oracle rac on cisco ucs

2. 19 year relationship Initially in networking, now extended to systems Foundational customers to each other Joint engineering engagement at many levels Oracle infrastructure platformOracle VM and Oracle Linux (OL) tested/validated on UCS DatabaseOracle RAC is the first certified on unified fabric Early access code and hardware exchanged between Oracle and Cisco Performance benchmarks for Oracle Applications, WebLogic, and TPC-C on Oracle Linux 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 2

4. Install/configure tests Database functionality tests Stress tests 24 hours run with high and sustained load CPU Utilization > 90% with high run queues High Memory utilization (Paging, swapping and fragmentation) Very high Disk IO and Network stress Use External tools (CPU busy, Iperf etc) if needed. Failure/Destructive tests 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 4

5. Fir Cert st Oracle ifi on U ed solut nifie i d Fa on bric 8 node Oracle RAC cluster 2 chassis, 4 Blades each 2 vNICs and 2 HBAs per Blade All links 10Gbps 40 Gbps total per chassis 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 5

6. Oracle RAC 8-node Cluster - Average CPU (User + System) 100 Utilization 24 hour stress run CPU Utilization 90 80 90% or higher CPU Utilization 70 60 Full memory consumption (occasional 50 40 swapping) 30 User CPU System CPU High Network utilization 6000 Total Database FCoE traffic (8 Node Cluster) Significant IO demands 5500 5000 4500 Workloads:Mbytes/Sec. 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 OLTP Workload 1500 1000 500 Many users, small, random transactions 2-3 million TPM 0 Network Traffic Io to EMC Storage DSS Workload OLTP Transactions per Minute Few users performing heavy queries Approx. 1.5 -2.0 Gbytes/ 4,000,000 Sec IO 3,000,000 CPU Workload 2,000,000 Users performing CPU sensitive queries to create CPU saturation 1,000,000 Interconnect Workload 0 Custom in memory database exercising Cache Fusion - ~800 Moving Average (Transactions per Minute) Mbytes/Sec. of interconnect traffic 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 6

7. Common Failures tested Failure Description Response at high stress levels Represents Port Failure 1 or 2 or 3 or Single Link Failure nodes Should Continue to 4 (Public Interface) Work 1 and 2 or All Links Failure Nodes Should Continue to 3 and 4 (Public Interface) Work via Failover Represents Port Failure 5 or 6 or 7 or Single Link (Private Nodes Should Continue 8 Interconnect) to Work 5 and 6 or 7 All Links (Private Nodes Should Continue to and 8 Interconnect) Work via Failover 1 IO Path LostNo Effect, Storage Path 9 All IO Paths Nodes Failure Should Reboot 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 7

8. Oracle certification site has Cisco UCS and FCoE technology certification posted. Refer to metalink note: 948372.1 for latest OS/Hypervisor support listings Source: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/tech-generic-linux-new-086754.html 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 8

9. Performance Improved interconnect and Cache Fusion performance Fast CPUs and unique extended memory capability Fast, low latency and lossless 10 gigabit Ethernet enables large clusters Availability UCS Failover capabilities protect against common hardware failures Scalability / Flexibility Capacity on demand and dynamic resource allocation RAC node additions are simpler and faster Near instantaneous provisioning Stateless blades Wire Once - No additional cables Manageability Single management interface 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 9

10. Cisco Innovation:Business Solutions Delivered in Proven Secured Clouds. Paul Perez VP & CTO, Data Center Group, Cisco Wim Coekaerts SVP, Virtualization & Linux, Oracle Wednesday, October 3, 11:45 12:45 Lam Research Theater Yerba Buena Center for the Arts 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 10

oracle rac on cisco ucs

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