Logical Network Requirements

Learn about the network requirements for Oracle Cloud at Customer.

The following table shows the other network requirements:

Type of Network Requirement	Description
Data center network services	DNS forwarder is required to forward all lookups to oraclecloudatcustomer.com that are cloud service endpoints on Oracle Cloud at Customer. SMTP server is required to forward cloud notification emails, for example, FQDN along with port number and credentials, if required. A customer NTP server is required for Exadata Cloud at Customer (ExaCC) deployment. Firewall and routing rules for Oracle Advanced Support Gateway to access Oracle Cloud at Customer. See Oracle Advanced Support Gateway for Cloud at Customer Security Guide for more information.
Out of Band Management	Three IP address for the Oracle Advanced Support Gateway are required from the customer.
Client IP Pool	Pool of IP addresses for software defined networking models. The consumers are guest VMs and cloud services. As a minimum, provide an IP address for each virtual machine participating in shared and IP-networking models. Gather the information for the CIDRs, gateways, and IP ranges you are using. It is recommended that you provide dedicated subnets. This reduces the workload on upstream-switch management.

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Discuss with the Oracle representative for additional details on data center network integration.