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Contents

Software and Hardware Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

License Agreements

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Important Documentation

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Installing and Configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux Using the Deployment CDs

. . . . . . 7

Configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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Updating Your System Packages Using Red Hat Network

. . . . . . . . 9

Verifying Cluster Hardware and Software Configurations

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Fibre Channel Cluster Setup

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Configuring Networking and Storage for Oracle RAC 10g

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Configuring the Public and Private Networks

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Securing Your System

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Verifying the Storage Configuration

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Configuring Shared Storage for CRS

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Configuring Shared Storage for the Database

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Installing Oracle RAC 10g

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Installing CRS

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Installing the Oracle Database 10g Software

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Configuring the Listener

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Creating the Seed Database

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RAC Post Deployment Fixes and Patches

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Setting the oracle User Password

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Configuring and Deploying Oracle Database 10g (Single Node)

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Configuring the Public Network

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Configuring Database Storage

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Installing Oracle Database 10g

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Configuring the Listener

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Creating the Seed Database

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Setting the oracle User Password

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Adding and Removing Nodes

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Adding a New Node to the Network Layer

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Configuring the Shared Storage on the New Node

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Adding a New Node to the Clusterware Layer

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