Oracle X10 - Preface; Audience; Feedback; Conventions

Preface
This publication is part of the customer documentation set for Oracle Private Cloud Appliance
Release 3.0. Note that the documentation follows the release numbering scheme of the
appliance software, not the hardware on which it is installed. All Oracle Private Cloud
Appliance product documentation is available at https://docs.oracle.com/en/engineered-
systems/private-cloud-appliance/index.html.
Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Release 3.x is a flexible general purpose Infrastructure as a
Service solution, engineered for optimal performance and compatibility with Oracle Cloud
Infrastructure. It allows customers to consume the core cloud services from the safety of their
own network, behind their own firewall.
Audience
This documentation is intended for owners, administrators and operators of Oracle Private
Cloud Appliance. It provides architectural and technical background information about the
engineered system components and services, as well as instructions for installation,
administration, monitoring and usage.
Oracle Private Cloud Appliance has two strictly separated operating areas, known as enclaves.
The Compute Enclave offers a practically identical experience to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: It
allows users to build, configure and manage cloud workloads using compute instances and
their associated cloud resources. The Service Enclave is where privileged administrators
configure and manage the appliance infrastructure that provides the foundation for the cloud
environment. The target audiences of these enclaves are distinct groups of users and
administrators. Each enclave also provides its own separate interfaces.
It is assumed that readers have experience with system administration, network and storage
configuration, and are familiar with virtualization technologies. Depending on the types of
workloads deployed on the system, it is advisable to have a general understanding of container
orchestration, and UNIX and Microsoft Windows operating systems.
Feedback
Provide feedback about this documentation at https://www.oracle.com/goto/docfeedback.
Conventions
The following text conventions are used in this document:
Convention
Meaning
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with an action, or terms dened in text or the glossary.
italic Italic type indicates book titles, emphasis, or placeholder variables for
which you supply particular values.
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