18.3 Administrative Gigabit Ethernet Port Cabling Tables

This section contains the tables for the administrative Gigabit Ethernet network cabling. The Gigabit Ethernet switch is located in rack unit 21 on Oracle Exadata Database Machine X4-2 racks.

The following tables are in this section:

Table 18-5 shows the cable connections from the servers to the Gigabit Ethernet switch in Oracle Exadata Database Machine X4-2 Full Rack:

Table 18-5 Gigabit Ethernet Cabling for Oracle Exadata Database Machine X4-2 Full Rack

From Rack Unit Type of Equipment Gigabit Ethernet Port

U39

Exadata Storage Server

1

U37

Exadata Storage Server

3

U35

Exadata Storage Server

5

U33

Exadata Storage Server

7

U31

Exadata Storage Server

9

U29

Exadata Storage Server

11

U27

Exadata Storage Server

13

U26

Database server

15

U25

Database server

17

U24

Database server

19

U23

Database server

21

U22

Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Switch 36 switch

45

U20

Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Switch 36 switch

46

U19

Database server

23

U18

Database server

25

U17

Database server

27

U16

Database server

29

U14

Exadata Storage Server

31

U12

Exadata Storage Server

33

U10

Exadata Storage Server

35

U8

Exadata Storage Server

37

U6

Exadata Storage Server

39

U4

Exadata Storage Server

41

U2

Exadata Storage Server

43

U1

Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Switch 36 switch

Note that the spine switch is no longer included by default on Exadata X4-2 and newer models, but port 47 is still reserved on Cisco 4948 for the spine InfiniBand switch.

47

Table 18-6 shows the cable connections from the servers to the Gigabit Ethernet switch in Oracle Exadata Database Machine X4-2 Half Rack:

Table 18-6 Gigabit Ethernet Cabling for Oracle Exadata Database Machine X4-2 Half Rack

From Rack Unit Type of Equipment Gigabit Ethernet Port

U22

Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Switch 36 switch

45

U20

Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Switch 36 switch

46

U19

Database server

23

U18

Database server

25

U17

Database server

27

U16

Database server

29

U14

Exadata Storage Server

31

U12

Exadata Storage Server

33

U10

Exadata Storage Server

35

U8

Exadata Storage Server

37

U6

Exadata Storage Server

39

U4

Exadata Storage Server

41

U2

Exadata Storage Server

43

U1

Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Switch 36 switch

Note that the spine switch is no longer included by default on Exadata X4-2 and newer models, but port 47 is still reserved on Cisco 4948 for the spine InfiniBand switch.

47

Table 18-7 shows the cable connections from the servers to the Gigabit Ethernet switch in Oracle Exadata Database Machine X4-2 Quarter Rack:

Table 18-7 Gigabit Ethernet Cabling for Oracle Exadata Database Machine X4-2 Quarter Rack

From Rack Unit Type of Equipment Gigabit Ethernet Port

U22

Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Switch 36 switch

45

U20

Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Switch 36 switch

46

U17

Database server

27

U16

Database server

29

U6

Exadata Storage Server

39

U4

Exadata Storage Server

41

U2

Exadata Storage Server

43

Table 18-8 shows the cable connections from the servers to the Gigabit Ethernet switch in Oracle Exadata Database Machine X4-8 Full Rack:

Table 18-8 Gigabit Ethernet Cabling for Oracle Exadata Database Machine X4-8 Full Rack

From Rack Unit Type of Equipment Gigabit Ethernet Port

U41

Exadata Storage Server

1

U39

Exadata Storage Server

3

U37

Exadata Storage Server

5

U35

Exadata Storage Server

7

U33

Exadata Storage Server

9

U31

Exadata Storage Server

11

U29

Exadata Storage Server

13

U24

Database server

15

U23

Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Switch 36

33

U21

Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Switch 36

34

U16

Database server

17

U14

Exadata Storage Server

19

U12

Exadata Storage Server

21

U10

Exadata Storage Server

23

U8

Exadata Storage Server

25

U6

Exadata Storage Server

27

U4

Exadata Storage Server

29

U2

Exadata Storage Server

31