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# 1 Introduction to Oracle Big Data Appliance

This chapter describes the features and hardware components of Oracle Big Data Appliance. It also includes usage information.

This chapter contains these sections:

- About Oracle Big Data Appliance

- Oracle Big Data Appliance Rack Components

- Server Components

- Spare Parts Kit Components

- Oracle Big Data Appliance Management Software

## 1.1 About Oracle Big Data Appliance

Oracle Big Data Appliance is an engineered system of hardware and software optimized to capture and analyze the massive volumes of data generated by social media feeds, email, web logs, photographs, smart meters, sensors, and similar devices.

Oracle Big Data Appliance is engineered to work with Oracle Exadata Database Machine and Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine to provide the most advanced analysis of all data types, with enterprise-class performance, availability, supportability, and security.

The Oracle Linux operating system and Cloudera's Distribution including Apache Hadoop (CDH) underlie all other software components installed on Oracle Big Data Appliance.

See Also:

Oracle Big Data Appliance Software User's Guide

## 1.2 Oracle Big Data Appliance Rack Components

Oracle Big Data Appliance consists of a rack and the components to connect to your network. Table 1-1 lists the components in an Oracle Big Data Appliance rack.

Table 1-1 Oracle Big Data Appliance Rack Components

Full Rack | Starter Rack | Description
--- | --- | ---
18 | 6 | Oracle Server X6-2L, X5-2L, Sun Server X4-2L, Sun Server X3-2L, or Sun Fire X4270 M2 (full rack only)
1 | 1 | Sun Rack II 1242 base
2 | 2 | Sun Network QDR InfiniBand Gateway NM2-GW switches
1 | 1 | Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Switch 36 NM2-36P switches
1 | 1 | Cisco Catalyst 4948-E-F Ethernet switch (4948 in a Sun Fire X4270 M2-based rack)
2 | 2 | Power distribution units
0 or 1 | 0 | KVM (only in Sun Fire X4270 M2-based racks)

## 1.3 Server Components

Table 1-2 lists the factory-shipped components of an Oracle Server X6-2L.

Table 1-2 Oracle Server X6-2L Server Components

Quantity | Description
--- | ---
1 | Oracle Server X6-2L server base
2 | 22-core Intel® Xeon® E5-2699 v4 processors (2.2GHz)
8 | 32 GB DDR4-2400 memory (expandable to maximum of 768 GB )
12 | 8 TB 3.5-inch 7200 RPM drives high capacity SAS (hot swappable)
1 | Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager v3.1 with an Ethernet port for remote management
2 | InfiniBand 4 x QDR (40 Gbps) ports (One dual-port PCIe 3.0 Host Channel Adapter network interface card)
4 | Embedded 10 gigabit Ethernet port
1 | Host bus adapter (disk controller) with 8 internal ports and 512 MB battery-backed write cache. 12 Gbps SAS III PCIe 8P RAID-INT
2 | Redundant hot-swappable power supplies and fans
1 | USB-2 4 GB flash drive

Table 1-3 lists the factory-shipped components of an Oracle Server X5-2.

Table 1-3 Oracle Server X5-2 Server Components

Quantity | Description
--- | ---
1 | Oracle Server X5-2L server base
2 | 18-core Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3 processors (2.3 GHz)
8 | 16 GB DDR4 Memory
12 | 8 TB 3.5-inch 7200 RPM drives high capacity SAS (hot swappable)
1 | Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager v3.1 with an Ethernet port for remote management
2 | InfiniBand 4 x QDR (40 Gbps) ports (One dual-port PCIe 3.0 Host Channel Adapter network interface card)
4 | Embedded 10 gigabit Ethernet port
1 | Host bus adapter (disk controller) with 8 internal ports and 512 MB battery-backed write cache. 12 Gbps SAS III PCIe 8P RAID-INT
2 | Redundant hot-swappable power supplies and fans
1 | USB-2 4 GB flash drive

Table 1-4 lists the components of a Sun Server X4-2L.

Table 1-4 Sun Server X4-2L Server Components

Quantity | Description
--- | ---
1 | Sun Server X4-2L server base
2 | Eight-core Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 processors (2.6 GHz)
8 | 8 GB DDR3 2RX4 1600 MHz DIMMs (64 GB RAM expandable up to 512 GB)
12 | 8 TB 3.5-inch 7200 RPM drives high capacity SAS (hot swappable)
1 | Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager v3.1 with an Ethernet port for remote management
2 | InfiniBand 4 x QDR (40 Gbps) ports (One dual-port PCIe 3.0 Host Channel Adapter network interface card)
4 | Embedded 10 gigabit Ethernet port
1 | Host bus adapter (disk controller) with 8 internal ports and 512 MB battery-backed write cache. SAS III 6 Gbps
2 | Redundant hot-swappable power supplies and fans
1 | USB-2 4 GB flash drive

Table 1-5 lists the components of a Sun Server X3-2L.

Table 1-5 Sun Server X3-2L Server Components

Quantity | Description
--- | ---
1 | Sun Server X3-2L server base
2 | Eight-core Intel Xeon E5-2660 processors (2.2 GHz)
8 | 8 GB DDR3 2RX4 1600 MHz DIMMs (64 GB RAM expandable up to 512 GB)
12 | 3 TB 3.5-inch 7200 RPM drives high capacity SAS (hot swap)
1 | Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager v3.1 with an Ethernet port for remote management
2 | InfiniBand 4 x QDR (4 Gbps) ports (One dual-port PCIe 2.0 Host Channel Adapter network interface card)
4 | Embedded 10 gigabit Ethernet port
1 | Host bus adapter (disk controller) with 8 internal ports and 512 MB battery-backed write cache. SAS III 6 GBPS
2 | Redundant hot-swappable power supplies and fans
1 | USB-2 4 GB flash drive

Table 1-6 lists the components of a Sun Fire X4270 M2.

Table 1-6 Sun Fire X4270 M2 Server Components

Quantity | Description
--- | ---
1 | Sun Fire X4270 M2 server base
2 | Six-core Intel Xeon X5675 processors (3.06 GHz)
6 | 8 GB DDR3 2RX4 1333 MHz DIMMs (48 GB RAM)
12 | 3 TB 3.5-inch 7200 RPM drives
1 | Ethernet port for Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager v3.0 for remote management
1 | Dual-port 4X QDR (40 Gbps) InfiniBand Host Channel Adapter Network Interface Card
1 | Host bus adapter (disk controller) with 8 internal ports and 512 MB battery-backed write cache
2 | Redundant power supplies and fans
4 | Embedded 1 gigabit Ethernet port
1 | USB-2 4 GB flash drive

## 1.4 Spare Parts Kit Components

The Oracle Big Data Appliance spare parts kit includes disk drives, accessory kits, cables, and documentation. Table 1-7 and Table 1-8 identify the bundled spares.

Table 1-7 Bundled Components and Accessories

Part Number | Quantity | Description
--- | --- | ---
7066826 | 2 | 8 TB 3.5-inch 7200 RPM drives
590-896-501B | 1 | LCD Accessory Kit (Sun Fire X4270 M2-based racks only)
- | 1 | Oracle Storage Server Documentation Kit
- | 1 | Sun Rack II Accessory Kit
53-2332-xx | 1 | Cisco Switch Documents and Accessory Kit

Table 1-8 Bundled Cables

Part Number | Length | Quantity | Description
--- | --- | --- | ---
530-4446-01 | 5 meters | 10 | QSFP passive copper cable for multiracking
530-4445-01 | 3 meters | 6 | QSFP passive copper cable for multiracking
350-1519-01 | - | 3 | ASSY, NM2 serial cable sets for the InfiniBand switches

Table 1-9 lists the spare cables that are secured to the center section of an Oracle Big Data Appliance rack.

Table 1-9 In-Rack Spare Cables

Part Number | Length | Quantity | Description
--- | --- | --- | ---
530-4445-01 | 3 meters | 2 | QSFP passive copper replacement cables
530-4437-01 | 10 feet | 1 | Orange Cat 5
530-4435-01 | 10 feet | 1 | Black Cat 5
530-4433-01 | 10 feet | 1 | Red Cat 5
530-4432-01 | 7 feet | 1 | Blue Cat 5

## 1.5 Oracle Big Data Appliance Management Software

The software components are installed on all servers in an Oracle Big Data Appliance rack. Oracle Linux, required drivers, firmware, and hardware verification utilities are factory installed. Among them are the following tools:

Note:

See Oracle Big Data Appliance Utilities except where directed otherwise.

- Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (Oracle ILOM) consists of preinstalled, dedicated hardware and software that you can use to manage and monitor the servers and switches in an Oracle Big Data Appliance rack. See Using Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager.

- The `setup-root-ssh` utility sets up passwordless SSH for the `root` user among all the servers in an Oracle Big Data Appliance rack. See "Setting Up Passwordless SSH".

- The `dcli` utility executes commands across a group of servers on Oracle Big Data Appliance and returns the output. See Executing Commands Across a Cluster Using the dcli Utility.

- Various utilities check the health of the cluster and the networks. See Oracle Big Data Appliance Utilities.

All end-user software is installed on site using the Mammoth utility. See Installing the Oracle Big Data Appliance Software.

See Also:

Oracle Big Data Appliance Software User's Guide for information about using Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control and Cloudera Manager to monitor Oracle Big Data Appliance.

## 1.6 Supportability Guidelines

Oracle sets guidelines for supportable customer modifications to the Oracle Big Data Appliance hardware and software. Oracle support is contingent upon customer compliance with these guidelines.

See Restrictions on Use as Condition of Receiving Support in the Oracle Big Data Appliance License Information User Manual