Infiniband Network Configuration Page; Modifying The Default Infiniband Network Names - Oracle EXADATA X6-2 Installation And Configuration Manual

3.2.8 InfiniBand Network Configuration Page

The InfiniBand network is the private network between database servers and storage
servers. The following table lists the InfiniBand network fields.
Table 3-8
InfiniBand Network Field
Starting IP Address for Pool
Pool Size
Ending IP Address for Pool
Related Topics:
• Overview of Network Requirements

3.2.8.1 Modifying the Default InfiniBand Network Names

The following table lists the InfiniBand network format mask fields.
Table 3-9
Private (IB) Network Format Masks Field
Compute Private Name
Note:
Sample name formats are based on the prefix entered on the Customer
Details page. To modify the name formats, click Modify.
InfiniBand Network Page
Note:
The percent signs (%) in the names are replaced by the numbers entered into
the Starting ID fields.
Private (IB) Network Format Masks Page
OEDA Graphical User Interface
Description
Assigns the starting IP address for the private
network port.
Note: The pool should consist of consecutive
IP addresses. If consecutive IP addresses are
not available, then specific IP addresses can
be modified during the configuration process.
Defined by the hardware selection.
Defined by the starting IP address and the
pool size.
(page 2-1)
Description
Sets the InfiniBand access name for the
database servers.
Note: The name contains alphanumeric
characters.
This field cannot be empty.
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