This chapter centralizes the essential information topics you need in order to explore the installation and configuration aspects and the functionality of Oracle Private Cloud at Customer. This is a convenient starting point to learn the basics and get started with your private cloud deployment plans.
Customers can subscribe to different configuration models. The Ethernet-based system is available as a single rack only; the InfiniBand-based system is available as a compact single-rack configuration or a two-rack scale configuration. All configurations can be combined with Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer.
Oracle deploys the private cloud infrastructure inside your data center. It is your responsibility to prepare your data center for deployment and ensure that all requirements are met.
Learn about required preparation tasks in anticipation of Oracle Private Cloud at Customer deployment at your site.
Learn about the site requirements that must be met before Oracle Private Cloud at Customer can be deployed at your site. Checklists are provided to help you track any tasks that need to be completed to ensure that all requirements are met.
Learn about the network requirements for Oracle Private Cloud at Customer. Your data center network must accommodate for the integration of Oracle Private Cloud at Customer. A worksheet is provided to help you collect important configuration parameters.
Learn about the concept and basic architecture of Oracle Private Cloud at Customer.
User accounts within Oracle Private Cloud at Customer are assigned in three tiers, based on the Oracle Enterprise Manager IaaS roles and privileges required to perform specific tasks. For a detailed description, refer to Role-Based Administration. For a list of tasks per user category, and step-by-step instructions, refer to Chapter 5, Configure and Use the Virtualized Environment.
The virtualized environment hosted on Oracle Private Cloud at Customer is managed through an instance of Oracle Enterprise Manager. It runs in a virtual machine hosted on one of the two initial compute nodes. It is configured with a minimal footprint and priority level to allow customer created VMs to take priority.
For detailed information and step-by-step VM configuration, management and usage instructions, refer to these pages:
Section 5.2, “Cloud Administrator Tasks”
Learn about the various tasks for which the cloud administrator is responsible.
Section 5.3, “Customer Administrator Tasks”
Learn about the details of the various tasks you can perform as a customer administrator.
Section 5.4, “Customer User Tasks”
Learn about the details of the various tasks you can perform as a customer user.
Oracle offers several preconfigured Oracle VM Virtual Appliances for download. These allow customers to rapidly set up a typical Oracle product stack within their virtualized environment on Oracle Private Cloud at Customer, without having to perform the full installation and configuration process.
Refer to this page: Virtual Appliances Download - Oracle VM and Private Cloud Appliance . It provides a list of virtual appliances, download links, installation instructions, and references to technical papers and detailed product documentation.
All monitoring functionality is centralized within Oracle Enterprise Manager. For detailed information and instructions, refer to these pages:
All Oracle Private Cloud at Customer training videos can be found on Oracle Learning Library.
For detailed information about components of Oracle Private Cloud at Customer, as well as other related documentation, refer to these resources:
Oracle Private Cloud Appliance documentation library
Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance ZS7-2 documentation library
Oracle Advanced Support Gateway documentation library
Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 13.4 documentation library