Owner's Manual

Configuring Storage and Networking for Oracle RAC Database 33
Configuring Storage and
Networking for Oracle
®
RAC
Database (10gR2/11gR1)
This section provides information about network and storage configuration.
• Configuring the public and private networks.
• Verifying the storage configuration.
• Configuring the shared storage for Oracle Clusterware and the Oracle
Database.
NOTE: Oracle RAC 10g R2/11g R1 is a complex database configuration that requires
an ordered list of procedures. To configure networking and storage in a minimal
amount of time, perform the following procedures in order.
Configuring the Public and Private Networks
NOTE: Each node requires a unique public and private internet protocol (IP)
address and an additional public IP address to serve as the virtual IP address for
the client connections and connection failover. The virtual IP address must belong
to the same. subnet as the public IP address. All public IP addresses, including the
virtual IP address, should be registered with the domain naming service (DNS). If a
DNS server is not available, IP addresses have to be registered in the hosts file on
all cluster nodes.
Depending on the number of NIC ports available, configure the public and
private interfaces as shown in Table 6-1.