. Physical network infrastructure consists of Cisco Nexus 9348GC-FXP (management) and Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2 (data) switches.
Compared to the X9 configuration, component order and cabling are slightly different. The storage and network infrastructure components are the same. In terms of compute capacity, a 2U compute node is comparable to two 1U compute nodes.
- Private Cloud Appliance X9-2
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The X9 hardware configuration was released together with the first appliance software version 3.x, and was replaced by the X10 configuration. The X9 configuration contains 3 to 20 Oracle Server X9-2 compute nodes (1U). Storage is provided by an Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance ZS9-2. Physical network infrastructure consists of Cisco Nexus 9348GC-FXP (management) and Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2 (data) switches.
The hardware platform in X11 configuration, is factory-installed with appliance software release 3.0.2-b1392231 or newer. Its hardware components are identified in the figure below. This figure shows a fully populated rack, however you can customize your rack configuration to include different storage or compute capacity as needed.
The flex bays are dedicated 4 rack unit sections within the rack that can be used for flexible expansion. For each flex bay, except the top flex bay at rack units 38-41, you can choose to add 2 compute nodes, 1 Oracle Storage Drive Enclosure DE3-24C, or 2 Oracle Storage Drive Enclosure DE3-24P. These flex bays can house either storage or compute resources, but not both in the same bay. Only storage is allowed in the top flex bay because of power constraints.
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Callout |
Quantity |
Description |
|---|---|---|
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A |
1 |
flex bay can accommodate 1-2 storage enclosures |
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B |
1 - 3 |
flex bay can accommodate 1-2 compute nodes, or 1-2 storage enclosures |
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C |
2 |
spine switch |
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D |
1 |
Oracle Storage Drive Enclosure DE3-24C disk shelf |
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E |
1 |
management switch |
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F |
2 |
leaf switch |
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G |
3 |
compute nodes 3 required for minimum configuration |
|
H |
3 |
management nodes |
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I |
2 |
storage controllers |
The hardware platform in X10 configuration, is factory-installed with appliance software release 3.0.2-b1001356 or newer. Its hardware components are identified in the figure below. This figure shows a fully populated rack, however you can customize your rack configuration to include different storage or compute capacity as needed.
For each flex bay, you can choose to add one of these options: 1-2 compute nodes, 1 Oracle Storage Drive Enclosure DE3-24C, or 1-2 Oracle Storage Drive Enclosure DE3-24P.
Rack units 39 and 40 are reserved for systems with 6 or more compute nodes: 3 default nodes plus 3 or more expansion nodes. Compute nodes 4 and 5 are installed in the flex bay directly above the management nodes (rack units 14-17), and compute node 6 is installed in the reserved 2U space.
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Callout |
Quantity |
Description |
|---|---|---|
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A |
1 |
reserved space for 6th compute node |
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B |
1 - 4 |
flex bay can accommodate 1-2 compute nodes, or 1-2 storage enclosures |
|
C |
2 |
spine switch |
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D |
1 |
Oracle Storage Drive Enclosure DE3-24C disk shelf |
|
E |
1 |
management switch |
|
F |
2 |
leaf switch |
|
G |
3 |
compute nodes 3 required for minimum configuration |
|
H |
3 |
management nodes |
|
I |
2 |
storage controllers |
The hardware platform in X9 configuration, is factory-installed with appliance software release 3.0.1 or 3.0.2. Its hardware components are identified in the figure below. This figure shows a fully populated rack, however you can customize your rack configuration to include different storage or compute capacity as needed.
For each flex bay, you can choose to add one of these options: 1-4 compute nodes, 1 Oracle Storage Drive Enclosure DE3-24C, or 1-2 Oracle Storage Drive Enclosure DE3-24P.
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Callout |
Quantity |
Description |
|---|---|---|
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A |
1 - 4 |
flex bay can accommodate 1-4 compute nodes, or 1-2 storage enclosures |
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B |
2 |
spine switch |
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C |
1 |
Oracle Storage Drive Enclosure DE3-24C disk shelf |
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D |
1 |
management switch |
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E |
2 |
leaf switch |
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F |
1 - 5 |
can accommodate 1 - 5 compute nodes |
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G |
3 |
compute nodes 3 required for minimum configuration |
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H |
3 |
management nodes |
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I |
2 |
storage controllers |