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Purpose

Details

Interoperability for Ethernet Client Connections

Connectivity Options

Supported Ethernet Switches and NICs

Protocol Support for Ethernet Connected Clients

Supported Oracle Database dNFS and ASM Key Features for Ethernet Client Connections

Interoperability for Fibre Channel Client Connections

Connectivity Options

Supported FC Switches and HBAs

Support for FC SAN Boot

Configuring FC Client Multipathing

Protocol Support for FC Connected Clients

Supported Oracle Database ASM Key Features for FC Client Connections

Interoperability for InfiniBand Client Connections

Supported InfiniBand Switches and HCAs

Protocol Support for InfiniBand Connected Clients

Supported Oracle Database dNFS Key Features for InfiniBand Client Connections

RDMA Support for InfiniBand Client Connections

Recommended Patches for Oracle Database

References

Applies to:

Purpose

This document provides interoperability matrices for Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance software version OS8.7.x (2013.1.7.x) based on three client connection types: Ethernet, Fibre Channel, and InfiniBand.

It also provides a list of recommended Oracle Database patches for: Oracle Direct NFS (dNFS), Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC), Oracle Intelligent Storage Protocol (OISP), and Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA).

This software release supports the following platforms: Oracle ZFS Storage ZS5-4, Oracle ZFS Storage ZS5-2, Oracle ZFS Storage ZS4-4, Oracle ZFS Storage ZS3-4, Oracle ZFS Storage ZS3-2, Oracle ZFS Storage ZS3-BA, Sun ZFS Storage 7420, Sun ZFS Storage 7320, Sun ZFS Storage 7120.

Details

Interoperability for Ethernet Client Connections

Connectivity Options

Direct connect and switch attach connectivity are supported unless noted otherwise.

Supported Ethernet Switches and NICs

All 1Gb/s switches, 10Gb/s switches, 40Gb/s switches, and NICs from vendors who follow standard specifications are supported.

Protocol Support for Ethernet Connected Clients

The following operating systems and architectures are supported over NFSv3, NFSv4, NFSv4.1, iSCSI, SMB 2.1, SMB 3.0, FTP, SFTP, FTPS, HTTP, and HTTPS. SMB 2.1 does not support these features: branch cache, resilient handles. NFSv4.1 is supported with Oracle Linux 6 and 7. NFSv4.1 is not supported on Windows, Solaris, and AIX clients.

Supported Oracle Database dNFS and ASM Key Features for Ethernet Client Connections

The following table lists Oracle Database dNFS and ASM key features that were tested for compatibility with Ethernet client connections.

Interoperability for Fibre Channel Client Connections

Connectivity Options

Fibre Channel (FC) Point-to-Point (FC-P2P), switch attach (FC-SW), and 4Gb and 8Gb arbitrated loop (FC-AL) connectivity is supported unless noted otherwise.

Supported FC Switches and HBAs

The following FC switches and HBAs are supported with standard configurations:

• 4Gb/s, 8Gb/s, and 16Gb/s switches from Brocade
• 4Gb/s and 8Gb/s switches from Cisco and QLogic
• HBAs from QLogic and Emulex when supported by the appliance/client as specified in the Oracle System Handbook, available at My Oracle Support (https://support.oracle.com/handbook_private/Systems/index.html)

Support for FC SAN Boot

Booting from a storage area network (SAN) offers many benefits, leading to cost savings as well as higher levels of protection, ease of management, increased flexibility, and reduced downtime.

To configure the appliance and client server for an FC SAN boot, see document Implementing Fibre Channel SAN Boot with the Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance.

Configuring FC Client Multipathing

To configure FC client multipathing, see document Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance: How to set up Client Multipathing (Doc ID 1628999.1).

Protocol Support for FC Connected Clients

The following FC configurations are supported unless noted otherwise.

Supported Oracle Database ASM Key Features for FC Client Connections

The following table lists Oracle Database ASM key features that were tested for compatibility with FC client connections. All HBAs, drivers, and ALUA are consistent with the previous table.

Interoperability for InfiniBand Client Connections

Supported InfiniBand Switches and HCAs

All 40Gb (QDR), EDR, FDR configured Mellanox switches (includes SX6036, SB7700, SB7780, SB7790) and 40Gb HCAs are supported in terms of interoperability. No additional vendor switches or HCAs are supported at this time.

Protocol Support for InfiniBand Connected Clients

The following InfiniBand (IPoIB) configurations are supported unless noted otherwise. Supported protocols include NFSv3, NFSv4, iSCSI, SMB 2.1, FTP, FTPS, SFTP, HTTP, and HTTPS. SMB 2.1 does not support these features: branch cache, resilient handles.

Supported Oracle Database dNFS Key Features for InfiniBand Client Connections

The following table lists Oracle Database dNFS key features that were tested for compatibility with InfiniBand (IPoIB) client connections.

RDMA Support for InfiniBand Client Connections

The following table lists remote direct memory access (RDMA) support for InfiniBand (IPoIB) client connections. Supported protocols include NFSv3, NFSv4, and iSER.

Recommended Patches for Oracle Database

The following table lists recommended patches for Oracle Database per the patch type.

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