Test: Assessment - Exadata Elastic

Configuration Rules & Best Practices

Assessment - Exadata Elastic Configuration Rules & Best Practices
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1With the new Elastic configuration rules what is the maximum

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. number of Data Base severs supported in a single rack?
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20
18
22
24

2Rack units U20, U21, and U22 will always have these devices
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. installed.
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(Choose all correct answers)

The slots may have a Data Base Server installed.

The slots may have InfiniBand switches installed.
The slots may have a Storage Server installed.
The slots may have a Cisco switch installed.

3With the introduction of Flexible configurations will customers still

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. be able to order the traditional fixed configurations?
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Yes
No

4The new elastic configuration rules allow customers to add any Oracle
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. servers they wish to an Exadata platform?
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True
False

5With the new Elastic configuration rules the base Exadata

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. configuration has how many of each server type?
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2 Data Base servers and 2 storages severs.

3 Data Base serversand 2 Storage servers.
3 Data Base serversand 3 Storage servers.
1 Dtata Base server and 1 Storage sever.
 2 Data Base serversand 3 Storage servers.

Assessment - Exadata Elastic Configuration Rules & Best Practices

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6. When adding servers to a configuration at a customer site, which

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model of server needs to be in the lowest rack positions?
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Extreme Flash Storage Servers

Data Base Servers
High Capacity Storage Servers

7. Will Exadta Elastic configurations (Flex Config) support X5-2

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servers in existing Exadata X3-2 platforms?
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Yes
No

8. With Elastic Configuration, the key objective of the populations

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rules is to avoid top heavy racks, and configurations that exceed the
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available power on the current PDU's.

True
False

9. Please select the two answers that best describe slot U01 in any
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Exadata Rack.
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(Choose all correct answers)

The slot may have a Cisco switch installed.

The slot may have a spine switch installed.
The slot may have a Storage Server installed.
The slot may have a Data Base Server installed.
The slot may be empty.

10Customers will have the option to order the spine switch installed at
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. the factory.
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True
False