Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance User Manual

Configuring the Appliance Network
For detailed information on using your ZFS Storage Appliance as a backup target for
Oracle Exadata, see the Protecting Oracle Exadata with the Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance:
Configuration Best Practices white paper on the NAS Storage Documentation page. Also
available is an Oracle ZFS Storage ZS3-4 cluster, offered pre-racked with disk shelves as the
Oracle ZFS Storage ZS3-BA to minimize set-up complexity. Integrating this appliance with
Oracle Exadata is identical to the process described above.
For detailed information, see the Protecting Oracle Exadata with the Oracle ZFS Storage
Appliance: Configuration Best Practices white paper on the NAS Storage Documentation page.
Configuring the Appliance for Exadata
Use the following procedures to configure the appliance for Exadata.
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Configuring the Appliance
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Configuring Appliance Pools
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Configuring Appliance Shares
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Configuring Oracle RMAN and the Oracle Database Instance
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Configuring Exadata for Appliance
Configuring the Appliance Network
This section describes how to configure the IP network multipathing (IPMP) groups and how to
configure routing in the ZFS Storage Appliance.
Note - If you used the Oracle Exadata Backup Configuration Utility, configure the network as
described in this section. For details, review the Best Practices white paper.
For customers seeking additional IB connectivity, more IB HCAs can be installed and
configured. For details, see the hardware overview for your controller in Oracle ZFS Storage
Appliance Customer Service Manual.
The principles in this section can be applied to a 10Gb Ethernet implementation by applying the
network configuration to the ixgbe interfaces instead of the ibp interfaces. The 10Gb Ethernet
implementation may be configured as active/active IPMP. If the ZFS Storage Appliance is on
a different subnet than the Oracle Exadata, it may be necessary to create static routes from the
ZFS Storage Appliance to the Oracle Exadata. Consult with your network administrator for
details.
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Ensure that the ZFS Storage Appliance is connected to the Oracle Exadata.
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Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Specifications

General

Connectivity	10GbE, 40GbE, InfiniBand, Fibre Channel
Protocols	NFS, SMB, iSCSI, Fibre Channel, HTTP
Operating System	Oracle Solaris
Data Protection	snapshots, clones, remote replication
Data Reduction	Inline compression, deduplication
High Availability	Redundant hardware components (controllers, power supplies, fans). Automatic failover between controllers. Hot-swappable drives and components. Cluster configurations for increased availability and scalability.
Management Interface	Web-based GUI, CLI, REST API
Storage Type	Hybrid (SSD + HDD), All-Flash
Storage Capacity	Up to several petabytes
Encryption	AES-256 encryption at rest