Network Connection and IP Address Requirements for Oracle Exadata Database Machine
(number of Ethernet switches)
Number of client access network IP addresses =
(number of database servers)*2 + 3
Number of InfiniBand network IP addresses =
(number of database servers)*2 +
(number of storage servers)*2
Number of additional network IP addresses =
(number of database servers) * (number of additional networks)
Oracle VM deployment:
Number of management network IP addresses =
(number of databases servers)*2 +
(number of Oracle VM user domains) +
(number of storage servers)*2 +
(number of PDUs) +
(number of IB switches) +
(number of Ethernet switches)
Number of client access network IP addresses =
(number of Oracle VM user domains)*2 +
(number of Oracle RAC VM clusters)*3
Number of InfiniBand network IP addresses =
(number of Oracle VM user domains)*2 +
(number of storage servers)*2
Number of additional network IP addresses =
(number of database servers) * (number of Oracle VM user domains)
Table 1-41
(page 1-71) shows the network requirements by component. The IP
address numbers are per component, not rack.
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