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Configuring Storage, Oracle User Equivalence, and Networking for Oracle RAC 45
Configuring Storage, Oracle User
Equivalence, and Networking for
Oracle RAC
WARNING: Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, read the
safety information that shipped with your system. For additional best practices
information, see the Dell Regulatory Compliance website at
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Oracle
®
Real Application Clusters (RAC) is a complex database configuration
that requires an ordered list of procedures. This section presents information
and procedures for setting up a Fibre Channel, iSCSI, or direct-attached
SAS cluster for running a seed database.
NOTE: To configure the network and the storage in a minimal amount of time,
perform the procedure in the following sections in order.
Configuring the Public and Private Network
This section presents steps to configure the public and private cluster network.
NOTE: Each node requires a unique public and private internet protocol (IP) address.
An additional public IP address is required to serve as the virtual IP address for the
client connections and the connection failover. The virtual IP address must belong
to the same subnet as the public IP. All public IP addresses, including the virtual
IP address, must be registered with the Domain Naming Service (DNS) and they
must be routable.
Depending on the number of NIC ports available, configure the interfaces as
shown in Table 6-1.
Table 6-1. NIC Port Assignments
NIC Port Three Ports Available Four Ports available
1 Public IP and virtual IP Public IP
2 Private IP (bonded) Private IP (bonded)