Owner's Manual

Deployment Guide 5

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

Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition with the Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) software on

your Dell|Oracle supported configuration. Use this document in conjunction with the Dell Deployment,

Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Oracle RAC 10g software CDs to install your software.

NOTE: If you install your operating system using only the operating system CDs, the steps in this document may not

be applicable.

This document covers the following topics:

• Software and hardware requirements

• Installing and configuring Red Hat

Enterprise Linux

• Verifying cluster hardware and software configurations

• Configuring storage and networking for Oracle RAC

• Installing Oracle RAC

• Configuring and installing 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 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 storage and networking

• Installing Oracle RAC 10

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