Owner's Manual

Task 3: Verifying and Upgrading the Firmware

• Discover the host server’s direct-attached storage using the Modular Disk

Storage Manager software that is installed on the host server.

• Verify that the firmware for the following storage components is at the

minimum required version. Refer to the Solutions Deliverable List (SDL)

for the firmware version requirements.

• RAID controller firmware

• MD3000 storage system firmware

• MD1000 expansion enclosure firmware

Installing the SAS 5/E Adapter Driver

Follow the documentation that came with the MD3000 and the SAS HBAs to

install drivers on both nodes of the cluster.

NOTE: Confirm that the version of the driver on the MD3000 Resource CD is the same as

that on the Dell Oracle Solutions Deliverables List (SDL).

Post Installation Tasks

After installing the drivers and the software, perform the post installation tasks

listed in the

MD3000 Installation Guide

to create the environment shown in the

Operating System and Hardware Installation, Linux Guide

NOTE: Dell Best Practices dictate that you configure the disks for the LUNS in a

RAID 10 configuration.

iSCSI Cluster Setup for PowerVault MD3000i and

MD1000 Expansion Enclosures

This section provides information and procedures for configuring your PowerEdge

Systems and PowerVault MD3000i hardware and software to function in a Oracle

Real Application Cluster environment.

Verify the hardware connections, and the hardware and software configurations,

using the "Supported Configuration" figures contained in the

Dell PowerVault

MD3000i Support Matrix

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