Owner's Manual

Deployment Guide 5

This document provides information for installing, configuring, reinstalling, and using your

Oracle Database 10g R2 software following Dell’s supported configurations for Oracle.

Use this document in conjunction with the Dell™ Deployment CD to install your software. If you

install your operating system using only the operating system CDs, the steps in this document may

not be applicable.

The following topics are covered:

• Software and hardware requirements

• Installing and configuring Microsoft

Windows Server

2003, Standard x64 R2 Edition

• Verifying cluster hardware and software configurations

• Configuring networking and storage for Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) 10

• Installing Oracle Database RAC 10

R2, Patchset 10.2.0.2, and software updates

• Additional information

• Troubleshooting

• Getting help

For more information on Dell’s supported configurations for Oracle, see the Dell|Oracle Tested and

Validated Configurations website at www.dell.com/10g.

If you purchased the Oracle RAC 10g Deployment Service, your Dell Professional Services representative

will assist you with the following:

• Verifying cluster hardware and software configurations

• Configuring networking and storage

• Installing Oracle Database RAC 10

R2 and Patchset 10.2.0.2

Software and Hardware Requirements

Table 1-1 lists the basic software requirements for Dell’s supported configurations for Oracle. Table 1-2

lists the hardware requirements.

For detailed information on the minimum software versions for drivers and applications, see "Supported

Software Versions."