Port Usage In Infiniband Switches; Port Usage In Nm2-Gw; Port Usage In Nm2-36P; Port Usage/Connection Groups For Nm2-Gw In Multirack Scenarios - Oracle Exalogic EL X2-2 Multirack Cabling Manual

discussion of such scenarios is beyond the scope of this guide. For more information,
please contact Oracle Support.
For detailed information about the hardware components of the Exalogic machine and
the rack layout, see the Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud Machine Owner's Guide.

1.3 Port Usage in InfiniBand Switches

All configurations of the Exalogic machine (full, half, quarter, and eighth rack) include
Sun Network QDR InfiniBand Gateway Switches. Only the Exalogic machine full rack
and half rack configurations include a Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Switch 36.
This section discusses the port usage in the following InfiniBand switches in multirack
configuration scenarios:
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Port Usage in NM2-GW

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Port Usage in NM2-36P

1.3.1 Port Usage in NM2-GW
Figure 1-1
Gateway Switches (NM2-GW).
Figure 1-1
1.3.2 Port Usage in NM2-36P
illustrates the port usage in the Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Switch 36 (NM2-36P),
which is included in Exalogic machine full rack and half rack configurations.
illustrates the port usage in each of the Sun Network QDR InfiniBand

Port Usage/Connection Groups for NM2-GW in Multirack Scenarios

Chapter 1
Port Usage in InfiniBand Switches
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