Owner's Manual

Deployment Guide 5

This document provides information about installing, configuring, reinstalling, and using Oracle Database

Enterprise Edition with Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) software on your Dell | Oracle

supported configuration.

Use this document in conjunction with the

Dell Deployment

CD to install your software. If you install your

operating system using only the operating system CDs, the steps in this document may not be applicable.

The following topics are covered:

• Software and hardware requirements

• Installing and configuring Red Hat

Enterprise Linux

• Verifying cluster hardware and software configurations

• Configuring networking and storage for Oracle RAC

• Installing Oracle RAC

• Configuring and deploying Oracle Database 10

(single node)

• Adding and removing nodes

• Reinstalling the software

• Additional information

• Troubleshooting

• Getting help

• Obtaining and using open source files

For more information on Dell’s Supported Configurations for Oracle, see the Dell | Oracle Tested and

Validated Configurations website at

www.dell.com/10g

Oracle RAC 10g Deployment Service

If you purchased the Oracle RAC 10g Deployment Service, your Dell Professional Services representative

will assist you with the following:

• Verifying cluster hardware and software configurations

• Configuring networking and storage

• Installing Oracle RAC 10g Release 2

Software and Hardware Requirements

Before you install the Oracle RAC software on your system:

• Download the Red Hat CDs from the Red Hat website located at

www.rhn.redhat.com

• Locate your Oracle CD kit.