Deployment Guide

6 Deployment Guide
Software and Hardware Requirements
Before you install the Oracle RAC software on your system, follow the instructions in the Deploying
Dell-Tested and Validated Configurations for Oracle Database document shipped with your kit, to:
• Download the Red Hat CDs from the Red Hat website located at rhn.redhat.com .
• Locate your Oracle CD kit, or download the Oracle software from Oracle's website located at
www.oracle.com .
• Download the Dell Deployment
CD images from the Dell|Oracle Tested and Validated
Configurations website at www.dell.com/10g
, and burn the Dell Deployment CDs using the CD
images.
Table 1-1 lists basic software requirements for Dell’s supported configurations for Oracle. Table 1-2 and
Table 1-3 list 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 applications you use, your batch processes, and other factors,
you may need a system that exceeds the minimum hardware requirements in order to achieve the desired
performance.
NOTE: The hardware configuration of all the cluster nodes must be identical.
Table 1-1. Software Requirements
Software Component Configuration
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Version 4) operating
system for Intel
®
32-bit technology (x86)
Quarterly Update 3
Oracle 10g Release 1 for 32-bit Linux Version 10.1.0.5
• Enterprise Edition, including the RAC option for clusters
• Enterprise Edition for single-node configuration
EMC
®
PowerPath
®
(Fibre Channel clusters only)
Version 4.5.1
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 (OCFS2) or Automatic Storage
Management (ASM)]
3-GHz Intel Xeon
®
processor
1 GB of random-access memory (RAM)
PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller (PERC) for internal hard
drives
Two 36-GB hard drives (RAID 1) connected to a PERC
Three Gigabit network interface controller (NIC) ports
Two optical host bus adapter (HBA) ports