A Components of Oracle Exadata

The components of Oracle Exadata described in this topic are current as of the time of release.

Refer to the latest release notes and patch updates for any changes.

Note:

The components and specifications listed in this appendix are for the database servers only. The components of database servers upgraded from an earlier release may not match the ones shown here.

The specifications for Oracle Exadata Storage Servers are not listed because they cannot be modified by the customer.

• Operating system: Oracle Linux

• Disk and file systems: There are four hard disks in each database server of a 2-socket Oracle Exadata. There are eight hard disks in each database server of a 8-socket Oracle Exadata Database Machine, or, starting with Oracle Exadata X7-8, two flash accelerator PCIe cards, 6.4 TB each.

  The disk partitions on a database server in Oracle Exadata are configured with two file systems, and a swap partition. The root (/) file system is 30 GB, the /u01 file system is 100 GB, and the swap partition is 24 GB.

• Services: Nonessential services are disabled on database servers. Enabled services include SSH for remote access, and after deployment, listeners. SSH only accepts incoming connections from the management network and RDMA Network Fabric network. Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control agents can be installed and enabled after deployment, as an option.

• User accounts: The only non-default user accounts created during deployment are those required for software ownership of Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Database Oracle homes (ORACLE_HOMEs). The user account names are chosen by the customer with the Oracle Exadata Deployment Assistant (OEDA) utility.

• RPM packages: Refer to My Oracle Support note 888828.1 for the instructions to obtain the current list of RPM packages.

• Obtaining Information about Oracle Exadata Components
  Using operating system commands, you can obtain the information about the components in Oracle Exadata servers.

A.1 Obtaining Information about Oracle Exadata Components

Using operating system commands, you can obtain the information about the components in Oracle Exadata servers.

The component information can be obtained as follows:

• Kernel version: Run one of the following commands as the root user:

  # uname -a
  # uname -r

• Oracle Linux release: Run one of the following commands as the root user:

  # cat /etc/oracle-release
  # cat /etc/enterprise-release

• List of all packages: Run the following command as the root user:

  rpm -qa --queryformat="%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{arch}\n"

• List of RDMA Network Fabric packages: The main package names can be obtained from the list of RPMs file ofedrpmlist. The file can be extracted by running the following command as the root user:

  tar -pjxvf /opt/oracle.cellos/iso/cellbits/ofed.tbz ofedrpmlist

  In addition to the packages listed in the file, check if there are any ofa RPMs installed using the following command:

  rpm -qa --queryformat="%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{arch}\n" | grep -i ofa

• List of services: Run the following command as the root user:

  chkconfig --list | grep ':on'