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Oracle Private Cloud Appliance exists in two different types of network architecture. One is built around a physical InfiniBand fabric; the other relies on physical high speed Ethernet connectivity. While the two implementations offer practically the same functionality, there are visible hardware and configuration differences.
The network architecture differences also affect the options to connect external storage hardware. The Oracle Fabric Interconnect F1-15, the heart of the network configuration of InfiniBand-based systems, offers physical connectors to attach external InfiniBand and Fibre Channel storage devices.
The diagrams in this appendix apply to systems with an InfiniBand-based network architecture, controlled by means of a pair of Fabric Interconnects.