Owner's Manual

Setting Up an iSCSI Cluster 47
Table 5-1 shows a sample volume configuration.
Create volumes in the Dell|EqualLogic PS6010XV array and create access list
to allow all host iSCSI network interfaces to access the volumes. For example,
the following volumes are created:
•mdi-ocr
•mdi-data1
•mdi-fra1
Configuring iSCSI Networks
NOTE: It is recommended that you configure the host network interfaces for iSCSI
traffic to use Flow Control and Jumbo frame for optimal performance.
To set Flow Control and Jumbo frame, perform the following steps:
1
Click Start  Search programs and files , type View network
connections
.
2 Click on View network connections in the search results.
3 Select the iSCSI network interface , and right-click Properties .
Table 5-1. Configuring Volumes for Oracle RAC
Number of
Volumes
Minimum Size RAID Number of
Partitions
Used For Operating System
Mapping
Three 1024 MB 10 One Voting Disk,
Oracle Cluster
Registry (OCR)
ASM disk group
for OCR and
Voting disk
One Larger than
the size of your
database
10 One Data ASM disk group
DATABASEDG
One Minimum
twice the size
of your second
area volume(s)
5 One Flash Recovery
Area
ASM disk group
FLASHBACKDG
One
(Optional)
10 GB 10 One Shared DB
Home
ASM disk group
for Shared DB
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