Readying Oracle Database Appliance For Deployment; About Interconnect Cabling - Oracle X6-2-HA Deployment And User's Manual

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Readying Oracle Database Appliance for
Deployment
Complete these tasks to prepare to deploy Oracle Database Appliance.
Topics:
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About Interconnect Cabling

Interconnect is reserved for Oracle Grid Infrastructure (GI) and Oracle Relational
Database Management System (RDBMS).
• Attaching Supplied Cables for Oracle Database Appliance
If you are using Oracle Database Appliance with a single storage shelf, attach the
interconnect cables.
• Attaching a Storage Expansion Shelf to Oracle Database Appliance
Review these topics to install and cable a storage expansion shelf for Oracle
Database Appliance.
• Attaching Peripheral Devices
Complete this task if you have direct access to Oracle Database Appliance and
you intend to use a locally connected monitor, keyboard and mouse.
• First Startup of Oracle Database Appliance
Use this procedure to start up either a newly-installed Oracle Database Appliance,
or to start up the appliance after you power it down.
• Configuring Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager
Configure Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (Oracle ILOM) to manage Oracle
Database Appliance independent of the operating system.
About Interconnect Cabling
Interconnect is reserved for Oracle Grid Infrastructure (GI) and Oracle Relational
Database Management System (RDBMS).
Oracle GI includes Oracle Clusterware, Oracle Automatic Storage Management
(Oracle ASM), and Oracle Restart. Even if you do not use Oracle Real Application
Clusters (RAC) , Oracle Database Appliance uses the interconnect for RAC ASM and
Oracle GI.
Note:
Do not use interconnect for other applications.
When you power on Oracle Database Appliance for the first time, the system
automatically defines your public network interface based on the interconnect. If you
use the InfiniBand cards, then the InfiniBand network is used for the interconnect. If
you ordered the configuration that contains the 10GbE SFP+ (fiber) cards instead of
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