Owners Manual

Dell Integrated Systems for Oracle Business Analytics (DISOBA) – Owner’s Guide 1.0
3.2 S6000 Switch Configurations
This section provides the details of the configuration that the S6000 switches ship with.
3.2.1 S6000 Pre-defined Port Functions
Using one of the S6000 switches as an example, the following figure shows the details of
the pre-defined port functions and configuration.
S6000 Port Functions and Configurations
The pre-defined port functions are as follows:
 Ports 0/0, 0/8, 0/18 and 0/24 are configured as FortyGigE ports and are used for
Oracle database’s private interconnect network. These ports are pre-cabled and
connected to the private network ports of the database nodes. 0/18 and 0/24 are
not pre-cabled but are reserved for future database node expansion.
 Ports 0/4, 0/12, 0/20 and 0/28 are configured as FortyGigE ports and are used for
Oracle database’s public network. These ports are pre-cabled and connected to
the database nodes’ public network ports. 0/20 and 0/28 are not pre-cabled but
are reserved for future database node expansion.
 Port range 0/32-44 are configured as FortyGigE ports and are reserved for
connectivity to other Dell Integrated Systems.
 Port ranges 0/48-60 and ports 0/96, 0/104, 0/112 and 0/120 are configured as
FortyGigE ports with un-defined functionality or usage.
 Port ranges 0/64-79 are configured as TenGigE ports and are used for connecting
to customer’s 10GbE network environment. The FortyGigE port 0/68 ships with a
QSFP+ to 4 x SFP+ 10GbE direct attach breakout cable. The TenGigE port 0/68,
0/69 in that is pre-cabled and connected to the 10GbE module on the S60 switch,
Mellanox card on the R730.
 Port ranges 0/80-92 are configured as FortyGigE ports and are used for
connecting to customer’s 40GbE network environment.
 Ports 0/100, 0/108, 0/116 and 0/124 are configured as FortyGigE ports and are
used as VLTi trunk ports. They are connected to the corresponding VLTi trunk
ports on the other S6000 switch.