Quick Start Manual

Contents 3
Contents
1Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Required Documentation for Deploying the
Dell|Oracle 11g R2 Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Terminology Used in This Document
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Getting Help
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Dell Support
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Oracle Support
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2 Software and Hardware Requirements. . . 7
Minimum Software Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Minimum Hardware Requirements
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Minimum Hardware Requirements for a
Fibre Channel Configuration
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Minimum Hardware Requirements for
an iSCSI Configuration
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3 Installing and Configuring the
Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Recommended Operating System
Partitioning Scheme
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