Owner's Manual

6 Deployment Guide
Software and Hardware Requirements
Table 1-1 lists basic software requirements for Dell’s Supported Configurations for Oracle. Table 1-2 lists the
hardware requirements.
For detailed information on the minimum software versions for drivers and applications, see "Supported
Software Versions."
NOTE: Depending on the number of users, the application you use, your batch processes, and other factors, you
may need a system that exceeds the minimum hardware requirements in order to achieve your desired
performance.
NOTE: The hardware configuration of all the cluster nodes should be identical.
Table 1-1. Software Requirements
Software Component Configuration
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard/Enterprise x64 R2 Editions
Oracle10g R2 Version 10.2.0.1
Enterprise Edition, including the RAC option for clusters
EMC
®
PowerPath
®
(Fibre Channel
clusters only)
Version 4.5
Table 1-2. Minimum Hardware Requirements—Fibre Channel Cluster Configuration
Hardware Component Configuration
Dell™ PowerEdge™ 1850 (up to 8 nodes)
PowerEdge 1950 system (up to 8 nodes)
PowerEdge 2850 system (up to 8 nodes)
PowerEdge 2900 system (up to 8 nodes)
PowerEdge 2950 system (up to 8 nodes)
PowerEdge 6850 system (up to 8 nodes)
Intel
®
Xeon
®
processor family.
1 GB of RAM.
PowerEdge expandable RAID controller (PERC) for internal
hard drives.
Two 73-GB hard drives connected to a PERC controller.
NOTE: Dell recommends two 73-GB hard drives (RAID 1)
connected to a PERC 5/i, PERC 4e/Di, or PERC 4e/Si based on
your system. For more information, see your PowerEdge system
documentation.
Three Gigabit network interface cards (NICs).
Two Qlogic or Emulex optical host bus adapters (HBAs)
(1 QLE2462[dual port] HBA for use with PowerEdge 1850
and PowerEdge 1950).
Dell|EMC CX300, CX500, CX700, CX3-20,
CX3-40, or CX-80 Fibre Channel storage system
See dell.com/10g for information on supported
configurations.
Gigabit Ethernet switch (two) See dell.com/10g for information on supported
configurations.