Cable the Oracle X7-2

After mounting the Oracle X7-2 in an equipment rack and installing all components, use the following instructions to connect all appropriate data cables to the ports before powering the system up and beginning the configuration.

Oracle has qualified the following configurations of the Oracle X7-2:

• Configuration A: One Four-port 10 GigE NIC
• Configuration B: Two Four-port 10 GigE NICs (each of the three slots are qualified)
• Configuration C: One QSFP NIC (in quad port mode only) and ONE Four-port 10 GigE NIC

  Note:

  The 40G interface speed is not supported.

On board interfaces for all configurations include:

• One RJ-45 serial management (SER MGT) port
• One 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45 Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) service processor (SP) network management (NET MGT) port
• One 1000BASE-T RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) port, labeled NET 0
• Two 10/25GbE SFP+ Ethernet ports, labeled NET 1 and NET 2
• Two 10GBASE-T RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports, labeled NET 1 and NET 2

Note:

The 10/25GbE SFP+ Ethernet ports (NET 1 and NET 2) are the dedicated HA ports for the server. When using an SFP+ port, network connectivity is disabled on the 10GBASE-T RJ-45 GbE (NET 1 and NET 2) Ethernet ports.

Figure 3-11 Oracle X7-2 Configuration A (4x10 GigE NIC)

Figure 3-12 Oracle X7-2 Configuration B (Two 4x10 GigE NICs)

Figure 3-13 Oracle X7-2 Configuration B (One QSFP and One 4x10 GigE NICs)

Caution:

Please review your Oracle X7-2 Product Notes. Notes for release 1.1.2 describes physical issues with some optical transceivers installed into an SFP28 port.

Oracle recommends using Category 6 (or better) for all Ethernet connections.

You do not need to use every port for proper operation.