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Verifying Cluster Hardware and Software Configurations 25
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Verifying Cluster Hardware and
Software Configurations
This section provides setup information for hardware and software cluster
configurations.
Before setting up the cluster, ensure that you have the minimum hardware
installed as shown in Table 4-1.
Each node must have the following software installed using:
• Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD (see Ta bl e 3-1).
• Windows Server 2003 SP2 Standard/Enterprise x64 Edition or Windows
Server 2008 SP2 Standard/Enterprise x64 Edition
(see Ta b l e 2-1).
• Dell|Oracle Windows Resource CD image version 4.3.
NOTE: Ensure that the HBA drivers are installed.
• PowerVault MD3000 Resource CD or PowerVault MD3000i Resource CD
(when using the PowerVault MD3000/MD3000i as back-end storage).
The storage must be configured with a minimum of four LUNs or virtual
disks (two for the redundant Voting Disk and Oracle Cluster Registry and two
for the database and Flash Recovery area) assigned to cluster nodes.