Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud 2.0: System Administration (D86356) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

b]The Exalogic Solution[/b]

  • Data Center Challenges
  • What is InfiniBand (IB)?
  • Engineered Solution
  • Multitenancy
  • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
  • What is Exalogic Control?
  • Physical vs Virtual Data Center
  • Exalogic Versioning

Hardware Components

  • Exalogic Machine Topology
  • Compute Nodes
  • Storage Appliance
  • InfiniBand Switches
  • IB Transceivers and Cables
  • Management Switch
  • Comparing Rack Configurations
  • Power Options

Initial Machine Configuration

  • Using Oracle Installation Services
  • Exalogic Configuration Utility (ECU) Overview
  • IP over InfiniBand (IPoIB)
  • Ethernet over InfiniBand (EoIB)
  • Default Networks
  • Default Storage Projects
  • Host Utilities
  • DCLI Examples

Managing Hardware With ILOM

  • ILOM Network
  • Changing the Root Password
  • Powering the Device On and Off
  • Locating the Device in the Data Center
  • Viewing Hardware Status and Specifications
  • Monitoring Power Consumption
  • Configuring Alerts
  • CLI Examples

Managing Hardware with Exalogic Control

  • Exalogic Control Architecture
  • Starting and Stopping Exalogic Control
  • Creating an Exalogic System Administrator
  • Viewing Exalogic System Specifications
  • Viewing Exalogic System Networks
  • Navigating Rack Slots
  • Monitoring Asset Hardware
  • Creating an Exalogic System Report

Storage Configuration

  • Changing the Root Password
  • Storage Pool
  • Replacing Failed Hardware
  • Configuring Services, Projects, and Shares
  • Overriding Project Defaults
  • Exalogic NFS Architectures
  • Configuring a Compute Node for NFS
  • CLI Examples

Network Configuration

  • Single Rack Network Topology
  • Multi Rack Network Topology
  • Replacing Failed Hardware
  • Monitoring Connection Status
  • Monitoring the Subnet Manager
  • Working with Partitions
  • Creating a VNIC
  • Tagging a Gateway Port with a VLAN ID

Lifecycle Management

  • Exalogic Lifecycle Toolkit
  • ExaCheck
  • Automatic Service Requests
  • ExaLogs
  • Backup Recommendations
  • ExaBR

Disaster Recovery

  • Discovery Recovery Topology
  • Exalogic Storage Replication
  • Recommended Storage Network Topology
  • Creating a Replication Target
  • Configuring Replication for a Project
  • Oracle Site Guard Overview