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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.
Table 1-2. Minimum Hardware Requirements—Fibre Channel Cluster
Hardware Component Configuration
Dell™ PowerEdge™ 1750, 1850, 2600,
2650, 2800, 2850, 4600, 6600, 6650,
6800, and 6850 systems (two to
eight nodes using Oracle Cluster File
System [OCFS] or Automatic Storage
Management [ASM])
3-GHz Intel Xeon™ processor
1 GB of RAM
PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller (PERC) controller for internal
hard drives
Two 36-GB hard drives (RAID 1) connected to a PERC
Three Gigabit NIC ports
Two optical host bus adapter (HBA) ports
Dell | EMC CX200, CX300, CX400,
CX500, or CX700 Fibre Channel storage
system
See www.dell.com/oracle for information on supported configurations
Gigabit Ethernet switch (two) See www.dell.com/oracle for information on supported configurations
Dell | EMC Fibre Channel switch (two) Eight ports for two to six nodes
Sixteen ports for seven or eight nodes
Table 1-3. Minimum Hardware Requirements—Single Node
Hardware Component Configuration
Dell PowerEdge 1750, 1850, 2600, 2650,
2800, 2850, 4600, 6600, 6650, 6800,
and 6850 systems
3-GHz Intel Xeon processor
1 GB of RAM
Two 36-GB hard drives (RAID 1) connected to a PERC controller
Two NIC ports
Dell | EMC CX200, CX300, CX400,
CX500, or CX700 Fibre Channel storage
system (optional)
See www.dell.com/oracle for information on supported configurations
Dell | EMC Fibre Channel switch
(optional)
Eight ports