In 2011, Oracle Introduced an entry level Engineered system known as Oracle Database Appliance (ODA). ODA is a pre-configured, highly available Oracle Database Engineered system. ODA system consists of hardware, software, storage and networking. The hardware configuration is designed to provide redundancy and protection against single points of failures in the system.

The Oracle Database Appliance saves time and money by simplifying deployment, maintenance, and support of high availability Database solutions.

ODA consists of two physical servers (Node 0 and Node 1), a storage shelf and optionally an additional storage shelf. The two independent physical servers are interconnected and direct attached to SAS and SSD storage.

ODA is basically a 2-node RAC cluster database system running Oracle Linux operating (OEL), Oracle Database Enterprise Edition, Oracle Grid Infrastructure (Clusterware and ASM). All these together provides the Oracle Database high availability running on ODA.

In 2016, Oracle added 3 new models to expand Oracle Database Appliance portfolio. These 3 new models are:

Oracle Database Appliance X6-2S (single-instance database)
Oracle Database Appliance X6-2M (single-instance database)
Oracle Database Appliance X6-2L (single-instance database)

The High Available ODA x6-2 is now known as X6-2 HA which consists of 2 nodes and a storage shelf and optionally an additional storage shelf.

The Oracle Database Appliance X6-2 model family offers the lowest hardware price for an Oracle Engineered System. Combined with flexible Oracle Database software licensing, the Oracle Database Appliance X6-2 model family brings Oracle Engineered Systems to within reach of every organization.

In October 2017, Oracle announced Oracle Database Appliance X7-2 (Small, Medium and HA). ODA X7-2 comes with more computing resources compared with X6-2 Models.

Oracle Database Appliance X7-2S (single-instance database)
Oracle Database Appliance X7-2M (single-instance database)
Oracle Database Appliance X7-2 HA

Note: With ODA X7-2, looks like the ODA X7-2 Large configuration is discontinued.

Oracle Database Appliance X7-2 Small specification

One server
1 Intel Xeon processor, 10 Cores
192GB Physical memory expandable upto 384GB
Choice of 10GBase-T or 10/25 GbE SFP28 public networking
12.8TB NVMe raw storage

Oracle Database Appliance X7-2 Medium specification

One server
2 Intel Xeon processor, 36 Cores
384 GB Physical memory expandable upto 768GB
Choice of 10GBase-T or 10/25 GbE SFP28 public networking
12.8 TB NVMe raw storage with optional expansion to 51.2 TB NVMe raw storage

Oracle Database Appliance X7-2 HA specification

32 cores per server (72 cores in total for 2 servers)
384 GB physical memory per server expandable upto 1.5TB (768 GB memory in total for 2 servers)
Storage Shelf
High Capacity: 150 TB HDD raw capacity per shelf
High Performance: 64 TB SDD raw capacity per shelf
3.2 TB raw capacity for redo log storage per shelf
Choice of 10GBase-T or 10/25 GbE SFP28 public networking

The following picture shows the Oracle Database Appliance X6 and X7 Model Family Details

Conclusion

In this blog we have learned about Oracle Database Appliance X6 and X7 Model Family. With the new ODA model Small, Medium and Large, the Oracle Database Appliance X6-2 and X7-2 model family brings Oracle Engineered Systems to within reach of every organization.

Oracle Database Appliance (ODA) Bare Metal Deployment

By Netsoftmate on

August 12, 2017

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Introduction

ODA Congigurator can be run in offline or online mode.

Offline: Use the standalone ODA configurator to create an offline deployment plan and validate your network settings before the actual deployment. You can download the ODA configurator for offline deployment at:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/database-appliance/overview/oda-configurator-1928685.html

Online: You can configure your system at the time of deployment. In that case, you can use the online ODA Configurator which is part of the base Oracle Database Appliance software.

In this article I will demonstrate how to perform a Bare Metal Deployment online.

Before starting the Deployment, make sure the following tasks were completed:

ODA cabling is completed
ODA is Powered up
Gather the Network Information
Assign IP address to ILOM
Reimage ODA nodes – Optional
Configure initial network
Copy ODA software and unpack
Update firmware

Steps to perform a Bare Metal ODA Deployment

Connect to first node of ODA using VNC (or you can also use Web ILOM)

Start ODA Deployment using the “oakcli deploy” command.

oakcli command is located under /opt/oracle/oak/bin/oakcli

On the welcome screen click next

On Configuration Type screen, you have options to choose from:

Typical

Custom

SAP Application

Here I am selecting “Custom” as it will give more flexibility to provide more information.

Click Next

Note: If you have create a configuration file already in offline mode. Use the Browse button to select it now.

On System Information screen, enter the following details:

“System Name”

This will be your prefix for Hostname, Interface, SCAN name and ILOM

“Region” and “Timezone”

Select appropriate

“Database Backup Location”

You have “Internal” and “External” option. If you choose “Internal” the space will be used from DATA and RECO disk groups. Oracle will internally size DATA and RECO ASM disk group to 40% and 60% respectively.

“Root password”

Enter root password and confirm root password.

“Disk Group Redundancy”

Select HIGH or Normal

“Accelerator Disk Group”

select REDO or FLASH

Click Next

On Generic Network screen, enter:

Enter “Domain name” to be used

Check the box if no DNS Server available.

If you are using DNS and NTP server enter thier IPs.

Click Next

On Public Network Screen:

Enter the Node0 and Node1 IP, VIPs, SCAN IPs, Netmask and Gateway IP.

Select bond0 for interface. This is the only choice.

Enter ILOM IPs for ILOM0 and ILOM1, Netmask and Gateway IP

Click Next

On Other Network Screen, enter:

Enter the IPs for for Node0 and Node1 for net1, else click next to continue.

Click Next

On Database Information screen, enter:

If you don’t want to create an intial database uncheck the box and click next

If you wish to create an initial database, check the box and fill the required information.

“Database name”

Name for the database to be created

“Is Container Database”

Choose true if you want to create a container database else false to create a regular (non-container database)

“Database Type”

Choose from OLTP, DSS or In-Memory.

“Database Class”

Choose from the 10 different database template that comes with ODA

“Database Deployment”

Choose from RAC, RAC One Node or Enter Edition (Standalone)

“Database Files on Flash Storage”

If you wish to store database in Flash disk select true

Click Next

On Database Information Screen, Select:

Database Language, Block Size, Characterset, Territory and National Character set.

Click Next

On ASR Configuration Screen, Select:

“Configure Internal Oracle ASR”

If you wish to configure ASR on ODA Server and enert the Proxy server name, port number and MOS credentails

“Configure External Oracle AS”

If you wish to configure ASR on a separate server. Enter the ASR Manager Hostname or IP and port number.

Select SNMP 2 for configuring ASR

Note: If you don’t select to configure ASR now you can configure ASR post ODA deployment using oakcli commands

Click Next

On CloudFS Information Screen:

You can choose to configure ACFS file system called /cloudfs.

Click Next

On the summary page:

Click Save button to save to store the configuration in a text file.

Click Install to begin the Deployment

Click Show Details button to check the Deployment Log.

Click Next

Click Close to complete the Deployment

Conclusion

In this article we have learned how to Deploy an Oracle Database Appliance Bare Metal setup in online mode. ODA Configurator can be run in offline or online mode. You can use the online ODA Configurator which is part of the base Oracle Database Appliance software. In online mode, You configure the system at the time of deployment. The ODA setup deployment process is very simple and it takes roughly around 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes.

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