Physical Network Requirements

Review the physical network requirements to deploy Oracle Cloud at Customer.

Determine the bandwidth you require for the workload that you are implementing on Oracle Cloud at Customer.

The following table shows the minimum physical network requirements to install an Oracle Cloud at Customer rack:

Network Requirement	Description
1 GbE management network connections	Oracle Cloud at Customer requires 1 GbE connections to your data center for management. Layer 3 configuration is required on the data center 1 GbE switches. A minimum of one physical connection (RJ45 or SFP+) per rack is required. The SFP+ transceivers are provided by the customer for the Cisco 4948 switch if they choose the fiber option instead of the copper RJ45 option. One 1 GbE network drop is required for each Oracle Cloud at Customer control plane.
10 GbE and 40 GbE (MPO-MPO) infrastructure	Oracle Cloud at Customer requires 10 or 40 GbE connections to your data center infrastructure. At least one physical connection per switch: symmetrical connections from switch pairs and support for MPO–4LC and MPO–MPO cables. Oracle provides all cabling to connect to the data center’s gateway (MPO–to-4LC fiber splitter cables or MPO–to-MPO cables). The customer provides the necessary end-point transceivers and 10 or 40 GbE switches. A minimum of two (one per MPO-4LC) SFP+ transceivers (female LC) or a minimum of two QSFP+ transceivers are required. The customer must provide short-wave multi-mode transceivers on their switch side. Layer 3 configuration is required on the data center’s 10 or 40 GbE switches. A minimum of two 10 or 40 GbE network drops are required for each Oracle Cloud at Customer control plane. The maximum 10 GbE network drops per Oracle Cloud at Customer rack is 16. The maximum number of 40 GbE transceivers is four. Connect to redundant upstream switches to ensure continuity of service. Data path cabling is provided as part of the service. All data path cabling is fibre, copper is not supported. Downstream transceivers are provided, upstream (customer connected) transceivers are not provided.

Network Requirement

Description

1 GbE management network connections

Oracle Cloud at Customer requires 1 GbE connections to your data center for management.
Layer 3 configuration is required on the data center 1 GbE switches.
A minimum of one physical connection (RJ45 or SFP+) per rack is required. The SFP+ transceivers are provided by the customer for the Cisco 4948 switch if they choose the fiber option instead of the copper RJ45 option.
One 1 GbE network drop is required for each Oracle Cloud at Customer control plane.

10 GbE and 40 GbE (MPO-MPO) infrastructure

Oracle Cloud at Customer requires 10 or 40 GbE connections to your data center infrastructure.
At least one physical connection per switch: symmetrical connections from switch pairs and support for MPO–4LC and MPO–MPO cables.
Oracle provides all cabling to connect to the data center’s gateway (MPO–to-4LC fiber splitter cables or MPO–to-MPO cables).
The customer provides the necessary end-point transceivers and 10 or 40 GbE switches. A minimum of two (one per MPO-4LC) SFP+ transceivers (female LC) or a minimum of two QSFP+ transceivers are required. The customer must provide short-wave multi-mode transceivers on their switch side.
Layer 3 configuration is required on the data center’s 10 or 40 GbE switches.
A minimum of two 10 or 40 GbE network drops are required for each Oracle Cloud at Customer control plane.
The maximum 10 GbE network drops per Oracle Cloud at Customer rack is 16.
The maximum number of 40 GbE transceivers is four.
Connect to redundant upstream switches to ensure continuity of service.
Data path cabling is provided as part of the service. All data path cabling is fibre, copper is not supported.
Downstream transceivers are provided, upstream (customer connected) transceivers are not provided.