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12 Deployment Guide

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Configuring Networking and Storage for Oracle RAC 10g

This section provides information on setting up a Fibre Channel or SCSI cluster running a seed

database and includes the following procedures:

• Configuring the public and private networks

• Securing your system

• Verifying the storage configuration

• Configuring shared storage for Cluster Ready Services (CRS) and the Oracle database

Oracle RAC 10

is a complex database configuration that requires an ordered list of procedures. To

configure networking and storage in a minimal amount of time, perform the following procedures

in order.

Configuring the Public and Private Networks

This section presents steps to configure the public and private cluster networks.

NOTE: Each node requires a unique public and private IP address and an additional public IP address to

serve as the virtual IP address for the client connections and connection failover. The virtual IP address

must belong to the same subnet as the public IP. All public IP addresses, including the virtual IP address,

should be registered with DNS.

Depending on the number of NIC ports available, configure the interfaces as shown in Table 1-5.

Table 1-5. NIC Port Assignments

NIC Port Three Ports Available Four Ports available

1 Public IP and virtual IP Public IP

2 Private IP (bonded) Private IP (bonded)

3 Private IP (bonded) Private IP (bonded)

4NA Virtual IP