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Contents Preface ................................................................................................................................................................. ix Intended Audience...................................................................................................................................... ix Documentation Accessibility..................................................................................................................... ix Related Documents ..................................................................................................................................... ix Conventions ................................................................................................................................................. ix Before You Begin .......................................................................................................................................... xi 1 Enterprise Deployment Overview 1.1 What is Enterprise Deployment?.............................................................................................. 1-1 1.2 Prerequisities ............................................................................................................................... 1-2 1.3 Terminology................................................................................................................................. 1-2 1.4 Benefits of Oracle Recommendations ...................................................................................... 1-4 1.4.1 Built-in Security ................................................................................................................... 1-4 1.4.2 High Availability ................................................................................................................. 1-5 1.4.3 Performance.......................................................................................................................... 1-5 1.4.4 Application Isolation........................................................................................................... 1-5 1.5 Overview of Oracle Exalogic Configured Environment....................................................... 1-6 1.5.1 Network ................................................................................................................................ 1-6 1.5.2 Sun ZFS Storage 7320 appliance........................................................................................ 1-6 1.5.3 Oracle Software.................................................................................................................... 1-6 1.6 Administrator Roles and Permissions ..................................................................................... 1-7 1.7 Task Roadmap............................................................................................................................. 1-7 2 Reference Topology and Slicing Diagram 2.1 Scenario1: Exalogic Machine Connected to Oracle Database or RAC over 10 Gb Ethernet .... 2-1 2.2 Scenario2: Exalogic Machine Connected to Oracle Exadata Database Machine via InfiniBand 2-3 2.3 Processor Cores for Exalogic X86 Machines ........................................................................... 2-4 2.4 Introduction to Tiers................................................................................................................... 2-4 2.4.1 Web Tier ................................................................................................................................ 2-4 2.4.1.1 Parameters for Web Server Plug-Ins.......................................................................... 2-5 2.4.2 Application Tier ................................................................................................................... 2-5 2.4.3 Data Tier................................................................................................................................ 2-5 iii 2.5 Load Balancer Requirements..................................................................................................... 2-6 2.6 Example: Horizontal Slicing Within Exalogic Machine Quarter Rack................................ 2-7 3 Network, Storage, and Database Preconfiguration 3.1 Important Notes for Oracle Solaris Users................................................................................ 3-1 3.2 Machines ...................................................................................................................................... 3-2 3.3 Network........................................................................................................................................ 3-3 3.3.1 General Network and InfiniBand Setup........................................................................... 3-4 3.3.2 Network Diagram for Exalogic Machine ......................................................................... 3-4 3.3.3 Enterprise Deployment Network Configuration............................................................ 3-6 3.3.3.1 IP Address and Network Channel Requirements ................................................... 3-6 3.3.3.2 Determining Network Interface and Channel Requirements for a WebLogic Managed Server and the Administration Server 3-8 3.3.3.3 IP Addresses for Private InfiniBand Fabric Used by WebLogic Clusters and Coherence Clusters 3-9 3.3.3.4 IP Addresses for WebLogic Clusters When HTTP or T3 Traffic Is Via Ethernet over InfiniBand (EoIB) 3-16 3.3.3.5 Optional Network Configuration ........................................................................... 3-17 3.3.4 Virtual Server Names....................................................................................................... 3-19 3.3.4.1 exalogic.mycompany.com ....................................................................................... 3-20 3.3.4.2 admin.mycompany.com........................................................................................... 3-20 3.3.4.3 exalogicinternal.mycompany.com .......................................................................... 3-20 3.3.5 Load Balancers .................................................................................................................