Oracle Exadata Deployment Assistant (OEDA)

OEDA allows users to specify IPv6 addresses for various network interfaces.

When IPv6 addresses are used for the administration network, then the DNS servers, NTP servers, SMTP servers, and SNMP servers also need to be on an IPv6 network.

Cisco switch

The Cisco 4948E-F switch supports IPv6 management addresses with firmware version 15.2(3)E2 or later.

Refer to My Oracle Support document KB384251 for upgrade instructions.

Auto Service Request (ASR)

Oracle ASR Manager supports IPv6 starting with Oracle ASR Manager version 5.4. This support requires dual stack IPv6/IPv4 mode on the Oracle ASR Manager server.

Enterprise Manager

Oracle Enterprise Manager supports IPv6 with Exadata starting in Enterprise Manager 13.4.

Enterprise Manager needs to be on a bridged network such that it can monitor both the RDMA Network Fabric (on an IPv4 network) and the Exadata database and storage servers (on an IPv6 network).

patchmgr

If the target hosts use only IPv6 addresses, patchmgr requires remote repositories that are hosted on a machine with an IPv6 address (or a name that resolves to an IPv6 IP address) unless the customer network has a bridge or gateway to route between IPv4 and IPv6.

RDMA Network Fabric

The RDMA Network Fabric is a private network that uses IPv4 only.

Note that only private addresses are used on the RDMA Network Fabric, so there is negligible benefit from using IPv6.

SMTP and SNMP

If the target host uses IPv6 addresses, SMTP and SNMP servers should usually be IPv6 (or a name that resolves to an IPv6 IP address) unless the customer network has a bridge or gateway to route between IPv4 and IPv6.

Platinum Support

Platinum Support is available for IPv6 deployments.