1. System Overview
  2. What's New in Oracle Exadata Database Machine
  3. New Features for Oracle Exadata System Software Release 11.x
  4. What's New in Oracle Exadata Database Machine 11g Release 2 (11.2.1.2)
  5. Enhanced Manageability Features

10.7.7 Enhanced Manageability Features

Oracle Exadata Storage Server Software now includes the following manageability features:

  • Automatic addition of replacement disk to the disk group: All the required Exadata operations to re-create the disk groups, and add the grid disks back to the original disk group are now performed automatically when a replacement disk is inserted after a physical disk failure.

  • Automatic cell restart: Grid disks are automatically changed to online when a cell recovers from a failure, or after a restart.

  • Support for OCR and voting disks on ASM disk groups: In Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2), Oracle Cluster Registry (OCR) and voting disks are supported on ASM disk groups, and the iSCSI partitions are no longer needed.

  • Support for up to four dual-port InfiniBand Host Channel Adapters in the database server. This feature enables larger Oracle Exadata Database Machine X2-8 Full Rack servers to be used as database servers using Oracle Exadata Storage Server Software.

Parent topic: What's New in Oracle Exadata Database Machine 11g Release 2 (11.2.1.2)