Deployment Guide

Deployment Guide 5

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

Database 10g Enterprise Edition with Real Application Clusters

(RAC)

software on your Dell|Oracle

supported configuration.

NOTE:

Use this document in conjunction with the Dell™ Deployment CD to install your software. If you install

your operating system using only the operating system CDs, the instructions in this document may not be applicable.

The following topics are covered:

• Software and hardware requirements

• Installing and configuring Red Hat

Enterprise Linux

• Verifying cluster hardware and software configurations

• Configuring networking and storage for Oracle RAC 10

• Deploying Oracle RAC 10

database and patchsets on multiple nodes and creating a seed database

• Configuring and deploying 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’s supported configurations for Oracle Database 10g, 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 the cluster hardware and software configurations

• Configuring networking and storage

• Installing Oracle RAC 10

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