Using the Browser-based Version of Oracle Exadata Deployment Assistant

Use the Oracle Exadata Deployment Assistant (OEDA) for initial configuration, and when modifying or adding to an existing deployment. You can import an existing configuration when adding new components or modifying an existing deployment.

Have the following available before running OEDA:

• IP addresses

• Machine names

• DNS and NTP information

The following options are available in the Options drop-down menu:

• About: View version information for OEDA.

• New: Start a new configuration.

• Import: Import an existing configuration file. The file format is XML.

• Save: Save the current configuration to an XML file.

• Diagnostics: Creates a ZIP file that can be used to troubleshoot and diagnose issues with the OEDA Web interface.

• Preferences: Specify your preferences for how the Web interface behaves.

• Validate (OEDA Step 1): Check the current configuration for completeness and correctness.

• CheckIp: Checks the IP addresses.

• Installation Template: Generates the Installation Template report, which summarizes the current configuration.

• OEDA Keyboard Shortcut Keys: Describes keyboard shortcuts for navigating the OEDA Web interface.

The following list describes the configuration flow in the OEDA Web interface.

1. Specify the hardware for the deployment on the Select Hardware page. This page also captures customer information and various rack-level configuration options.

2. Enter the administration network and private network information on the Rack Networks page.

3. Specify the configuration of database server operating system users and groups on the Users page.

   You can choose between a Default, Role Separated, or Custom configuration.

4. Define the Oracle Grid Infrastructure (GI) clusters on the Clusters page.

   Each cluster definition specifies the database and storage servers that are associated with the cluster.

5. Define the Oracle ASM disk group layout on the Diskgroups page.

6. Specify the Oracle Database home information for each Oracle home on the Database Home page.

7. Specify databases and their attributes on the Database page.

8. Enter the network information on the Cluster Networks page.

   If an ingest network or replication network is needed, specify their information on the Cluster Networks page.

9. Configure the email alerts, SNMP alerts, Auto Service Request, Oracle Config Manager, and Enterprise Manager alerting on the Alerting page.

10. Answer the configuration questionnaire and provide additional information about the deployment in the text field on the Comments page. Information entered in this field appears at the bottom of the InstallationTemplate.html file.

11. Click Save and Download to create the configuration files. You are prompted to choose a location in which to save a ZIP file to your local computer.

12. Copy the ZIP file to a directory on the first database server in Oracle Exadata Rack. Use a subdirectory of /u01, such as the /u01/oeda directory. These files are used by the field engineer to configure the Oracle Exadata Rack.