Owner's Manual

Setting Up a SAS Cluster 33

Verifying and Upgrading the Firmware

To verify and upgrade the firmware:

Discover the direct-attached storage of the host system using the MDSM

software that is installed on the host system.

Verify that the firmware for the following storage components is at the

minimum required version:

• RAID controller firmware

• PowerVault MD3000 storage system firmware

• PowerVault MD1000 expansion enclosure firmware

NOTE: For the minimum firmware version requirements, select the Dell Validated

Components link at dell.com/oracle.

Installing the SAS 5/E Adapter Driver

Install the SAS 5/E driver from the PowerVault MD3000 Resource media.

NOTE: Ensure that the version of the SAS 5/E driver is the same or newer than the

version listed in the Solution Deliverable List (SDL) that can be found for each

Dell-validated component at dell.com/oracle.

For assistance in installing drivers on both nodes of the cluster, see the

documentation that came with the PowerVault MD3000 storage enclosure

and the SAS HBAs.

Performing the Post Installation Tasks

After installing the drivers and the software, perform the post installation tasks

listed in the

PowerVault MD3000 Installation Guide.

Create the environment

shown in the

Dell PowerEdge Systems Oracle Database on Enterprise Linux

x86_64 Operating System and Hardware Installation,

and the

Linux Guide

Both documents are available at

support.dell.com/manuals

NOTE: It is recommended that you configure the disks for the LUNs in

a RAID 10 configuration.

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