Owner's Manual

Contents 3
Contents
1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Required Documentation for Deploying
the Dell|Oracle Database
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Terminology Used in This Document
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Getting Help
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Dell Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Oracle Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2 Configuring Your Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Configuring the Public Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Configuring the Private Network Using Bonding
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Setting Up Oracle User Equivalence
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Configuring Secure Shell (ssh) . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Adding Host Entries Within the /etc/hosts File . . . 13
3 Fibre Channel Cluster Setup . . . . . . . . . . 15
Hardware Connections for a Fibre Channel Cluster . . 16
Cabling Your Fibre Channel Storage System
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Direct-Attached Fibre Channel Configuration . . . 18
SAN-Attached Fibre Channel Configuration . . . . 19