6.16 Loading the Configuration Information and Installing the Software

You can use Oracle Exadata Deployment Assistant to configure your rack, or you can do it manually.

Oracle Exadata Deployment Assistant (OEDA) loads the network settings, creates the user accounts, installs Oracle Database software, and secures the system based on the information the configuration files.

• Configuring Oracle Exadata Database Machine Using OEDA
  Use Oracle Exadata Deployment Assistant (OEDA) to configure your engineered system.
• Using Oracle Exadata Deployment Assistant in Conjunction with Key-Based Authentication
  You can use the -sshkeys option to use SSH key-based authentication in conjunction with OEDA.
• Using Oracle Exadata Deployment Assistant on Systems with Non-Default root Passwords
  You can use the -p option to prompt for a password instead of resetting the root password to the expected default value.

See Also:

Using Oracle Exadata Deployment Assistant for descriptions of the configuration files generated by OEDA.