Table of Contents

• Title and Copyright Information
• Preface
  • Audience
  • Documentation Accessibility
  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • Conventions
• 1 Introduction to Oracle Exadata Database Machine and Oracle Exadata Storage Expansion Rack
  • 1.1 Oracle Exadata Architecture
  • 1.2 Oracle Exadata Configurations
    • 1.2.1 Elastic Configuration
  • 1.3 Oracle Exadata Performance Features
  • 1.4 Oracle Exadata Rack Limits and Restrictions
    • 1.4.1 Restrictions for Modifying Oracle Exadata Rack Hardware
    • 1.4.2 Restrictions for Modifying the Oracle Exadata Software Components
    • 1.4.3 Restrictions for Connecting Oracle Exadata with Other Hardware, Systems, or Networks
    • 1.4.4 Maximum Number of Database Processes
• Part I What's New in Oracle Exadata Database Machine
  • 2 New Features for Oracle Exadata System Software 25ai
    • 2.1 What's New in Oracle Exadata System Software Release 25.1
      • 2.1.1 Oracle Exadata X11M Support
      • 2.1.2 Advanced Power Management on Exadata Database Servers
      • 2.1.3 AI Smart Scan Enhancements
      • 2.1.4 Simpler Management of Additional Software Packages During Database Server Updates
      • 2.1.5 Automatic Tuning of ASM Rebalance Operations
      • 2.1.6 Improved Free Space Management in Exascale
      • 2.1.7 Creating an Exascale Volume Clone Directly from an Existing Volume
      • 2.1.8 Secure Fabric is Recommended and Enabled by Default
      • 2.1.9 Exadata Cache Observability Enhancements
      • 2.1.10 Faster Software Upgrade on Cisco Network Switches
      • 2.1.11 Minimum Versions and Other Requirements
      • 2.1.12 Desupport of the IORM Category Plan
  • 3 New Features for Oracle Exadata System Software 24ai
    • 3.1 What's New in Oracle Exadata System Software Release 24.1
      • 3.1.1 AI Smart Scan
      • 3.1.2 Oracle Exadata Exascale
      • 3.1.3 Increased Number of Virtual Machines on Database Servers
      • 3.1.4 Columnar Cache on Exadata RDMA Memory (XRMEM)
      • 3.1.5 Exadata Cache Observability
      • 3.1.6 Automatic Loading of KEEP Objects into Exadata Smart Flash Cache
      • 3.1.7 Improved RoCE Network Resilience
      • 3.1.8 Enhanced RoCE Network Discovery
      • 3.1.9 Exadata Live Update
      • 3.1.10 Ready-to-go System Image for New KVM Guests
      • 3.1.11 KVM Guest Secure Boot
      • 3.1.12 SNMP Security Enhancements
      • 3.1.13 JSON Output from Management Server
      • 3.1.14 Features Coupled with Oracle Database 23ai
        • 3.1.14.1 Smart Scan on Wide Tables
        • 3.1.14.2 Smart Scan on Index-Organized Tables
        • 3.1.14.3 Smart Scan on AES-XTS Encrypted Data
        • 3.1.14.4 Smart Scan during Online Encryption
        • 3.1.14.5 Smart Scan during Timezone Upgrades
        • 3.1.14.6 Smart Scan for Oracle Database 23ai Functions and Operators
        • 3.1.14.7 In-Memory Columnar Speed JSON Query
        • 3.1.14.8 Transparent Cross-Tier Scan
        • 3.1.14.9 Faster Opening of Pluggable Databases
        • 3.1.14.10 Pipelined Log Writes
        • 3.1.14.11 Faster Hash Joins on Large Tables
      • 3.1.15 Minimum Versions and Other Requirements
  • 4 New Features for Oracle Exadata System Software Release 23.x
    • 4.1 What's New in Oracle Exadata System Software Release 23.1
      • 4.1.1 Oracle Exadata X10M Support
      • 4.1.2 Exadata RDMA Memory
      • 4.1.3 Higher Compression for Storage Server Columnar Compression
      • 4.1.4 Oracle Linux 8 Support
      • 4.1.5 Centralized Identification and Authentication of OS Users
      • 4.1.6 Minimum Versions and Other Requirements
      • 4.1.7 Desupported Features in Oracle Exadata System Software Release 23.1.0
  • 5 New Features for Oracle Exadata System Software Release 22.x
    • 5.1 What's New in Oracle Exadata System Software Release 22.1
      • 5.1.1 Real-Time Insight
      • 5.1.2 Oracle VM Server Management Domain Upgrade to Oracle Linux 7
      • 5.1.3 Exadata Upgrade Improvements
      • 5.1.4 Deprecated Features in Oracle Exadata System Software Release 22.1
        • 5.1.4.1 Deprecation of RAM Cache
        • 5.1.4.2 Deprecation of USB Images
  • 6 New Features for Oracle Exadata System Software Release 21.x
    • 6.1 What's New in Oracle Exadata System Software Release 21.2
      • 6.1.1 Oracle Exadata X9M Support
      • 6.1.2 Persistent Storage Index
      • 6.1.3 Persistent Columnar Cache
      • 6.1.4 IORM Cluster Plan
      • 6.1.5 Smart Scan Metadata Sharing
      • 6.1.6 Oracle ASR Support for Cisco RoCE Network Fabric Switches and Management Network Switch
      • 6.1.7 Patch Manager Support for the Management Network Switch
      • 6.1.8 Options to Preserve Redundancy while Dropping a Physical Disk
      • 6.1.9 Faster Upgrades with ILOM Pre-Staging
      • 6.1.10 Faster Recovery from Flash Cache Failure
      • 6.1.11 Automatic Recovery from Disk Controller Cache Failure
      • 6.1.12 Enhanced Database Server Alerting
      • 6.1.13 Oracle ACFS I/O Caching in Flash Cache
      • 6.1.14 Smart Scan Fast Decryption
      • 6.1.15 Caching Flashback Log Writes in Exadata Smart Flash Cache
      • 6.1.16 Deprecated Features in Oracle Exadata System Software Release 21.2
        • 6.1.16.1 Deprecation of RAM Cache
        • 6.1.16.2 Deprecation of USB Images
        • 6.1.16.3 Deprecation of the IORM Category Plan
  • 7 New Features for Oracle Exadata System Software Release 20.x
    • 7.1 What's New in Oracle Exadata System Software Release 20.1.0
      • 7.1.1 Exadata Secure RDMA Fabric Isolation
      • 7.1.2 Smart Flash Log Write-Back
      • 7.1.3 Fast In-Memory Columnar Cache Creation
      • 7.1.4 Cell-to-Cell Rebalance Preserves PMEM Cache Population
      • 7.1.5 Control Persistent Memory Usage for Specific Databases
      • 7.1.6 Application Server Update for Management Server
  • 8 New Features for Oracle Exadata System Software Release 19.x
    • 8.1 What's New in Oracle Exadata Database Machine 19.3.0
      • 8.1.1 Persistent Memory Data Accelerator
      • 8.1.2 Persistent Memory Commit Accelerator
      • 8.1.3 Support for Oracle Exadata X8M Systems
      • 8.1.4 Instant Failure Detection for X8M Systems
      • 8.1.5 KVM for Virtual Environments
      • 8.1.6 Faster Encrypted Table Smart Scans
      • 8.1.7 Smart Aggregation
      • 8.1.8 Smart In-Memory Columnar Cache with Row IDs
      • 8.1.9 Smart In-memory Columnar Cache with Chained Rows
      • 8.1.10 Encryption of System Logs to Remote Destinations
      • 8.1.11 Update a Single SNMP User Definition
      • 8.1.12 Securing Storage Server Software Processes with Memory Protection Keys
      • 8.1.13 Default XFS File System for X8M Servers
      • 8.1.14 Oracle Linux Kernel to Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 5 and Oracle Linux Distribution Upgraded to Oracle Linux 7.7
      • 8.1.15 Software Certification Ends for Exadata Database Machine X2 Servers
    • 8.2 What's New in Oracle Exadata Database Machine 19.2.0
      • 8.2.1 Support for New Hardware - X8 Servers
      • 8.2.2 Exadata Extended (XT) Storage Server
      • 8.2.3 Changes to IORM flashcachesize Attribute and Hard Disk I/O Limits
    • 8.3 What's New in Oracle Exadata Database Machine 19.1.0
      • 8.3.1 Oracle Linux Upgraded to Oracle Linux 7.5
      • 8.3.2 Automated Cloud Scale Performance Monitoring
      • 8.3.3 Faster Smart Scans Using Column-level Checksum
      • 8.3.4 Enhanced OLTP High Availability During Cell Outages and Flash Failures
      • 8.3.5 Support for Host and ILOM on Separate Network
      • 8.3.6 DB_UNIQUE_NAME Support for Multiple Clusters Sharing Exadata Storage
      • 8.3.7 Secure Eraser Updates
        • 8.3.7.1 Automatic Upgrading of Multi-pass Disk Erasure to Secure Eraser
        • 8.3.7.2 Automatic Secure Eraser as Part of Imaging
        • 8.3.7.3 Secure Eraser Improvements and New Features
      • 8.3.8 Server Time Synchronization Uses Chrony
      • 8.3.9 Quorum Disk Manager Service Change
      • 8.3.10 Audit Rules File
      • 8.3.11 Customizable SYSLOG Format
      • 8.3.12 USE_LARGE_PAGES Default Value Set To AUTO_ONLY
      • 8.3.13 Caching Large Copy Writes in Exadata Smart Flash Cache
      • 8.3.14 Security Improvements
        • 8.3.14.1 Access Control for RESTful Service
        • 8.3.14.2 Password Expiration for Remote Users
        • 8.3.14.3 Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment (AIDE)
        • 8.3.14.4 Implementing the Principle of Least Privilege to Improve Security
        • 8.3.14.5 Increased Security for Storage Server Processes
        • 8.3.14.6 SSHD ClientAliveInterval Changed to 600 Seconds
        • 8.3.14.7 Stronger Password Requirements
        • 8.3.14.8 Upload DIAGPACK to Oracle ASR Manager using HTTPs
      • 8.3.15 Deprecated Features in Oracle Exadata System Software Release 19.1.0
        • 8.3.15.1 Deprecation of Interleaved Grid Disks
        • 8.3.15.2 Deprecation of nfsimg Images
      • 8.3.16 Desupported Features in Oracle Exadata System Software Release 19.1.0
  • 9 New Features for Oracle Exadata System Software Release 18
    • 9.1 What's New in Oracle Exadata Database Machine 18c (18.1.0)
      • 9.1.1 In-Memory OLTP and Consolidation Acceleration
      • 9.1.2 In-Memory Columnar Caching on Storage Servers
      • 9.1.3 Oracle Exadata Storage Server Cloud Scale Software Update
      • 9.1.4 Faster Oracle Exadata Database Server Software Update
      • 9.1.5 Improved Ethernet Performance in Oracle VM
      • 9.1.6 Performance Improvement Following Disk Online Completion
      • 9.1.7 Improved High Availability After Flash Failures
      • 9.1.8 IORM Maximum Utilization Limit Applies to Flash Devices
      • 9.1.9 OEDA Command Line Interface
    • 9.2 Oracle Exadata Database Machine X7 New Features
      • 9.2.1 Do Not Service LED on Storage Servers
      • 9.2.2 Online Flash Disk Replacement for Oracle Exadata Storage Server X7
      • 9.2.3 New Configuration for System Partitions on Storage Servers
      • 9.2.4 Secure Boot
  • 10 New Features for Oracle Exadata System Software Release 12.x
    • 10.1 What's New in Oracle Exadata Database Machine 12.2.1.1.0
      • 10.1.1 In-Memory Columnar Caching on Storage Servers
      • 10.1.2 Columnar Flash Cache for Encrypted Tablespace
      • 10.1.3 Set Membership in Storage Indexes
      • 10.1.4 Storage Index to Store Column Information for More Than Eight Columns
      • 10.1.5 5x Faster Oracle Exadata System Software Updates
      • 10.1.6 Faster Performance for Large Analytic Queries and Large Loads
      • 10.1.7 Secure Eraser
      • 10.1.8 Cell-to-Cell Offload Support for ASM-Scoped Security
      • 10.1.9 Adding an Additional Network Card to Oracle Exadata Database Machine X6-2 Database Servers
      • 10.1.10 Automatic Diagpack Upload for Oracle ASR
      • 10.1.11 CREATE DIAGPACK and LIST DIAGPACK Commands Available for Oracle Exadata Database Servers
      • 10.1.12 Rescue Plan
      • 10.1.13 Support for IPv6 Oracle VM and Tagged VLANs
      • 10.1.14 Management Server Can Remain Online During NTP, DNS, and ILOM Changes
      • 10.1.15 New Charts in ExaWatcher
      • 10.1.16 New Metrics for Redo Log Writes
      • 10.1.17 Quarantine Manager Support for Cell-to-Cell Rebalance and High Throughput Write Operations
      • 10.1.18 ExaCLI and REST API Enabled for Management Server
      • 10.1.19 New Features in Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12.2.1.1.0
        • 10.1.19.1 Oracle ASM Flex Disk Groups
        • 10.1.19.2 Oracle Flex ASM
        • 10.1.19.3 Faster Redundancy Restoration After Storage Loss
        • 10.1.19.4 Dynamic Power Change
        • 10.1.19.5 Quorum Disk Support in Oracle Universal Installer
      • 10.1.20 New Features in Oracle Database 12c Release 2 (12.2.0.1)
        • 10.1.20.1 Database Server I/O Latency Capping
        • 10.1.20.2 Exadata Smart Scan Offload for Compressed Index Scan
        • 10.1.20.3 Exadata Smart Scan Offload Enhancements for In-Memory Aggregation (IMA)
        • 10.1.20.4 Exadata Smart Scan Offload Enhancements for XML
        • 10.1.20.5 Exadata Smart Scan Offload Enhancements for LOBs
        • 10.1.20.6 New Features in Oracle Exadata Snapshots
      • 10.1.21 Oracle Linux Kernel Upgraded to Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 4 and Oracle VM Upgraded to 3.4.2
    • 10.2 What's New in Oracle Exadata Database Machine 12c Release 1 (12.1.2.3.0)
      • 10.2.1 Performance Improvement for Oracle Exadata System Software Updates
      • 10.2.2 Quorum Disk Manager Utility
      • 10.2.3 VLAN Support
      • 10.2.4 Adaptive Scrubbing Schedule
      • 10.2.5 IPv6 Support in ASR Manager
      • 10.2.6 Increased Maximum Number of Database Processes
      • 10.2.7 Cell-to-Cell Rebalance Preserves Storage Index
      • 10.2.8 ASM Disk Size Checked When Reducing Grid Disk Size
      • 10.2.9 Support for Alerts in CREATE DIAGPACK
    • 10.3 What's New in Oracle Exadata Database Machine 12c Release 1 (12.1.2.2.0)
      • 10.3.1 8 TB Hard Disk Support
      • 10.3.2 IPv6 Support
      • 10.3.3 Running CellCLI Commands from Compute Nodes
      • 10.3.4 Disabling SSH on Storage Servers
      • 10.3.5 Fixed Allocations for Databases in the Flash Cache
      • 10.3.6 Oracle Exadata Storage Statistics in AWR Reports
      • 10.3.7 Increased Maximum Number of Database Processes
      • 10.3.8 Custom Diagnostic Package for Storage Server Alerts
      • 10.3.9 Updating Nodes Using patchmgr
      • 10.3.10 kdump Operational for 8-Socket Database Nodes
      • 10.3.11 Redundancy Check When Powering Down the Storage Server
      • 10.3.12 Specifying an IP Address for SNMP Traps
      • 10.3.13 Reverse Offload Improvements
      • 10.3.14 Cell-to-Cell Rebalance Preserves Flash Cache Population
    • 10.4 What's New in Oracle Exadata Database Machine 12c Release 1 (12.1.2.1.2)
      • 10.4.1 InfiniBand Partitioning for Virtualized Exadata Environments
    • 10.5 What's New in Oracle Exadata Database Machine 12c Release 1 (12.1.2.1.1)
      • 10.5.1 Flash Performance Improvement in X5 Storage Servers
      • 10.5.2 Oracle Exadata Virtual Machines
      • 10.5.3 Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) with Capacity-on-Demand (CoD)
      • 10.5.4 Improved Flash Cache Metrics
      • 10.5.5 Leap Second Time Adjustment
      • 10.5.6 Network Resource Management
      • 10.5.7 DBMCLI Replaces /opt/oracle.cellos/compmon/exadata_mon_hw_asr.pl Script
    • 10.6 What's New in Oracle Exadata Database Machine 12c Release 1 (12.1.2.1.0)
      • 10.6.1 Oracle Exadata Database Machine Elastic Configurations
      • 10.6.2 Sparse Grid Disks
      • 10.6.3 Snapshot Databases for Test and Development
      • 10.6.4 Columnar Flash Caching
      • 10.6.5 Oracle Exadata System Software I/O Latency Capping for Write Operations
      • 10.6.6 Elimination of False Drive Failures
      • 10.6.7 Flash and Disk Life Cycle Management Alert
      • 10.6.8 Performance Optimization for SQL Queries with Minimum or Maximum Functions
      • 10.6.9 Oracle Exadata Storage Server Software Performance Statistics in AWR Reports
      • 10.6.10 Exafusion Direct-to-Wire Protocol
      • 10.6.11 Management Server on Database Servers
      • 10.6.12 SQL Operators for JSON and XML
      • 10.6.13 I/O Resource Management for Flash
      • 10.6.14 Flash Cache Space Resource Management
      • 10.6.15 I/O Resource Management Profiles
      • 10.6.16 Write Back Flash Cache on Extreme Flash Cells
      • 10.6.17 Secure Erase for 1.6 TB Flash Drives in Extreme Flash and High Capacity Systems
      • 10.6.18 Increased Exadata Cell Connection Limit
      • 10.6.19 Support for SNMP v3
      • 10.6.20 Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 Compliant Smart Scan
      • 10.6.21 Oracle Exadata Virtual Machines
    • 10.7 What's New in Oracle Exadata Database Machine 12c Release 1 (12.1.1.1.1)
      • 10.7.1 Additional SQL Operators and Conditions for LOB and CLOB
    • 10.8 What's New in Oracle Exadata Database Machine 12c Release 1 (12.1.1.1.0)
      • 10.8.1 Support for Oracle Database Releases 12c Release 1 (12.1) and 11g Release 2 (11.2)
      • 10.8.2 IORM Support for CDBs and PDBs
      • 10.8.3 Cell to Cell Data Transfer
      • 10.8.4 Desupport of HP Oracle Database Machine Hardware
  • 11 New Features for Oracle Exadata System Software Release 11.x
    • 11.1 What's New in Oracle Exadata Database Machine 11g Release 2 (11.2.3.3.1)
      • 11.1.1 Oracle Capacity-on-Demand for Database Servers
      • 11.1.2 Exadata I/O Latency Capping
      • 11.1.3 Oracle Exadata Storage Server I/O Timeout Threshold
      • 11.1.4 Support for New Hardware
    • 11.2 What's New in Oracle Exadata Database Machine 11g Release 2 (11.2.3.3.0)
      • 11.2.1 Flash Cache Compression
      • 11.2.2 Automatic Flash Caching for Table Scan Workloads
      • 11.2.3 Fast Data File Creation
      • 11.2.4 Network Resource Management
      • 11.2.5 Active Bonding Network
      • 11.2.6 Oracle ASM Disk Group in Appliance Mode
      • 11.2.7 Automatic Hard Disk Scrub and Repair
      • 11.2.8 Drop Hard Disk for Replacement
      • 11.2.9 Drop BBU for Replacement
      • 11.2.10 Oracle Exadata Database Machine Eighth Rack Configuration
      • 11.2.11 Cell Alert Summary
      • 11.2.12 Secure Erase for Larger Drives
      • 11.2.13 Periodic ILOM Reset
      • 11.2.14 Oracle Exawatcher Replaces Oracle OSwatcher
      • 11.2.15 Enhancements for Hardware and Software
    • 11.3 What's New in Oracle Exadata Database Machine 11g Release 2 (11.2.3.2)
      • 11.3.1 Write-Back Flash Cache with Exadata Smart Flash Cache
        • 11.3.1.1 Exadata Smart Flash Cache Persistent After Cell Restart
      • 11.3.2 Graceful Shutdown of CELLSRV Services
      • 11.3.3 LED Notification for Storage Server Disk Removal
      • 11.3.4 Identification of Underperforming Disks
      • 11.3.5 Oracle Database File System Support for Oracle Solaris
      • 11.3.6 Health Factor for Predictive Failed Disk Drop
      • 11.3.7 Hard Disk Drive Numbering in Servers
    • 11.4 What's New in Oracle Exadata Database Machine 11g Release 2 (11.2.3.1)
      • 11.4.1 Support for Oracle Solaris 11 (SRU2a)
      • 11.4.2 Linux Database Server Updates with Unbreakable Linux Network
      • 11.4.3 Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control for Oracle Exadata Database Machine
      • 11.4.4 I/O Resource Management Support for More Than 32 Databases
      • 11.4.5 Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2.0.3)
      • 11.4.6 Exadata Cell Connection Limit
    • 11.5 What's New in Oracle Exadata Database Machine 11g Release 2 (11.2.2.4)
      • 11.5.1 Oracle Exadata Smart Flash Log
    • 11.6 What's New in Oracle Exadata Database Machine 11g Release 2 (11.2.2.3)
      • 11.6.1 Oracle Solaris Operating System for Database Servers
      • 11.6.2 Exadata Secure Erase
      • 11.6.3 Optimized Smart Scan
    • 11.7 What's New in Oracle Exadata Database Machine 11g Release 2 (11.2.1.2)
      • 11.7.1 Exadata Smart Flash Cache
      • 11.7.2 Hybrid Columnar Compression
      • 11.7.3 Storage Index
      • 11.7.4 Smart Scan of Encrypted Data
      • 11.7.5 Interleaved Grid Disks
      • 11.7.6 Data Mining Scoring Offload
      • 11.7.7 Enhanced Manageability Features
    • 11.8 What's New in Oracle Exadata Database Machine 11g Release 2 (11.2)
      • 11.8.1 Expanded Content in the Guide
• Part II Hardware Components
  • 12 Hardware Components of Oracle Exadata Database Machine
    • 12.1 Oracle Exadata Database Machine Hardware Components by Model
    • 12.2 Oracle Exadata Database Server Hardware Components
      • 12.2.1 Oracle Exadata Database Server X11M Hardware Components
      • 12.2.2 Oracle Exadata Database Server X11M-Z Hardware Components
      • 12.2.3 Oracle Exadata X10M Database Server Hardware Components
      • 12.2.4 Oracle Exadata X10M Eighth Rack Database Server Hardware Components
      • 12.2.5 Database Server Components of Oracle Exadata X9M-2
      • 12.2.6 Database Server Components of Oracle Exadata X9M-8
      • 12.2.7 Database Server Components of Oracle Exadata X8M-2
      • 12.2.8 Database Server Components of Oracle Exadata X8M-8
      • 12.2.9 Database Server Components of Oracle Exadata Database Machine X8-2
      • 12.2.10 Database Server Components of Oracle Exadata Database Machine X8-8
      • 12.2.11 Database Server Components of Oracle Exadata Database Machine X7-2
      • 12.2.12 Database Server Components of Oracle Exadata Database Machine X7-8
      • 12.2.13 Database Server Components of Oracle Exadata Database Machine X6-2
      • 12.2.14 Database Server Components of Oracle Exadata Database Machine X5-2
      • 12.2.15 Database Server Components of Oracle Exadata Database Machine X5-8 and X6-8
      • 12.2.16 Database Server Components of Oracle Exadata Database Machine X4-2
      • 12.2.17 Database Server Components of Oracle Exadata Database Machine X4-8 Full Rack
      • 12.2.18 Database Server Components of Oracle Exadata Database Machine X3-2
      • 12.2.19 Database Server Components of Oracle Exadata Database Machine X3-8 Full Rack
      • 12.2.20 Database Server Components of Oracle Exadata Database Machine X2-2
      • 12.2.21 Database Server Components of Oracle Exadata Database Machine X2-8 Full Rack
    • 12.3 Oracle Exadata Storage Server Hardware Components
      • 12.3.1 Exadata Storage Server X11M Extreme Flash Hardware Components
      • 12.3.2 Exadata Storage Server X11M High Capacity Hardware Components
      • 12.3.3 Exadata Storage Server X11M-Z High Capacity Hardware Components
      • 12.3.4 Exadata Storage Server X10M Extreme Flash Hardware Components
      • 12.3.5 Exadata Storage Server X10M High Capacity Hardware Components
      • 12.3.6 Exadata Storage Server X10M Extended Hardware Components
      • 12.3.7 Exadata Storage Server X10M Eighth Rack High Capacity Hardware Components
      • 12.3.8 Extreme Flash Exadata Storage Server X9M-2 Hardware Components
      • 12.3.9 High Capacity Exadata Storage Server X9M-2 Hardware Components
      • 12.3.10 Extended Exadata Storage Server X9M-2 Hardware Components
      • 12.3.11 Extreme Flash Exadata Storage Server X8M-2 and X8-2 Hardware Components
      • 12.3.12 High Capacity Exadata Storage Server X8-2 and X8M-2 Hardware Components
      • 12.3.13 Extended Exadata Storage Server X8-2 and X8M-2 Hardware Components
      • 12.3.14 Extreme Flash Exadata Storage Server X7-2 Hardware Components
      • 12.3.15 High Capacity Exadata Storage Server X7-2 Hardware Components
      • 12.3.16 Extreme Flash Exadata Storage Server X6-2 Hardware Components
      • 12.3.17 High Capacity Exadata Storage Server X6-2 Hardware Components
      • 12.3.18 Extreme Flash Exadata Storage Server X5-2 Hardware Components
      • 12.3.19 High Capacity Exadata Storage Server X5-2 Hardware Components
      • 12.3.20 Exadata Storage Server X4-2L Hardware Components
      • 12.3.21 Exadata Storage Server X3-2L Hardware Components
      • 12.3.22 Exadata Storage Server with Sun Fire X4270 M2 Servers Hardware Components
      • 12.3.23 Exadata Storage Server with Sun Fire X4275 Servers Hardware Components
    • 12.4 Spares Kit Components for Oracle Exadata Database Machine
  • 13 Hardware Components of the Exadata Storage Expansion Rack
    • 13.1 Components of Oracle Exadata Storage Expansion Rack X11M
    • 13.2 Components of Oracle Exadata Storage Expansion Rack X10M
    • 13.3 Components of Oracle Exadata Storage Expansion Rack X9M-2
    • 13.4 Components of Oracle Exadata Storage Expansion Rack X8M-2
    • 13.5 Components of Oracle Exadata Storage Expansion Rack X8-2
    • 13.6 Components of Oracle Exadata Storage Expansion Rack X7-2
    • 13.7 Components of Oracle Exadata Storage Expansion Rack X6-2
    • 13.8 Components of Oracle Exadata Storage Expansion Rack X5-2
    • 13.9 Components of Oracle Exadata Storage Expansion Rack X4-2
    • 13.10 Components of Oracle Exadata Storage Expansion Rack X3-2
    • 13.11 Components of Oracle Exadata Storage Expansion Rack with Exadata Storage Server with Sun Fire X4270 M2 Servers
    • 13.12 Spares Kit Components for Oracle Exadata Storage Expansion Rack
• Part III Cabling Information for Oracle Exadata Database Machine
  • 14 Cabling Tables for Oracle Exadata Database Machine X11M and X10M
    • 14.1 Rack Layout
    • 14.2 Administration Network Ethernet Port Cabling
    • 14.3 RDMA Network Fabric Cabling for Oracle Exadata Database Machine X11M and X10M
    • 14.4 PDU Cabling for Oracle Exadata X11M and X10M
  • 15 Cabling Tables for Oracle Exadata X9M
    • 15.1 Rack Layout
    • 15.2 Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) Cabling
    • 15.3 Administrative Ethernet Port Cabling
    • 15.4 Single Phase Power Distribution Unit Cabling
      • 15.4.1 Single Phase PDU Cabling for Oracle Exadata X9M-2 Full Rack
      • 15.4.2 Single Phase PDU Cabling for Oracle Exadata X9M-8 Full Rack
    • 15.5 Three-Phase Power Distribution Unit Cabling
      • 15.5.1 Three-Phase PDU Cabling for Oracle Exadata X9M-2 Full Rack
      • 15.5.2 Three Phase PDU Cabling for Oracle Exadata X9M-8 Full Rack
    • 15.6 RDMA Network Fabric Network Cabling
      • 15.6.1 RDMA Network Fabric Cabling for Oracle Exadata X9M-2
      • 15.6.2 RDMA Network Fabric Cabling for Oracle Exadata X9M-8
  • 16 Cabling Tables for Oracle Exadata X8M
    • 16.1 Rack Layout Diagrams
    • 16.2 Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) Cabling Tables
    • 16.3 Administrative Ethernet Port Cabling Tables
    • 16.4 Single Phase Power Distribution Unit Cabling Tables
      • 16.4.1 Single Phase PDU Cabling for Oracle Exadata Database Machine X8M-2 Full Rack
      • 16.4.2 Single Phase PDU Cabling for Oracle Exadata Database Machine X8M-8 Full Rack
    • 16.5 Three-Phase Power Distribution Unit Cabling Tables
      • 16.5.1 Three-Phase PDU Cabling for Oracle Exadata Database Machine X8M-2 Full Rack
      • 16.5.2 Three Phase PDU Cabling for Oracle Exadata Database Machine X8M-8 Full Rack
    • 16.6 RDMA Network Fabric Network Cabling Tables
      • 16.6.1 RDMA Network Fabric Network Cabling Tables for X8M-2 Racks
      • 16.6.2 RDMA Network Fabric Network Cabling Tables for X8M-8 Racks
  • 17 Cabling Tables for Oracle Exadata Database Machine X8-2, X8-8, X7-2, and X7-8
    • 17.1 Rack Layout Diagrams
    • 17.2 Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager Cabling Tables
    • 17.3 Administrative Gigabit Ethernet Port Cabling Tables
    • 17.4 Single Phase Power Distribution Unit Cabling Tables
      • 17.4.1 Single Phase PDU Cabling for Oracle Exadata Database Machine X8-2 Full Rack
      • 17.4.2 Single Phase PDU Cabling for Oracle Exadata Database Machine X8-8 Full Rack
      • 17.4.3 Single Phase PDU Cabling for Oracle Exadata Database Machine X7-2 Full Rack
      • 17.4.4 Single Phase PDU Cabling for Oracle Exadata Database Machine X7-8 Full Rack
    • 17.5 Three-Phase Power Distribution Unit Cabling Tables
      • 17.5.1 Three-Phase PDU Cabling for Oracle Exadata Database Machine X8-2 Full Rack
      • 17.5.2 Three Phase PDU Cabling for Oracle Exadata Database Machine X8-8 Full Rack
      • 17.5.3 Three-Phase PDU Cabling for Oracle Exadata Database Machine X7-2 Full Rack
      • 17.5.4 Three Phase PDU Cabling for Oracle Exadata Database Machine X7-8 Full Rack
    • 17.6 InfiniBand Network Cabling Tables
  • 18 Cabling Tables for Oracle Exadata Database Machine X6-2, X6-8, X5-2, and X5-8
    • 18.1 Rack Layout Diagrams
    • 18.2 Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager Cabling Tables
    • 18.3 Administrative Gigabit Ethernet Port Cabling Tables
    • 18.4 Single Phase Power Distribution Unit Cabling Tables
    • 18.5 Three Phase Power Distribution Unit Cabling Tables
    • 18.6 InfiniBand Network Cabling Tables
  • 19 Cabling Tables for Oracle Exadata Database Machine X4-2 and Oracle Exadata Database Machine X4-8 Full Rack
    • 19.1 Rack Layout Diagrams
    • 19.2 Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager Cabling Tables
    • 19.3 Administrative Gigabit Ethernet Port Cabling Tables
    • 19.4 Single Phase Power Distribution Unit Cabling Tables
    • 19.5 Three Phase Power Distribution Unit Cabling Tables
    • 19.6 InfiniBand Network Cabling Tables
  • 20 Cabling Tables for Oracle Exadata Database Machine X3-2 and Oracle Exadata Database Machine X3-8 Full Rack
    • 20.1 Rack Layout Diagrams
    • 20.2 Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager Cabling Tables
    • 20.3 Administrative Gigabit Ethernet Port Cabling Tables
    • 20.4 Single Phase Power Distribution Unit Cabling Tables
    • 20.5 Three Phase Power Distribution Unit Cabling Tables
    • 20.6 InfiniBand Network Cabling Tables
  • 21 Cabling Tables for Oracle Exadata Database Machine X2-2 and Oracle Exadata Database Machine X2-8 Full Rack
    • 21.1 Rack Layout Diagrams
    • 21.2 Keyboard, Video and Mouse Network Cabling Tables
    • 21.3 Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager Cabling Tables
    • 21.4 Administrative Gigabit Ethernet Port Cabling Tables
    • 21.5 Single Phase Power Distribution Unit Cabling Tables
    • 21.6 Three Phase Power Distribution Unit Cabling Tables
    • 21.7 InfiniBand Network Cabling Tables
  • 22 Cabling Tables for Oracle Exadata Storage Expansion Rack X11M and X10M
    • 22.1 Rack Layout
    • 22.2 Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) Cabling
    • 22.3 Administration Network Cabling
    • 22.4 Single Phase Power Distribution Unit Cabling
    • 22.5 Three Phase Power Distribution Unit Cabling
    • 22.6 RDMA Network Fabric Cabling
  • 23 Cabling Tables for Oracle Exadata Storage Expansion Rack X9M-2
    • 23.1 Rack Layout
    • 23.2 Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) Cabling
    • 23.3 Administrative Network Cabling
    • 23.4 Single Phase Power Distribution Unit Cabling
    • 23.5 Three Phase Power Distribution Unit Cabling
    • 23.6 RDMA Network Fabric Cabling
  • 24 Cabling Tables for Oracle Exadata Storage Expansion Rack X8M and Earlier
    • 24.1 Storage Expansion Rack Layout Diagrams
    • 24.2 Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) Cabling Tables
    • 24.3 Administrative Network Cabling Tables
    • 24.4 Single Phase Power Distribution Unit Cabling Tables
    • 24.5 Three Phase Power Distribution Unit Cabling Tables
    • 24.6 RDMA Network Fabric Network Cabling Tables
      • 24.6.1 RDMA Network Fabric Cabling for Oracle Exadata Storage Expansion Rack X8M-2
      • 24.6.2 InfiniBand Network Cabling for Oracle Exadata Storage Expansion X7-2, X6-2 and X5-2
      • 24.6.3 InfiniBand Network Cabling for Oracle Exadata Storage Expansion Rack X4-2 and X3-2
      • 24.6.4 InfiniBand Network Cabling for Oracle Exadata Storage Expansion with Sun Fire X4270 M2 Servers
• A Components of Oracle Exadata
  • A.1 Obtaining Information about Oracle Exadata Components