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Integrating Oracle'

s Exadata Database Machine with a Data Center LAN Using Oracle Ethernet Switch ES2-64 and ES2-72 O R A C L E W H I T E P A P E R | M A R C H

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1 5 Introduction

1 Integrating Exadata Database Machine X5 with a Data Center LAN

1 Exadata Database Machine Data Center Connectivity for 10/40 GbE with Oracle Ethernet Switch ES2-64

2 Exadata Database Machine Data Center Connectivity for 10/40 GbE with Oracle Ethernet Switch ES2-72

4 Conclusion

6 References

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INTEGRATING ORACLE'

S EXADATA DATABASE MACHINE WITH A DATA CENTER LAN USING ORACLE SWITCH ES2-64 AND ES2-72 Introduction This white paper outlines the physical connectivity solutions supported by Oracle'

s engineered systems and the next-generation Oracle Ethernet Switch ES2-64 and ES2-72 switches for connecting WRDGDWDFHQWHU?V0/40 GbE network infrastructures. The Oracle Ethernet Switch ES2 family of high-density switches eliminates the need for complex tier

1 connectivity, simplifying IT infrastructure and reducing costs with fewer cables and simplified management. Oracle Ethernet Switch ES2-64 and Oracle Ethernet Switch ES2-72 are the latest 10/40 GbE switches from Oracle, supporting industry standards designed for cloud-enabled software defined data centers (SDDCs). The 10GBase-T ports on Oracle Ethernet Switch ES2-64 connect directly to the onboard LAN-on-Motherboard (LOM) on Oracle?V engineered systems, servers, and storage products, which enables the reuse of the existing cabling infrastructure. Oracle Ethernet Switch ES2-72 is an enterprise-class switch featuring 18x QSFP+ ports, and Oracle Ethernet Switch ES2-64 features 6x QSFP+ and 40x 10GBase-T ports. Designed to harness the full capabilities of Oracle'

s high-performance systems, the Oracle Ethernet Switch ES2 family of switches provides up to

72 ports of nonblocking, wire-rate, low-latency, cut-through

10 GbE switching to Oracle'

s engineered systems, servers, and storage products. Oracle Ethernet Switch ES2-64 and ES2-72 are designed as ideal network attachment switches for all 2UDFOH?VHQJLQHHUHGV\VWHPVVHUYHUV, and storage products. This paper outlines only the connectivity to a GDWDFHQWHU?VQHWZRUNIRU2UDFOH?VExadata Database Machine. Integrating Exadata Database Machine X5 with a Data Center LAN 2UDFOH?VExadata Database Machine X5 model is the latest offering from Oracle and is the best platform for running Oracle Database workloads. This advanced hardware comprises fully scaled-out servers, intelligent storage with unified InfiniBand connectivity, and PCI flash. It comes with unique software that is optimized for delivering the best performance for Oracle Database. The hardware specifications are given in Figure 1.

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S EXADATA DATABASE MACHINE WITH A DATA CENTER LAN USING ORACLE ETHERNET SWITCH ES2-72 AND ES2-64 Figure 1: Exadata Database Machine X5 hardware overview Exadata Database Machine comes in standard eighth-rack, quarter-rack, half-rack, and full-rack configurations. The eighth-rack configuration has two database servers and three storage servers. Servers can be incrementally added online to scale it to a full-rack configuration until a maximum of

22 servers or 38U of rack space is reached. Each Exadata rack has 2U available at the top of the rack that could be used to install the Ethernet Switches to provide external connectivity to the Exadata Database Machine. Exadata Database Machine Data Center Connectivity for 10/40 GbE with Oracle Ethernet Switch ES2-64 Data center network connectivity for Exadata Database Machine X5 can be achieved with either Oracle Ethernet Switch ES2-72 or ES2-64. Oracle Ethernet Switch ES2-64 is a high port density switch with 40x 10GBase-T ports, and it is ideal for taking advantage of the 10GBase-T LOM on the database servers inside the rack. The data sheet and product-related information for Oracle Ethernet Switch ES2-64 is available here. For providing high availability in case of switch or link failure, a pair of Oracle Ethernet Switch ES2-64 switches are deployed and connected to Exadata Database Machine X5. The 10GBase-T ports on the LOM from each of the database servers are connected to the 10GBase-T ports on the switches using RJ45 cables. Either Cat