Owner's Manual

Deployment Guide 7
License Agreements
NOTE: Your Dell configuration includes a 30-day trial license of Oracle software. If you do not have a license for
this product, contact your Dell sales representative.
Important Documentation
For more information on specific hardware components, see the documentation included with
your system.
For Oracle product information, see the How to Get Started guide in the Oracle CD kit.
Before You Begin
Before you install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system, download the Red Hat Enterprise
Linux Quarterly Update ISO images from the Red Hat Network website at rhn.redhat.com and burn
these images to CDs.
To download the ISO images, perform the following steps:
1
Navigate to the Red Hat Network website at rhn.redhat.com .
2 Click Channels .
3 In the left menu, click Easy ISOs .
Gigabit Ethernet switch (two) See the Dell|Oracle Tested and Validated Configurations website at
www.dell.com/10g for information on supported configurations
Dell|EMC Fibre Channel switch (two) Eight ports for two to six nodes
16 ports for seven or eight nodes
Table 1-3. Minimum Hardware Requirements—Single Node
Hardware Component Configuration
PowerEdge system Intel Xeon processor family
1 GB of RAM
Two 73-GB hard drives (RAID 1) connected to PERC
Two NIC ports
Dell|EMC Fibre Channel storage system
(optional)
See the Dell|Oracle Tested and Validated Configurations website at
www.dell.com/10g for information on supported configurations
Dell|EMC Fibre Channel switch
(optional)
Eight ports
Table 1-2. Minimum Hardware Requirements—Fibre Channel Cluster (continued)
Hardware Component Configuration