Cisco Cisco UCS B440 M1 High-Performance Blade Server Weißbuch

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Contents

1. Goals ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3

1.1 Audience ......................................................................................................................................................... 3

2. Infrastructure Components ................................................................................................................................. 3

2.1 Cisco Unified Computing System .................................................................................................................... 3

2.2 Cisco Unified Computing System Components .............................................................................................. 4

2.2.1 Cisco UCS Manager ................................................................................................................................ 4

2.2.2 Fabric Interconnect .................................................................................................................................. 5

2.2.3 Cisco Fabric Extenders Module ............................................................................................................... 7

2.2.4 Cisco UCS Chassis ................................................................................................................................. 8

2.2.5 Intel Xeon 5600 Series Processor ........................................................................................................... 8

2.2.6 Intel Xeon 7500 Series Processor ........................................................................................................... 9

2.2.7 Cisco UCS B200M2 Blade Server ........................................................................................................... 9

2.2.8 Cisco UCS B230M1 Blade Server ......................................................................................................... 10

2.2.9 Cisco UCS B250M2Extended Memory Blade Server ............................................................................ 10

2.2.10 Extended Memory Architecture .......................................................................................................... 11

2.2.11 Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) ............................................................................................... 12

2.3 EMC CLARiiON ............................................................................................................................................ 12

2.4 Cisco Networking Infrastructure .................................................................................................................... 13

2.4.1 Cisco Nexus 5010 28-Port Switch ......................................................................................................... 13

2.4.2 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Feature Highlights ........................................................................................ 13

3. Platform Components ....................................................................................................................................... 14

3.1 Oracle WebLogic Server 11gR1 ................................................................................................................... 14

3.2 Oracle Database 11gR2................................................................................................................................ 14

3.3 Oracle Enterprise Linux................................................................................................................................. 15

4. Solution Validation ............................................................................................................................................ 15

4.1 Deployment Architecture ............................................................................................................................... 15

4.2 Cisco Unified Computing System Configuration ........................................................................................... 17

4.2.1 Service Profile Configuration ................................................................................................................. 23

4.3 Boot from SAN .............................................................................................................................................. 30

4.3.1 Storage Array Configuration .................................................................................................................. 31

4.3.2 Cisco UCS Manager Configuration ....................................................................................................... 35

4.3.3 Zone Configuration ................................................................................................................................ 42

4.3.4 Host Registration on Storage ................................................................................................................ 44

4.4 OEL installation on SAN................................................................................................................................ 47

4.5 WebLogic11gR1 installation ......................................................................................................................... 56

4.5.1 Configuration of WebLogic Install LUN on CX4 ..................................................................................... 56

4.5.2 JRockit 64-bit Installation....................................................................................................................... 58

4.5.3 Oracle WebLogic Server Installation ..................................................................................................... 59

4.5.4 Oracle WebLogic Cluster Configuration ................................................................................................ 65

4.5.5 Apache HTTP Server Plug-in ................................................................................................................ 78

4.6 Cisco UCS Statelessness ............................................................................................................................. 78

4.6.1 Service Profile Migration ....................................................................................................................... 79

5. Future Considerations ....................................................................................................................................... 83

5.1 Server Failure Detection and Automated Service Profile Migration .............................................................. 83

5.2 Performance and Scalability Analysis for WebLogic on a Cisco UCS Blade Server ..................................... 83

6. For More Information ......................................................................................................................................... 83