Owner's Manual

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Attaching systems to your OS channel
Red Hat Network (RHN) or Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN) allows
administrators to efficiently manage their systems over the network. Through a
simple user interface, administrators can perform software patches, updates, and
maintenance on their systems.
Oracle setup scripts from Dell require your systems to be connected to one of
these OS channels, whichever is appropriate, in order to update them with
packages and rpms that are required for Oracle database installation.
Refer to the Red Hat RHN Web site, https://www.redhat.com/rhn/, for details on
how to setup your own RHN Satellite Server.
Refer to the Unbreakable Linux (ULN) Web site, http://linux.oracle.com, for
details on how to setup your own Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN).
Updating Your System Packages Using Red Hat Network or Unbreakable
Linux Network
NOTE: When you register a system using ULN, the system is subscribed to a channel
that has the latest Enterprise Linux packages for the appropriate architecture. Register
your system and then log in to linux.oracle.com to subscribe to additional channels.
Click on the Systems tab to manage subscriptions for each subscribed system.
Red Hat and Oracle periodically release software updates to fix bugs, address,
security issues, and add new features. You can download these updates through
the Red Hat Network (RHN) service or the Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN).
See the Dell|Oracle Tested and Validated Configurations Web site at
http://dell.com/oracle for the latest supported configurations before updating
your system software to the latest revisions.
Configuring OS for Oracle Database Installation - About the Dell | Oracle
Setup RPM
The Dell | Oracle RPM was introduced to provide customers the convenience of
having an automated way of setting up their Oracle environment hassle free.
The rpm is designed to do the following:
Create an Oracle user and setup the permissions
Create the Oracle user groups
Setup your kernel parameters for Oracle (/etc/sysctl.conf)