Owner's Manual

Deployment Guide 5

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

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 Edition with

Service Pack 1 (SP1)

• Verifying cluster hardware and software configurations

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

• Installing Oracle Database RAC 10

and software updates

• Additional information

• Troubleshooting

• Getting help

For more information on Dell’s Supported Configurations for Oracle, see the Dell and Oracle website

dell.com/10g

If you purchased the Oracle RAC 10

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