What's New

The Oracle Exadata plug-in provides a consolidated view of the Exadata Database Machine within Oracle Enterprise Manager, including a consolidated view of all the hardware components and their physical location with indications of status.

This chapter identifies the features and enhancements provided by Oracle Exadata plug-in Release 12.1 (12.1.0.4.0).

New Features and Enhancements for Oracle Exadata Plug-in 12.1.0.4.0

Oracle Exadata Plug-in Release 12.1.0.4.0 includes the following features and enhancements:

Numerous bugs fixed and enhancements implemented
Newly supported hardware and software for:
- SPARC SuperCluster (SSC) Engineered System
- 1/8 Rack and Multi-Rack certifications
- Expansion Rack certification (storage and compute node)
- Exadata Server Version: 11.2.3.2.1
InfiniBand monitoring enhancements:
- Support for on-demand refresh of InfiniBand schematic
- Enhanced performance of InfiniBand pages
I/O Resource Management (IORM) enhancements, including:
- IORM is now "Active" by default
- IORM Objective is "Basic"
- Share-based plans
SNMP subscription supports non-public community string
Exadata Storage Cell management area enhancements:
- OCM Configuration data convergence
- Provided Cell Configuration Data SDK views
- Support for IORM share-based plan and 11.2.3.1 new features - basic support for CPU, memory, and PCI error faults added for Linux
- Cell performance monitoring area enhancements to show hardware performance limits
Cell performance diagnostic features added:
- Diagnose Cell performance issue when reaching hardware I/O limits
- Enhanced guided resolution for cell down incident
- Cell IORM Management pages
- Scalability enhancements for Cell Performance Monitoring metrics
Licensing enhancements:
- Supports licensing on regions of Cell, Grid, IB switch, and IB Network Home pages