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Exadata Part Replacement Runbook

Exadata Part Replacement – Quick Notes

Hot Swappable Components

ComponentReplacement Type
LUN / DiskHot Swappable
FanHot Swappable
Single Power SupplyHot Swappable
Flash Disk (From X7)Hot Swappable
DIMMShutdown Required
MotherboardShutdown Required

Before Replacement (If Shutdown Required)

**** Always verify ASM rebalance activity before making grid disks inactive.
select * from gv$asm_operation;
cellcli -e list griddisk attributes name, asmmodestatus, asmdeactivationoutcome, status 
cellcli -e alter griddisk all inactive 
cellcli -e list griddisk attributes name, asmmodestatus, asmdeactivationoutcome, status 
service celld status 
service celld stop 
shutdown -h now

After Replacement

service celld status 
cellcli -e list griddisk attributes name, asmmodestatus, asmdeactivationoutcome 
cellcli -e alter griddisk all active
cellcli -e list griddisk attributes name, asmmodestatus, asmdeactivationoutcome

select * from gv$asm_operation;

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Oracle Exadata – Models

Oracle Exadata Machine

Oracle Exadata Rack Size

Rack SizeDB ServersStorage ServersTypical Use
Eighth Rack23Dev / Test / DR
Quarter Rack25Small–Medium Production
Half Rack47Medium–Large Production
Full Rack814Large / Mission Critical

Oracle Exadata Models

Exadata ModelRelease YearCPU 

Cores  (pER DB Server)

 

Max Memory (Per db sERVER)NetworkLifecycle
V12008Intel Xeon864 GBInfiniBandEOL
V22009Intel Xeon1296 GBIB QDREOL
X22010Intel Xeon Westmere12144 GBIB QDREOL
X32012Intel Xeon Sandy Bridge16256 GBIB QDREOL
X42014Intel Xeon Ivy Bridge24512 GBIB FDREOL
X52015Intel Xeon Haswell36768 GBIB FDREOL
X62016Intel Xeon Broadwell441 TBIB FDREOS
X72017Intel Xeon Skylake482 TBIB EDREOS
X8M2020Intel Xeon Cascade Lake482 TB + PMEM100Gb RDMASupported
X9M2022Intel Xeon Ice Lake643 TB + PMEM100Gb RDMA (RoCE)Supported
X10M2024AMD EPYC (4th Gen)1924 TB + PMEM100Gb RDMASupported
X11M2025AMD EPYC (Latest)192Up to ~4 TB100Gb RDMACurrent

 

 

Caution: Your use of any information or materials on this website is entirely at your own risk. It is provided for educational purposes only. It has been tested internally, however, we do not guarantee that it will work for you. Ensure that you run it in your test environment before using.

Thank you,
Rajasekhar Amudala
Email: br8dba@gmail.com
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajasekhar-amudala/