Implementation Considerations

These topics provide important information for configuring Oracle Flash Accelerator F640 PCIe Card v3s in supported servers.

• Oracle Server X9-2L Configuration
  
• Configure Slot PCIe Connector
  
• SSD Volume Management
  

Oracle Server X9-2L Configuration

Minimum required software for Oracle Server X9-2L is SW1.2.2.

Oracle Server X9-2L supports Oracle Flash Accelerator F640 PCIe Card v3 as a boot device.

Oracle Flash Accelerator F640 PCIe Card v3 population rules for Oracle Server X9-2L:

• If Oracle F640 Flash Card v3 quantity is less than three, then Oracle F640 Flash Card v3 installation order is: NVMe0, NVMe1, NVMe2, NVMe3 NVMe4, NVMe5, NVMe6, NVMe7, NVMe8, NVMe9, NVMe10, NVMe11

• If Oracle F640 Flash Card v3 quantity is four, then Oracle F640 Flash Card v3 installation order is: NVMe4, NVMe5, NVMe6, NVMe10

• If Oracle F640 Flash Card v3 quantity is more than four, then Oracle F640 Flash Card installation v3 order is: NVMe0, NVMe1, NVMe2, NVMe3 NVMe4, NVMe5, NVMe6, NVMe7, NVMe8, NVMe9, NVMe10, NVMe11.

  Note the following restrictions for installing more than four Oracle F640 Flash Card v3s:

  • Do not install Oracle Storage 12 Gb SAS PCIe RAID HBA, Internal: 16 port card.

  • Do not install HBA-connected storage drives in the server front bays.

See Configure Slot PCIe Connector to configure UEFI BIOS for 2x4 bifurcation on Oracle F640 Flash Card v3. Select x4x4 HP ENABLED Aura-9 to enable x4x4x4 HP ENABLED Oracle Flash Accelerator F640 PCIe Card v3 special configure this slot's PCIe connector.

Refer to the server documentation for more information at https://www.oracle.com/goto/x9-2l/docs .

Configure Slot PCIe Connector

Configure the UEFI BIOS for 2x4 bifurcation on Oracle F640 Flash Card v3.

1. Access the BIOS Setup Utility menus.
2. In the BIOS Setup Utility menus, navigate to the IO menu.
3. On the IO screen, select PCIe Connector Special Configuration, and press Enter to display the PCIe Connector Configuration Settings slots.
4. Specify the connector to control PCIe bifurcation and hotplug. On the PCIe Connector Special Configuration screen, select the Slot 1-9 PCIe Connector Configuration you want to configure and press Enter. Special configure this slot's connector PCIe SLOT Connector Configuration
5. On the Menu to Control PCIE connector Bifurcation and Hotplug pop-up screen for that slot, select one of the following and press Enter.

   • Select No Special connector configuration for this slot's PCIe connector.

   • Select x16 Bifurcation to enable x16 bifurcation special configuration in this slot's PCIe connector.

   • Select x8x8 Bifurcation to enable x8x8 bifurcation special configuration in this slot's PCIe connector.

   • Select x4x4x4 Bifurcation to enable x4x4x4 bifurcation special configuration in this slot's PCIe connector.

   • Select Hotplug_Enabled to enable PCIe card hotplug in this slot's PCIe connector.

   • Select Hotplug_Disabled to disable PCIe card hotplug in this slot's PCIe connector.

   • Select x4x4 HP ENABLED Aura-9 to enable x4x4 HP ENABLED Oracle Flash Accelerator F640 PCIe Card v3 special configure this slot's PCIe connector.

   • Select x4x4x4x4 HP ENABLED Aura-9 to enable x4x4x4x4 HP ENABLED Oracle Flash Accelerator F640 PCIe Card v3 special configure this slot's connector.

6. Press the F10 key to save the changes and exit the BIOS Setup Utility.

SSD Volume Management

A volume manager can present multiple SSD devices as one larger volume. Use the Automatic Storage Management (ASM) volume manager or other volume manager to concatenate multiple flash memory domains. For example, a volume manager can be used to concatenate four 6.4 TB domains into a single 25.6 TB volume.

Refer to the Automatic Storage Management documentation at https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/19/ostmg/index.html .