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14 Software and Hardware Requirements
Table 2-8. Minimum Hardware Requirements for a Switched or Direct-attached Single
Node iSCSI
Hardware Component Configuration
Dell PowerEdge system [single node
using ASM or Oracle Cluster File
System Version 2 (OCFS2)]
Intel Xeon or AMD Opteron supported
processor families
1 GB of RAM with Oracle Cluster File System
Version 2 (OCFS2) or ASM
Internal RAID controller for internal
hard drives
Two 73-GB hard drives (RAID 1) connected to
the PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC)
One NIC port (one public)
Two NIC ports (iSCSI)
Dell PowerVault storage system See your Dell PowerVault storage system
documentation for more details
Dell PowerVault storage expansion
enclosure (optional)
See your Dell PowerVault storage expansion
enclosure documentation for more details. See
the SDL at dell.com/oracle for information on
supported configurations.
Ethernet switch (two required for
switched configuration only)
Two switches for iSCSI SAN. See the SDL at
dell.com/oracle for information on supported
configurations.
Ethernet switch (one required) One switch for public. See the SDL at
dell.com/oracle for information on supported
configurations.