Oracle Linux on Cisco UCS
Michele Resta
Sr. Director Alliances
Oracle Linux and Virtualization Org.
October, 2015
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Program Agenda
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Oracle and Cisco
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Oracle Linux
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Joint Projects
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Q&A
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The Cisco and Oracle Partnership
20+ year relationship
Joint engineering engagement at many levels
Foundational customers to each other
38 leading performance benchmarks spanning Oracle Database
applications and middleware on Oracle Linux
Joint Solutions : NetApp FlexPod, Nimble SmartSuite, EMC, Tegile, HDS
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Oracle Linux
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Linux Innovations
Oracle Enhancements
The Best Enterprise
Linux Distribution for
Mission Critical
Workloads
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Oracle Linux
Our Focus
• Oracle Linux is developed to provide the best operating system for mission critical workloads
– Oracle Database, Middleware, Applications, Engineered Systems
– Any critical business application
• Our engineers focus on features that drive:
Reliability
Scalability
Performance
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Oracle Linux
Our Delivery
• Oracle Linux is binary compatible to Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• It provides two kernel options for customers to choose from:
– The Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (default)
– Red Hat compatible Kernel – provides a simple migration path for existing Red Hat customers
• Customers using RHEL are not required to reinstall, they can receive support from Oracle
without migrating their system from RHEL to Oracle Linux.
• Applications supported on RHEL will run on Oracle Linux.
• World-class, 24x7 global support under Oracle Linux Basic and Premier subscriptions
• Unbreakable Linux Network
– Bug fixes, security updates, CVE information
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Oracle Linux: Freedom to Choose
Offering Choice, Not Lock-In
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Free to download
Free to distribute
Free to use
Choose your support level individually per
server
• Only buy support for the servers you need
• Free updates (errata) - use the same errata
across all systems (production, QA,
development)
• Open development – all changes recorded and
accessible in the public git repository
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Oracle Linux
Best Enterprise Linux Combined with World-Class Support
Oracle
Linux
Distribution
Oracle
Linux
Support
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Oracle Linux Subscription Pricing
• Buy support for the systems you
need – use the same software with
updates on everything!
• Oracle only counts physical sockets;
no limit on cores or number of
virtual guests
• Oracle Linux Premier Support is
included as part of Oracle’s Sun x86
Premier Support for Systems
Level
Price
Installable binaries and errata
Free
Basic Limited
(24x7, unlimited support)
(2 or less CPUs)
$499
Basic
(24x7, unlimited support)
(More than 2 CPUs)
$1,199
Premier Limited
(24x7, unlimited support)
(2 or less CPUs)
$1,399
Premier
(24x7, unlimited support)
(More than 2 CPUs)
$2,299
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Hardware Certification List for Oracle Linux
http://linux.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=117:1
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Oracle E-Business Suite Standard Benchmark
A History of Cisco UCS Leadership – Sept. 8, 2014
Oracle E-Business Suite Order-To-Cash Benchmark
Oracle E-Business Suite Payroll Benchmark
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Cisco Unified Computing System &
Oracle Solutions in a Single Architecture
#1 Benchmarks
#1 Benchmarks
Cisco UCS tested with 10g, 11g, 12c
Oracle
Qualified on Oracle Linux with the Unbreakable
Enterprise Kernel and Oracle VM
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FlexPod and Validated Payload
Oracle VM and Oracle Linux with Oracle RAC Validated on FlexPod
Workload
FlexPod
Physical and virtual
resource management
UCS Manager Physical & virtual
resource mgt software
Cisco UCS B-Series & CSeries servers
Cisco Nexus 5K + UCS
Fabric Interconnect
NetApp® FAS2240,
32x0, 62x0 Storage
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Nimble SmartStack for JD Edwards on UCS Mini
Key Points
Perfect offering to replace aging
IBM AS/400 base.
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(4) B200 M3 Blades
E5-2697 v2
256 GB Memory
Oracle 11g (11.2.0.3)
JDE E1 9.1.2 Server
Oracle Weblogic 10.3.5
Oracle VM 3.3
Oracle Linux 5.8 (RH)
Oracle DB
Enterprise
Server VM
• Small form factor
• 110V Power
• Same UCS Management and
functionality
• Ideal for Small to Medium
business customers
• Flexible to meet unforeseen
challenges
Nimble CS300
6324 Fabric Interconnects
HTML
Server VM
Enterprise
Server VM
Oracle VM
Manager 3.3
HTML
Server VM
OEM 12c with
UCSM plugin
UCS Mini
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Nimble Storage SmartStack for Oracle with Cisco
Oracle Validated Configuration
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Oracle Linux 6 with Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel
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Oracle Database 11gR2 or 12c
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Oracle VM 3.3
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(2) Cisco UCS B200 M4 Blades
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(2) Cisco UCS 6248 Fabric Interconnect
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(1) Nimble Storage CS – Series Array s for iSCSI and Fibre Channel (in progress)
UCS B230 M1/M2
UCS B230 M1/M2
UCS 5 1 0 8
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Nimble Storage SmartStack delivers:
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High performance for OLTP and OLAP workloads
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Optimized for database environment
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Better data protection for backup and recovery
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Affordable disaster recovery
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Rapid and space efficient deployment for Oracle test & development environments
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Oracle Linux, Oracle VM and OpenStack Showcase
Moscone South
Booth #121
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