SPARC Supercluster T4-4 Configuration Worksheets

SPARC SuperCluster T4-4

Configuration Worksheets

Part No. E27412-06

October 2014

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Chapter

Understanding the Configuration Worksheets

This document is designed to help define the SPARC SuperCluster T4-4 configuration settings for your environment. Working with the network and database administrators, evaluate the current environmental settings, such as current IP address use and network configuration. Next, define the settings for SPARC SuperCluster T4-4, such as network configuration and backup method.

This document includes the configuration worksheets for SPARC SuperCluster T4-4. The SPARC SuperCluster T4-4 Owner’s Guide contains additional information, such as site requirements for SPARC SuperCluster T4-4.

The information is used to create the SPARC SuperCluster T4-4 Installation Template. It is important to complete the worksheets, and provide them to your Oracle representative prior to installation. All information is required unless otherwise indicated. The Installation Template will be used to complete installation and configuration of your SPARC SuperCluster T4-4. Site-specific adjustments to the Installation Template must be made in consultation with your Oracle representative.

Note - Complete the configuration worksheets early in the process, and prior to receiving your SPARC SuperCluster T4-4, so that site-specific adjustments to the Installation Template do not delay installation.

Note - If you have purchased more than one SPARC SuperCluster T4-4 and you do not plan to cable them together, then you must complete one set of worksheets for each SPARC SuperCluster T4-4.

Configuration Worksheets Purpose

When you order a SPARC SuperCluster T4-4, you will be asked to make the following configuration choices:

Type of SPARC SuperCluster T4-4 rack:

Half rack
Full rack

Before the SPARC SuperCluster T4-4 can be shipped to your site, you must also provide to Oracle several pieces of information specific to your SPARC SuperCluster T4-4, including:

Number of domains on each SPARC T4-4 server in the SPARC SuperCluster T4-4:

1 to 4 domains

Type of domains on each SPARC T4-4 server:

Database Domain
Application Domain running Oracle Solaris 10
Application Domain running Oracle Solaris 11

Percentage of CPU and memory resources allocated to each domain on each SPARC T4-4 server
Starting IP addresses and number of IP addresses needed for the following networks:

Management network
10 GbE client access network
InfiniBand network
Backup/Data Guard network, if applicable

Use the configuration worksheets in this document to provide Oracle these pieces of information.

Networks Overview

The following networks are used with SPARC SuperCluster T4-4:

Management network: 1 GbE host management and Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (Oracle ILOM) networks. The management network is used for administrative work for all components of SPARC SuperCluster T4-4. It connects the management network interface and Oracle ILOM on all the components in the rack to the Cisco Catalyst 4948 Ethernet switch. The following connections are used for the components in the rack for the two management networks:

1 GbE host management network:

SPARC T4-4 servers: NET0-3 ports
Exadata Storage Servers: NET0 ports
Sun ZFS Storage 7320 storage controller 1: NET0 port
Sun ZFS Storage 7320 storage controller 2: NET1 port
InfiniBand leaf and spine switches: NET0 ports
Power distribution units: NET MGT ports

Oracle ILOM network:

SPARC T4-4 servers: NET MGT ports
Exadata Storage Servers: NET MGT ports
Sun ZFS Storage 7320 storage controllers: NET0 ports using sideband management

Client access network: 10 GbE network, with connections to the 10 GbE network interface cards in the SPARC T4-4 servers.
InfiniBand private network: Used for communication between components installed in the SPARC SuperCluster T4-4. The InfiniBand private network is a non-routable network fully contained in SPARC SuperCluster T4-4, and does not connect to your existing network. The InfiniBand network requires two separate subnets for configuration. This network is automatically configured during installation.
Backup/Data Guard network: Used as a backup network, if applicable.

Configuration Process

Prior to the delivery of your SPARC SuperCluster T4-4, you will be asked to decide on the number of domains and the types of domains on each SPARC T4-4 server in your SPARC SuperCluster T4-4. Depending on these domain types, certain components and domains will need to have a unique IP address and host name assigned to them. The number of components and domains used by your SPARC SuperCluster T4-4 will vary depending on the type of domain configuration you choose for each SPARC T4-4 server.

You and your Oracle representative will work together to gather site-specific IP address and host name information by going through the following process:

You will use the worksheets in this document to provide your Oracle representative with site-specific information, including the following:

Starting IP addresses for the management and client access networks
Number of IP addresses you will need for the networks, depending on the configurations you chose for each SPARC T4-4 server in your system

Note – You will also be asked to confirm that the default IP addresses used for the private InfiniBand network do not conflict with other IP addresses on your network. If there are conflicts, you will be asked for starting IP addresses for the InfiniBand network in addition to the management and client access networks.

The name for your SPARC SuperCluster T4-4 and your company network domain name, which your Oracle representative will use to generate host names for the components and domains in your system.

Once you have completed all of the worksheets in this document, you will then send the completed document back to your Oracle representative.
Your Oracle representative will use the information you provided in this document to create a SPARC SuperCluster T4-4 Installation Template specific to your site. This site-specific Installation Template will provide several pieces of information, including IP addresses and host names for each component and domain in your SPARC SuperCluster T4-4, depending on the configurations you chose for each SPARC T4-4 server in your system.
Your Oracle representative will then send your completed site-specific Installation Template back to you to verify that there are no conflicts with the IP addresses assigned to your system. Your Oracle representative will work with you to resolve any conflicts with the IP addresses, if any conflicts arise.
Once the Installation Template is complete and all IP address conflicts have been resolved, you will use the information in the Installation Template to register the IP addresses and host names in DNS. All IP addresses and host names for your SPARC SuperCluster T4-4 must be registered in DNS before your SPARC SuperCluster T4-4 can be installed at your site.

Note - All IP addresses must be statically-assigned IP addresses, not dynamically-assigned (DHCP) addresses.

Understanding the IP Addresses and Zones

When your SPARC SuperCluster T4-4 is installed at your site, a certain number of IP addresses and host names will be assigned to various components and domains in your system, depending on the configurations you choose for each of the SPARC T4-4 servers in your system. The number of IP addresses needed for the components and domains for each of the three networks will be determined once you have completed the worksheets in this document.

In addition to the IP addresses and host names needed for these components and domains, additional IP addresses and host names might be needed if you chose to deploy zones in either the Database Domains or the Application Domains on the SPARC T4-4 servers. The number of IP addresses and host names that you will need for those zones depend on the number of zones you choose to deploy in these domains and how you deploy those zones.

Once you complete the worksheets in this document to determine the number of IP addresses that you will need for the components and domains in your SPARC T4-4 server, keep in mind that you might also have to set aside additional IP addresses and host names for any zones that you choose to deploy in the domains.

Chapter

Configuration Information for Each SPARC T4-4 Server in SPARC SuperCluster T4-4

Complete the worksheets in this chapter to provide the following information:

Number of domains on each SPARC T4-4 server:

1 to 4 domains

Type of domains on each SPARC T4-4 server:

Database Domain
Application Domain running Oracle Solaris 10
Application Domain running Oracle Solaris 11

General Configuration Rules

Following are the general configuration rules for your SPARC SuperCluster T4-4 system:

Every SPARC T4-4 server has a Control Domain, and on the SPARC SuperCluster T4-4, the Control Domain always runs Oracle Solaris 11. If one or more Database Domains are present on the SPARC T4-4 server, then a Database Domain will become the Control Domain. Otherwise an Application Domain running Oracle Solaris 11 will become the Control Domain.
If any of the SPARC T4-4 servers in your SPARC SuperCluster T4-4 system has at least one Database Domain, the Database Domain will always be the first domain on the SPARC T4-4 server.

Configuration Information for Each SPARC T4-4 Server

Use the following tables to enter the configuration information for each SPARC T4-4 server in your system. For example, if a SPARC T4-4 server has the following configuration:

Three domains on the SPARC T4-4 server
Type of domains on the SPARC T4-4 server:

One Database Domain
One Application Domain running Oracle Solaris 10
One Application Domain running Oracle Solaris 11

then you would fill out the configuration information for that SPARC T4-4 server in this way:

Number of Domains on the SPARC T4-4 Server
Types of Domains / One / Two / Three / Four
Database Domain / 
Application Domain Running Oracle Solaris 10 / 
Application Domain Running Oracle Solaris 11 / 