11.3.4 Extreme Flash Exadata Storage Server X9M-2 Hardware Components

Each Oracle Exadata Storage Server X9M-2 Extreme Flash (EF) server includes the following components:

  • CPU: 2 x 16-core Intel Xeon 8352Y processors (2.2 GHz)
  • RAM: 256 GB (16 x 16 GB DDR4 3200 MT/s DIMMs)
  • Flash storage: 8 x 6.4 TB NVMe flash devices (PCIe 4.0)
  • Persistent memory: 12 x 128 GB modules (Intel Optane Persistent Memory 200 Series)
  • System storage: 2 x 240 GB M.2 devices
  • RDMA Network Fabric: 1 x dual-port CX5 RDMA Network Fabric card; PCIe 4.0, 2 x 100 Gb/s ports active-active (200 Gb/s combined throughput)
  • Administration network: 1 x 1 GbE Base-T Ethernet port
  • Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) port for remote management: 1 x 1 GbE Base-T Ethernet port

The X9M-2 EF storage server requires Oracle Exadata System Software release 21.2.0 or later.