Getting Started Guide

Contents 3
Contents
1Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Hardware Requirements
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Network Requirements
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Operating System Requirements
. . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 Preparing Nodes
for Oracle Installation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Attaching to RHN/ULN Repository. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installing the Dell Validated RPM
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installing the Dell Oracle Utilities RPM
. . . . . . . . . 10
Oracle Software Binary Location
. . . . . . . . . . 11
Setting up the Network
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Public Network
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Private Network
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
IP Address and Name Resolution
Requirements
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16