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Software and Hardware Requirements 13
Table 2-8. Minimum Hardware Requirements for a Switched or Direct-attached
Single Node iSCSI
Hardware Component Configuration
Dell PowerEdge system
(single node using Automatic
Storage Management (ASM)
Intel Xeon or AMD Opteron Supported
Processor families
2.5 GB of RAM with Automatic Storage
Management (ASM)
Internal RAID controller for internal
hard drives
Two 73-GB hard drives (RAID 1) connected
to the PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC)
Three Gigabit Network Interface Controller
(NIC) ports
Two Gigabit Network Interface Controller
(NIC) ports
Dell PowerVault MD3000i storage
system
See your Dell PowerVault MD3000i storage
system documentation for more details.
Dell PowerVault MD1000 storage
expansion enclosure (optional)
See your Dell PowerVault MD1000 storage
expansion enclosure documentation for
more details.
Gigabit Ethernet switch (Two) —
iSCSI network (preferred)
See the Solution Deliverable List (SDL) at
dell.com/oracle for information on supported
configurations.