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Software and Hardware Requirements 9
Ethernet switches (three required) One switch for public and two switches
for private interconnect. See the SDL at
dell.com/oracle for information on
supported configurations.
Dell/EMC Fibre Channel switch
(two required)
8-port Fibre Channel switch for two to
six nodes
16-port Fibre Channel switch for seven or
eight nodes
Table 2-3. Minimum Hardware Requirements for a Fibre Channel Single Node
Hardware Component Configuration
PowerEdge system [single node
using Automatic Storage
Management or Oracle Cluster
File System for Linux(OCFS2)]
Intel Xeon or AMD Opteron supported
processor families
1 GB of RAM
Two 73-GB hard drives (RAID 1) connected
to PERC controller or SAS controller
One NIC port (public)
Dell/EMC Fibre Channel storage
system (optional)
See the SDL at dell.com/oracle for
information on supported configurations
Dell/EMC Fibre Channel switch
(optional)
8-port Fibre Channel switch
Ethernet switch (one required) One switch for public. See the SDL at
dell.com/oracle for information on supported
configurations.
Table 2-2. Minimum Hardware Requirements for a Fibre Channel Cluster (continued)
Hardware Component Configuration