Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud Administration

Today's data centers often suffer from complexity, poor or inconsistent performance, and high labor costs. Additionally, years of expansion or acquisition coupled with the lack of a consistent infrastructure have hindered the ability to scale the data center to meet future demands.

This course gives data center administrators the tools to use Oracle Exalogic to standardize and consolidate their infrastructure, and to also increase application performance. In addition to learning how to identify, manage, and monitor all Exalogic hardware components, students create a typical Fusion Middleware configuration that takes advantage of the unique networking and storage characteristics of Exalogic, including the InfiniBand fabric.

Learn to:

• Describe the installation process for an Exalogic machine
• Connect to and manage all Exalogic hardware components
• Prepare Exalogic for a Fusion Middleware deployment
• Create a WebLogic domain that is optimized for Exalogic
• Connect Exalogic to a database cluster

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Audience

• Data Center Manager
• Network Administrator
• System Administrator

Course Topics The Exalogic Solution

• Data Center Challenges
• Major Features of Exalogic
• Software Compatibility

Hardware Components

• Components of an Exalogic Machine and Their Relationships
• Hardware Specifications for an Exalogic Compute Node
• Hardware Specifications for the Exalogic Storage Appliance
• Comparing the Available Hardware Packages
• Opportunities for Scaling Your Exalogic Data Center

Initial Machine Configuration

• Locating and Using Checklists and Worksheets to Plan an Installation
• How Oracle Initializes a Rack Based on Your Input
• Exalogic's Default Network Setup
• Basic Diagnostic Utilities

Fusion Middleware Concepts

• Typical JavaEE Deployment
• WebLogic's Domain Architecture
• The Purpose of the WebLogic Node Manager
• WebLogic's Recovery Services

Storage Configuration

• Capabilities of the Storage Appliance
• Performing Basic Administration and Maintenance Tasks
• Configuring Appliance Access Services
• Exalogic's Default Storage Setup
• Creating Pools, Projects, and Shares
• Mounting a Shared File System Using NFS
• Administering the Appliance from the Command Line
• Recommended Configuration for FMW

Network Configuration

• Network Topology for Various Rack Configurations
• Identifying Switch LEDs and Replace Failed Hardware
• Accessing an InfiniBand Switch from the Browser or Command Line
• The Role of the InfiniBand Subnet Manager
• Configuring a Compute Node's Network to Support FMW

Creating FMW Domains

• Tasks Involved with Creating a Domain
• Installing WebLogic Server on Exalogic
• Creating a WebLogic Domain on Exalogic
• Creating and Sharing Domains from the Command Line

Optimizing FMW Domains for Exalogic

• Some Optimizations that WebLogic Server Performs on Exalogic
• WebLogic's Default Network Behavior
• Configuring Network Channels for a WebLogic Server

Starting and Migrating Servers

• Capabilities of the Node Manager
• Configuring a Node Manager for a Compute Node
• Starting and Killing Servers Using the Node Manager
• Explaining the Process of Server Migration
• Using Floating IP Addresses with Node Manager
• Configuring Persistent Storage for Server Recovery

Exalogic Database Connectivity

• Explaining Basic Oracle RAC Concepts
• Comparing Exalogic's Connectivity with Exadata and Other Hardware
• The Capabilities of a GridLink Data Source
• Connecting WLS to a DB Cluster Using GridLink

Additional FMW Infrastructure

• The Features of Coherence
• Configuring a Coherence Server and Add it to a Domain
• The Features of Web Tier
• Configuring Web Tier to Proxy to a Cluster
• Starting Coherence and Web Tier Processes

Managing Hardware with ILOM

• The Features of ILOM
• Updating Device Firmware
• Device Status and Health
• Configuring Conditions that Trigger Alerts
• Accessing ILOM from the Command Line

Course Objectives

• View device status and health with ILOM
• Start, kill, and migrate servers using the Node Manager
• Locate and use checklists and worksheets to plan an installation
• Discuss opportunities for scaling your Exalogic data center
• Describe Exalogic's default storage and network setup
• Perform basic storage administration and maintenance tasks
• Create pools, projects, and shares
• Compare various InfiniBand communication methods
• Configure a compute node's network to support Fusion Middleware
• Create a WebLogic domain on Exalogic
• Configure network channels for a WebLogic Server
• Connect WLS to a DB cluster using GridLink
• Configure Web Tier to proxy to a cluster