2 Oracle Database Appliance Licensing Overview
This chapter provides an overview of the licensing process for each hardware platform.
Topics:
- About Licensing
Oracle Database Appliance provides capacity-on-demand licensing. - CPUs and Core Count
Review this section for information about core license options for your Oracle Database Appliance hardware.
About Licensing
Oracle Database Appliance provides capacity-on-demand licensing.
Capacity-on-demand (CoD) refers to an Oracle Database Appliance server that has a subset of its cores turned off so that the Oracle Database Enterprise Edition software license cost can be reduced. The number of cores can be reduced before or after the deployment. The number of active cores can be increased at a later time, when more capacity is needed. Oracle Database is licensed separately. Refer to Database Licensing Information User Manual for additional information.
When you add your hardware Support Identifier (SI) for Oracle Database Appliance to your My Oracle Support account, you establish a license for all the cores on your system. Oracle Database Appliance Models X8-2-HA, X7-2-HA, X6-2-HA, X5-2, and X4-2 can be deployed as a bare metal or virtualization platform. Both platform types offer capacity-on-demand licensing.
With bare-metal installations, you disable cores that you do not intend Oracle Database to use:
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For Oracle Database Appliance X8-2S, X8-2M, X8-2-HA, X7-2S, X7-2M, X7-2-HA, X6-2-HA, X6-2S, X6-2M, and X6-2L: Issue the command
odacli update-cpucoreto set the low water mark and to increase the cores. -
For Oracle Database Appliance X5-2 and X4-2: Add your hardware Support Identifier (SI) for Oracle Database Appliance to your My Oracle Support account and create a key.
If you deploy Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform, then all the cores are enabled. However, capacity-on-demand licensing is established by assigning specific cores to the virtual machine where you run Oracle Database and related software (ODA_BASE).
Chapter two explains how to obtain a licensing key and record your initial license requirements with My Oracle Support. It also explains how to change the licensed core count, if necessary, later. Chapter two is only appropriate for bare metal installations where your license covers the cores that you are using for Oracle Database.
Chapter three contains information about the third-party products that are included with Oracle Database Appliance.
Parent topic: Oracle Database Appliance Licensing Overview
CPUs and Core Count
Review this section for information about core license options for your Oracle Database Appliance hardware.
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Oracle Database Appliance X8-2-HA has 2 servers, each with 2 CPUs of 16 cores each. When you deploy Oracle Database Appliance X8-2-HA, all 64 cores (32 cores in each server) are active with hyper-threading enabled by default.
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Oracle Database Appliance X8-2M contains 2 CPUs with 16 cores for a total of 32 cores. When you deploy Oracle Database Appliance X8-2M, all 32 cores are active with hyper-threading enabled by default.
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Oracle Database Appliance X8-2S contains 1 CPU with 16 cores. When you deploy Oracle Database Appliance X8-2S, all 16 cores are active with hyper-threading enabled by default.
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Oracle Database Appliance X7-2-HA has 2 servers, each with 2 CPUs of 18 cores each. When you deploy Oracle Database Appliance X7-2-HA, all 72 cores (36 cores in each server) are active with hyper-threading enabled by default.
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Oracle Database Appliance X7-2M contains 2 CPUs with 18 cores for a total of 36 cores. When you deploy Oracle Database Appliance X7-2M, all 36 cores are active with hyper-threading enabled by default.
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Oracle Database Appliance X7-2S contains 1 CPU with 10 cores. When you deploy Oracle Database Appliance X7-2S, all 10 cores are active with hyper-threading enabled by default.
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Oracle Database Appliance X6-2-HA contains 2 CPU with 10 cores. When you deploy Oracle Database Appliance X6-2-HA, all 40 cores (20 cores in each server) are active with hyper-threading enabled by default.
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Oracle Database Appliance X6-2M and X6-2L each contain 2 CPU with 10 cores. When you deploy Oracle Database Appliance X6-2M or X6-2L, all 20 cores are active with hyper-threading enabled by default.
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Oracle Database Appliance X6-2S contains 1 CPU with 10 cores. When you deploy Oracle Database Appliance X6-2S, all 10 cores are active with hyper-threading enabled by default.
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Oracle Database Appliance X5-2 nodes each contain 2 CPUs and each CPU has 18 cores. When you deploy Oracle Database Appliance X5-2, all 72 cores (36 cores in each server) are active with hyper-threading enabled by default.
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Oracle Database Appliance X4-2 nodes each contain 2 CPUs and each CPU has 12 cores. When you deploy Oracle Database Appliance X4-2, all 48 cores (24 cores in each server) are active with hyper-threading enabled by default.
Oracle Database Appliance bare metal licensing is determined by the number of enabled cores that you have on your system. The capacity-on-demand licensing feature enables you to change the enabled core count as your system resource needs change.
Initialize the number of licensed cores to the level currently required by your applications. Each server node has the same number of active cores. Later, increase the licensed core count as your applications require more capacity. Change the number of licensed cores by obtaining and applying a core key to configure your appliance, using the tables for your Oracle Database Appliance platform.
Oracle Database Appliance X8-2-HA Licensed Core Licensing Options
The table provides an example of how the licensed cores for each node of an Oracle Database Appliance X8-2-HA relate to active cores for Oracle RAC and Oracle Enterprise Edition and active cores for Oracle RAC One Node.
Table 2-1 Example of Bare Metal License Options for Oracle Database Appliance X8-2-HA Systems
| Licensed Cores for Each Node (X8-2-HA Only) | Active Cores for Oracle RAC and Oracle Enterprise Edition (X8-2-HA Only) | Active Cores for Oracle RAC One Node (X8-2-HA Only) |
|---|---|---|
|
2 |
4 |
2 |
|
4 |
8 |
4 |
|
6 |
12 |
6 |
|
8 |
16 |
8 |
|
10 |
20 |
10 |
|
12 |
24 |
12 |
|
14 |
28 |
14 |
|
16 |
32 |
16 |
|
18 |
36 |
18 |
|
20 |
40 |
20 |
|
22 |
44 |
22 |
|
24 |
48 |
24 |
|
26 |
52 |
26 |
|
28 |
56 |
28 |
|
30 |
60 |
30 |
|
32 |
64 |
32 |
Oracle Database Appliance X8-2M and X8-2S Licensed Core Licensing Options
Table 2-2 Bare Metal License Options for all Oracle Database Appliance X8-2M and X8-2S Systems
| Licensed Cores for Single Node (X8-2S) | Licensed Cores for Single Node (X8-2M) |
|---|---|
|
2 |
2 |
|
4 |
4 |
|
6 |
6 |
|
8 |
8 |
|
10 |
10 |
|
12 |
12 |
|
14 |
14 |
|
16 |
16 |
|
Not applicable |
18 |
|
Not applicable |
20 |
|
Not applicable |
22 |
|
Not applicable |
24 |
|
Not applicable |
26 |
|
Not applicable |
28 |
|
Not applicable |
30 |
|
Not applicable |
32 |
Oracle Database Appliance X7-2-HA Licensed Core Licensing Options
The table provides an example of how the licensed cores for each node of an Oracle Database Appliance X7-2-HA relate to active cores for Oracle RAC and Oracle Enterprise Edition and active cores for Oracle RAC One Node.
Table 2-3 Example of Bare Metal License Options for Oracle Database Appliance X7-2-HA Systems
| Licensed Cores for Each Node (X7-2-HA Only) | Active Cores for Oracle RAC and Oracle Enterprise Edition (X7-2-HA Only) | Active Cores for Oracle RAC One Node (X7-2-HA Only) |
|---|---|---|
|
2 |
4 |
2 |
|
4 |
8 |
4 |
|
6 |
12 |
6 |
|
8 |
16 |
8 |
|
10 |
20 |
10 |
|
12 |
24 |
12 |
|
14 |
28 |
14 |
|
16 |
32 |
16 |
|
18 |
36 |
18 |
|
20 |
40 |
20 |
|
22 |
44 |
22 |
|
24 |
48 |
24 |
|
26 |
52 |
26 |
|
28 |
56 |
28 |
|
30 |
60 |
30 |
|
32 |
64 |
32 |
|
34 |
68 |
34 |
| 36 |
72 |
36 |
Oracle Database Appliance X7-2 Licensed Core Licensing Options
Table 2-4 Bare Metal License Options for all Oracle Database Appliance X7-2 Systems
| Licensed Cores for Single Node (X7-2S) | Licensed Cores for Single Node (X7-2M) |
|---|---|
|
2 |
2 |
|
4 |
4 |
|
6 |
6 |
|
8 |
8 |
|
10 |
10 |
|
Not applicable |
12 |
|
Not applicable |
14 |
|
Not applicable |
16 |
|
Not applicable |
18 |
|
Not applicable |
20 |
|
Not applicable |
22 |
|
Not applicable |
24 |
|
Not applicable |
26 |
|
Not applicable |
28 |
|
Not applicable |
30 |
|
Not applicable |
32 |
|
Not applicable |
34 |
|
Not applicable |
36 |
Oracle Database Appliance X6-2 Licensed Core Licensing Options
Table 2-5 Bare Metal License Options for all Oracle Database Appliance X6-2 Systems
| Licensed Cores for Each Node | Active Cores for Oracle RAC and Oracle Enterprise Edition (X7-2-HA Only) | Active Cores for Oracle RAC One Node |
|---|---|---|
|
2 |
4 |
2 |
|
4 |
8 |
4 |
|
6 |
12 |
6 |
|
8 |
16 |
8 |
|
10 |
20 |
10 |
|
12 |
24 |
12 |
|
14 |
28 |
14 |
|
16 |
32 |
16 |
|
18 |
36 |
18 |
|
20 |
40 |
20 |
Oracle Database Appliance X5-2 Licensed Core Licensing Options
Table 2-6 Bare Metal License Options for Oracle Database Appliance X5-2
| Licensed Cores for Each Node | Active Cores for Oracle RAC and Oracle Enterprise Edition | Active Cores for Oracle RAC One Node |
|---|---|---|
|
2 |
4 |
2 |
|
4 |
8 |
4 |
|
6 |
12 |
6 |
|
8 |
16 |
8 |
|
10 |
20 |
10 |
|
12 |
24 |
12 |
|
14 |
28 |
14 |
|
16 |
32 |
16 |
|
18 |
36 |
18 |
|
20 |
40 |
20 |
|
22 |
44 |
22 |
|
24 |
48 |
24 |
|
26 |
52 |
26 |
|
28 |
56 |
28 |
|
30 |
60 |
30 |
|
32 |
64 |
32 |
|
34 |
68 |
34 |
|
36 |
72 |
36 |
Oracle Database Appliance X4-2 Licensed Core Licensing Options
Table 2-7 Bare Metal License Options for Oracle Database Appliance X4-2
| Licensed Cores for Each Node | Active Cores for Oracle RAC and Oracle Enterprise Edition | Active Cores for Oracle RAC One Node |
|---|---|---|
|
2 |
4 |
2 |
|
4 |
8 |
4 |
|
6 |
12 |
6 |
|
8 |
16 |
8 |
|
10 |
20 |
10 |
|
12 |
24 |
12 |
|
14 |
28 |
14 |
|
16 |
32 |
16 |
|
18 |
36 |
18 |
|
20 |
40 |
20 |
|
22 |
44 |
22 |
|
24 |
48 |
24 |
Parent topic: Oracle Database Appliance Licensing Overview