Tag Archives: infiniband

Changing IP Addresses on InfiniBand Network with 12.2 GI on Exadata

I was tasked a while back with modifying the IP addresses assigned to the InfiniBand network on an X6-2 rack.  We were configuring a ZFS appliance to share between 2 Exadata clusters, and we wanted to keep them on separate network ranges.  In this case, we were moving the interfaces from 192.168.10.x/22 (the Exadata default… Read More »

Exadata Interconnect Addressing Tips

Having done a handful of Exadata implementations, there’s always been one piece of the configuration that’s bothered me more than anything else.  In the process of ordering an Exadata, Oracle sends the customer a “Configuration Worksheet” that asks questions about how the system should be configured.  It’s standard stuff:  hostnames, DNS and NTP servers, UID… Read More »