Database Reference
In-Depth Information
Although all the Oracle engineered systems share this lifecycle and can be managed from Oracle Enterprise
Manager 12c, the examples throughout this chapter are for the Oracle Exadata Database Machine.
Supported Hardware and Software
Before delving into the various phases of the engineered system lifecycle, it is good to understand which hardware
and software is supported by EM12c. The following Exadata Database Machine configurations are supported with
plug-ins for 12.1.0.1, 12.1.0.2, and 12.1.0.3:
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V2
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X2-2
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X2-8
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X3-2
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X3-8
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Partitioned
Parts of the supported configurations are the components that come with the Exadata Database Machine.
These components are supported in EM12c:
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Exadata Storage Server Software 11g Release 2 (11.2.2.3.0 through 11.2.3.2)
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InfiniBand Switch Release 1.1.3.0.0 to 1.3.3.2.0
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Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM), 3.0.9.27.a r58740
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ILOM IPMItool Release 1.8.10.3 (for Oracle Linux)
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ILOM IPMItool Release 1.8.10.4 (for Oracle Solaris)
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Avocent MergePoint Unity KVM Switch Release 1.2.8
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Power Distribution Unit Release 1.04
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Cisco—Cisco IOS Software, Catalyst 4500 L3 Switch Software (cat4500-IPBASE-M),
Version 12.2(46)SG, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
With every new revision of an Oracle product, some items become desupported. The Exadata Database Machine
has a few desupported hardware components. The following hardware configurations have been desupported with
Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c or 12c Bundle Pack 1 (BP1):
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V1 hardware
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Super Clusters
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Expansion rack
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Multirack Exadata Database Machine
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in the exadata plug-in releases 12.1.0.1 and 12.1.0.2, using client network hostnames for compute nodes
as Oracle enterprise Manager target names is not supported. this is supported in the 12.1.0.3 plug-in.
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