Deployment Guide

10 Deployment Guide

If you are deploying the cluster using OCFS2, perform the following steps:

Install OCFS2 Red Hat Package Managers (RPMs) by typing:

./340-rpms_ocfs.py

To ensure smooth mounting of OCFS2, type:

./350-ocfs_networkwait.py

Connect the external storage.

Updating Your System Packages Using Red Hat Network

Red Hat periodically releases software updates to fix bugs, address security issues, and add new features.

You can download these updates through the Red Hat Network (RHN) service. See the Dell|Oracle

Tested and Validated Configurations website at www.dell.com/10g for the latest supported

configurations before you use RHN to update your system software to the latest revisions.

NOTE: If you are deploying Oracle Database 10g on a single node, skip the following sections and see "Configuring

and Deploying Oracle Database 10g (Single Node)."

Verifying Cluster Hardware and Software Configurations

Before you begin the cluster setup, verify the hardware installation, communication interconnections,

and node software configuration for the entire cluster. The following sections provide setup information

for hardware and software Fibre Channel cluster configurations.

Fibre Channel Cluster Setup

Your Dell Professional Services representative completed the setup of your Fibre Channel cluster. Verify

the hardware connections, and the hardware and software configurations as described in this section.

Figure 1-1 shows an overview of the connections required for the cluster, and Table 1-4 summarizes

the cluster connections.