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Configuring Network and Storage for Oracle RAC Database 29
Configuring Network and Storage
for Oracle RAC Database
This section provides information about:
• Configuring the public and private networks.
• Verifying the storage configuration.
• Configuring the shared storage for Oracle Clusterware and the
Oracle
Database.
NOTE: Oracle RAC requires an ordered list of procedures. To configure networking
and storage in a minimal amount of time, perform the procedures listed in this
chapter in order.
Configuring the Public and Private Networks
NOTE: Each node requires a unique public and private internet protocol (IP)
address and an additional public IP address to serve as the virtual IP address for
the client connections and connection failover. The virtual IP address must belong
to the same subnet as the public IP address. All public IP addresses, including the
virtual IP address should be registered with the domain naming service (DNS). If a
DNS server is not available, IP addresses have to be registered in the hosts file on
all cluster nodes.
Depending on the number of NIC ports available, configure the public and
private interfaces as shown in Table 6-1.
Table 6-1. NIC Port Assignments
NIC Port Three Ports Available Four Ports Available
1 Public IP and virtual IP Public IP
2 Private IP (NIC team) Private IP (NIC team)
3 Private IP (NIC team) Private IP (NIC team)
4 NA Virtual IP