Oracle Server X6-2L

Most Secure 2U x86 Platform for Database and Enterprise Storage Solutions

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Oracle Server X6-2L is the most secure, reliable, and highest-performing 2U x86 server for running databases with large amounts of direct attached storage. Combine the security features of Oracle Solaris with the scalability of its file system to build premier enterprise storage solutions.

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Product Overview

Oracle Server X6-2L is the ideal 2U platform for databases and enterprise storage solutions. Supporting the standard and enterprise editions of Oracle Database, this server delivers best-in-class database reliability in single-node configurations. With support for up to nine high-bandwidth NVM Express (NVMe) flash drives, Oracle Database can be accelerated using Database Smart Flash Cache, a feature of Oracle Database.

Optimized for compute, memory, I/O, and storage density simultaneously, Oracle Server X6-2L delivers extreme storage capacity at lower cost when combined with Oracle Solaris and ZFS file system compression. Each server comes with built-in, proactive fault detection, and advanced diagnostics, along with firmware that is already optimized for Oracle software, to deliver extreme reliability.

Designed for security

Supports two Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v4 product family CPUs, providing up to 44 total cores in an energy-efficient, 2U footprint
Reduces vulnerability to cyber attacks and helps build secure custom storage solutions in combination with Oracle Solaris and layered security in-depth
Maximizes performance and decreases latency of database transactions utilizing Oracle's unique NVM Express design
Built-in, proactive fault detection, advanced diagnostics, and firmware optimized for Oracle software deliver extreme reliability for enterprise workloads
Delivers 30 percent more uptime running Oracle software vs. competitive x86 servers

Designed to run Oracle Database

Oracle Server X6-2L is powered by two Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v4 product family CPUs and 24 memory slots. With up to 22 cores per socket, this server supports the highest performing processor and the most flexible storage options in a 2U enclosure. With more than 20 percent increase in processing power versus the previous generation, Oracle Server X6-2L provides optimal core, memory, and storage density combined with matched I/O throughput.

Built for the demands of enterprise workloads, this server offers six PCIe 3.0 expansion slots (two 16-lane and four 8-lane slots) for maximum I/O card and port density. The four embedded 10GBase-T ports free up PCIe slots for additional network and storage connectivity. Each Oracle Server X6-2L comes with a choice of either a SAS-3 (12 Gb/sec) RAID controller or a SAS-3 host bus adapter. This SAS-3 HBA occupies one of the 8-lane PCIe slots. With 138 gigabytes per second of bidirectional I/O bandwidth, Oracle Server X6-2L can handle the most demanding enterprise workloads.

Oracle Server X6-2L offers best-in-class reliability, serviceability, and availability (RAS) features that increase overall uptime of the server. This extreme reliability makes Oracle Server X6-2L the best choice for single-node Oracle Database deployments in remote or branch office locations. Real-time monitoring of the health of the CPU, memory, and I/O subsystems, coupled with off-lining capability of failed components, increases the system availability. Building on the firmware-level problem detection, Oracle Linux and Oracle Solaris are enhanced to provide fault detection capabilities when running on Oracle Server X6-2L. In addition, exhaustive system diagnostics and hardware-assisted error reporting and logging enable identification of failed components for ease of service.

Features & Benefits

Key Features	Key Benefits
Energy-efficient and storage-dense enterprise-class server with flexible disk options	Optimize for either storage capacity or storage performance with multiple disk-cage and tiered-storage options
Highest levels of security enabled out of the box	Reduce vulnerability to cyberattacks
Two Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v4 product family CPUs	Improve reliability with built-in diagnostics and fault detection from Oracle Linux and Oracle Solaris
Twenty-four dual inline memory module (DIMM) slots with maximum memory of 768 GB	Satisfy demands of enterprise applications with extreme I/O card and port density
Six PCIe Gen 3 slots plus four 10GBase-T ports	Increase storage capacity 15x, combining extreme compute power with Oracle Solaris and ZFS compression
Four NVM Express SSD-enabled slots, for high-bandwidth flash	Maximize IT productivity by running Oracle software on Oracle hardware
Hot-swappable and redundant disks, cooling fans, and power supply units	Accelerate Oracle Database with hotswappable flash using Oracle’s unique NVM Express design
Oracle ILOM	Maximize system power efficiency with Oracle’s optimized memory implementation

Maximize IT productivity by running Oracle software on Oracle hardware

To help users achieve accelerated performance for Oracle Database, Oracle Server X6- 2L supports hot-swappable, high-bandwidth flash that combines with Database Smart Flash Cache to drive down cost per database transaction. Using Oracle's unique NVM Express design, Oracle Server X6-2L supports up to nine small form factor NVMe drives for a total capacity of 28.8 TB in its all-flash configuration.

The four disk-cage options offer a choice between maximizing storage capacity or storage IOPS. With the 8-disk and 24-disk configurations, Oracle Server X6-2L allows for three types of 2.5 inch small form factor devices: 10 K RPM hard drives, conventional solid-state drives (SSDs), and NVMe SSDs (up to four or nine in the allflash configuration). The SSD and NVMe options allow for tiered storage—ideal for accelerating enterprise applications. With the 12-disk configuration, the server maximizes storage capacity using 3.5 inch large form factor disks.

With a maximum of 98.4 TB of direct-attached storage, Oracle Server X6-2L is equally ideal as a storage server. The compute power of Oracle Server X6-2L can be used to extend storage density even further with Oracle Solaris and ZFS file system compression and achieve up to 15x compression of data without significant performance impact. The server also is well suited for storage server implementations, such as video compression and transcoding, which require a combination of compute power and storage capacity at the same time

Part No.	2900788
Manufacturer	Oracle
End of Life?	No
Preceeded By	X5-2
Rack Units	1
Height	87.6
Width	445
Depth	737
Weight [Kg]	29.00
Specification	• 2006/95/EC Low Voltage Directive • 2004/108/EC EMC Directive • 2011/65/EU RoHS Directive • 2012/19/EU WEEE Directive
CPU Socket(s)	One or two processors from the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v4 product family (two processors required for maximum memory and I/O configurations)
Compatible CPU(s)	• E5-2699 v4, 2.2 GHz, 22 cores, 145 watts, 55 MB L3 cache; • E5-2690 v4 2.6 GHz, 14 cores, 135 watts, 35 MB L3 cache; • E5-2630 v4 2.2 GHz, 10 cores, 85 watts, 25 MB L3 cache; • E5 2643 v4 3.4 GHz, 6 cores, 135 watts, 20 MB L3 cache
Max CPU Clk Spd	Up to 3.4 GHz
CPU Cache	• Level 1: 32 KB instruction and 32 KB data L1 cache per core; • Level 2: 256 KB shared data and instruction L2 cache per core; • Level 3: Up to 55 MB shared inclusive L3 cache per processor
Max # Core(s)	Up to 22 cores per processor
Memory Slot(s)	Twenty-four DIMM slots
Memory Capacity	768 GB of DDR4 ECC DIMM memory
Memory Expansion	RDIMM options: 16 GB at DDR4-2400 and 32 GB at DDR4-2400
Drive Bays	Three disk chassis options: Eight-disk chassis: eight 2.5-inch front hot-swappable disk bays and optional DVD-RW drive slot Twelve-disk chassis: twelve 3.5-inch front hot-swappable disk bays and an additional two 2.5- inch rear hot-swappable disk bays Twenty-four-disk chassis: twenty-four 2.5-inch front hot-swappable disk bays and an additional two 2.5-inch rear hot-swappable disk bays The 2.5-inch disk bays can be populated with either HDDs, SSDs, or high-bandwidth flash. The 3.5-inch disk bays can be populated only with HDDs. 12 Gb/sec RAID HBA supporting levels: 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60 with 1 GB of DDR3 onboard memory with flash memory backup via embedded internal SAS-3 HBA PCIe card 12 Gb/sec SAS HBA with direct access to up to eight internal SAS-3 HDDs and SSDs
HDD Suitability	• All 2.5-inch disk bays can be populated with either HDDs or conventional SSDs
RAID Options	12 Gb/sec RAID HBA supporting levels: 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 with 1 GB of DDR3 onboard memory with flash memory backup via embedded internal SAS-3 HBA PCIe card
Supported OS	• Oracle Solaris; • Oracle Linux; • Red Hat Enterprise Linux; • Microsoft Windows Server
PCI Slot(s)	Expansion bus: four PCIe 3.0 slots: two x16 and two x8 (one internal) slots; Supports LP-PCIe cards including Ethernet, InfiniBand, FC, FCoE, and SAS HBAs
LAN Socket(s)	Four onboard auto-sensing 100/1000/10000 M Base-T Ethernet ports
Graphics / GPU	VGA 2D graphics controller embedded with 8 MB of dedicated graphics memory
Resolution (Native)	Resolution: 1,600 x 1,200 x 16 bits @ 60 Hz via the rear HD15 VGA port (1,024 x 768 when viewed remotely via Oracle ILOM)

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