Oracle ZFS User Manual

Connecting Cluster Cables
ZS7-2 Cluster Cabling
Three Category 5 Ethernet cables are provided: one green, one yellow, and one black. Each
cable is 2.5 meters in length.
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Connect either the green cable or the yellow cable from serial port 0 of one controller to
serial port 1 of the other controller.
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Connect either the green cable or the yellow cable from serial port 1 of one controller to
serial port 0 of the other controller.
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Connect the black cable between the Ethernet ports of each controller.
The following figure shows cluster cabling between two ZS7-2 controllers (high-end model
shown).
FIGURE 49
ZS7-2 Controller Cluster Cabling
ZS5-x Cluster Cabling
Three Category 5 Ethernet cables are provided. Each cable is 2.5 meters in length.
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Connect one cable from serial port 0 of one controller to serial port 1 of the other controller.
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Connect the second cable from serial port 1 of one controller to serial port 0 of the other
controller.
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Connect the third cable between the Ethernet ports of each controller.
The following figure shows cluster cabling between two ZS5-4 controllers.
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Oracle ZFS Specifications

General

Category	Storage
Operating System	Oracle Solaris
Protocol Support	NFS, SMB, iSCSI, FC
Data Protection	Snapshots, Clones, Replication
Encryption	AES-256 encryption for data at rest
Integration	Oracle Database
RAID Levels	RAID-Z2, RAID-Z3
Data Deduplication	Yes
Data Integrity	Checksums
High Availability	Redundant hardware
Maximum Capacity	Petabytes
Management	Command-line interface (CLI)