2 Feature Updates

This section contains a list of the new features and changes to features that have been added to the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance software since its initial release. You can obtain the latest features and bug fixes by applying patches to your system. For more information, see the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Patching Guide.

Latest Features

Flexible Compute Shapes

A flexible compute shape lets you customize the number of OCPUs and the amount of memory when launching your instance. This flexibility lets you create instances that meet your workload requirements, while optimizing performance and using resources efficiently. For details see Standard Shapes in the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Concepts Guide.

GUI Support for Viewing CPU and Memory Metrics

As of this release, you can view Memory and CPU metrics at a fault domain level using the Service Enclave GUI. For details, see Viewing CPU and Memory Usage by Fault Domain in the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Administrator Guide.

Features Released in Software Version 3.0.1-b697160 (August 2022)

Compute Instance Availability

When compute instances go down because of a compute node reboot or failure, the system takes measures to recover the compute instances automatically. For details, see Compute Instance Availability in the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Concepts Guide.

Optimized NUMA Alignment

Algorithm optimizations are in place to ensure that the hypervisor assigns compute instances on physical resources (CPU and memory) with best possible alignment to compute node NUMA architecture. For details, see Physical Resource Allocation in the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Concepts Guide.

View CPU and Memory Metrics at the Fault Domain Level

Memory and CPU usage metrics are available at the compute nodes level already. Each node belongs to a fault domain. New functionality provides the option to view these metrics at a fault domain level. For details, see Fault Domain Observability in the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Concepts Guide, and Viewing CPU and Memory Usage by Fault Domain in the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Administrator Guide.

Secondary Private IP Addresses

After an instance is launched, you can attach secondary private IP addresses to the primary VNIC or to any secondary VNICs. These secondary private IP addresses are especially useful when running multiple services or endpoints on a single instance, or for instance failover scenarios.

For more information, see "About Secondary Private IPs" under "IP Addressing" in the Virtual Networking Overview section of the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Concepts Guide.

For procedures, see "Assigning a Secondary Private IP Address" in the Networking chapter of the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance User Guide.