Owner's Manual

Table Of Contents
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Minimum Hardware Requirements
The following sections list the hardware requirements for fibre channel, direct-
attached SAS, and iSCSI configurations. For more information on specific hardware
components, see the documentation included with your system.
NOTE: Depending on the number of users, the applications you use, your batch
processes, and other factors, you may need a system that exceeds the minimum
hardware requirements to achieve desired performance.
Minimum Hardware Requirements for a Fibre Channel Configuration
Table 2 through Table 3 indicate the minimum hardware requirements for a fibre
channel cluster and single node configuration.
NOTE: The hardware configuration of all the nodes in a cluster must be identical.
Table 1. Software Requirements
Software Component Configuration
Red Hat or Oracle Enterprise
Linux AS x86-64 (Version 5)
Update 2
Oracle Database 11g R1 Version 11.1.0.7
Enterprise/Standard Edition, including the RAC
option for clusters
Enterprise/Standard and Standard Edition for
single-node configuration
EMC
®
PowerPath
®
Version 5.1.2
Dell PowerVault™ MD3000
Modular Disk Storage
Manager software
Version 02.17.G6.26 or higher
Dell PowerVault™ MD3000i
Modular Disk Storage
Manager software
Version 02.17.G6.26 or higher