Dell PowerEdge Systems Oracle Database on Enterprise Linux x86_64 Operating System and Hardware Installation Guide Version 1.
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Contents 1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Required Documentation for Deploying the Dell|Oracle 11g R2 Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Terminology Used in This Document Getting Help Dell Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oracle Support 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Software and Hardware Requirements . 6 6 . . 7 Minimum Software Requirements . . .
Attaching Systems to Your Operating System Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Updating Your System Packages Using Red Hat Network or Unbreakable Linux Network . . . 19 . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Configuring the Operating System for Oracle Database Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . About the Dell|Oracle Deployment Automation Scripts . . . . . . . . Install the Errata Kernel . Installing the Dell|Oracle Deployment Automation Scripts . . . .
1 Overview This document applies to Oracle Database 11g R2 running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 AS x86_64 or Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.5 AS x86_64. Required Documentation for Deploying the Dell|Oracle 11g R2 Database The Dell|Oracle Database Installation documentation set includes the following guides: • Dell PowerEdge Systems Oracle Database on Enterprise Linux x86_64Storage and Network Guide—Describes how to install and configure the network and storage solutions.
Terminology Used in This Document • This document uses the terms logical unit number (LUN) and virtual disk. These terms are synonymous and can be used interchangeably. The term LUN is commonly used in a Dell/EMC Fibre Channel storage system environment and virtual disk is commonly used in a Dell PowerVault SAS and iSCSI (Dell PowerVault MD3000 and Dell PowerVault MD3000i with Dell PowerVault MD1000 expansion) storage environment.
Software and Hardware Requirements 2 The following sections describe the minimum software and hardware requirements for Dell-supported configurations for Oracle. For more information on the minimum software versions for drivers and applications, see the Solution Deliverable List (SDL) that can be found for each Dell Validated Component at dell.com/oracle. Minimum Software Requirements NOTE: Your Dell configuration includes a 30-day trial license of Oracle software.
Table 2-1. Software Requirements (continued) Software Component Configuration Dell PowerVault MD3000 Modular Disk Storage Manager software Version 03.35.G6.45 Dell PowerVault MD3000i Modular Disk Storage Manager software Version 03.35.G6.45 Minimum Hardware Requirements The following sections list the hardware requirements for Fibre Channel, direct-attached SAS, and iSCSI configurations. For more information on specific hardware components, see the documentation included with your system.
Minimum Hardware Requirements for a Fibre Channel Configuration Table 2-2 through Table 2-3 indicate the minimum hardware requirements for a Fibre Channel cluster and single-node configuration. NOTE: The hardware configuration of all the nodes in a cluster must be identical. Table 2-2.
Table 2-3. Minimum Hardware Requirements for a Fibre Channel Single Node Hardware Component Configuration PowerEdge system (single node using Intel Xeon or AMD Opteron supported ASM) processor families 2.5 GB of RAM Two 73-GB hard drives (RAID 1) connected to PERC adapter or SAS controller One NIC port (public) Dell/EMC Fibre Channel storage system (optional) See the SDL at dell.com/oracle for information on supported configurations.
Minimum Hardware Requirements for a Direct-Attached SAS Configuration Table 2-4 through Table 2-5 indicate the minimum hardware requirements for a direct-attached SAS cluster and single-node configuration. NOTE: The hardware configuration of all the nodes in a cluster must be identical. Table 2-4. Minimum Hardware Requirements for a Direct-Attached SAS Cluster Hardware Component Configuration Dell PowerEdge system (up to two nodes using ASM) Intel Xeon or AMD Opteron supported processor families 2.
Table 2-5. Minimum Hardware Requirements for a Direct-Attached SAS Single Node Hardware Component Configuration Dell PowerEdge system Intel Xeon or AMD Opteron supported processor families 2.5 GB of RAM Two 73-GB hard drives (RAID 1) connected to PERC One NIC port (public) Dell PowerVault storage system See your Dell PowerVault storage system documentation for more details. See the SDL at dell.com/oracle for information on supported Dell PowerVault storage systems.
Minimum Hardware Requirements for an iSCSI Configuration Table 2-6 through Table 2-8 indicate the minimum hardware requirements for an iSCSI cluster (direct-attached and switched) and a direct-attached, single-node configuration. NOTE: The hardware configuration of all the nodes in a cluster must be identical. Table 2-6.
Table 2-7. Minimum Hardware Requirements for a Switched iSCSI Cluster Hardware Component Configuration Dell PowerEdge system (up to eight nodes for Oracle Enterprise Edition or up to two nodes for Oracle Standard Edition using ASM) Intel Xeon or AMD Opteron supported processor families 2.
Table 2-8. Minimum Hardware Requirements for a Switched or Direct-Attached Single Node iSCSI Hardware Component Configuration Dell PowerEdge system (single node Intel Xeon or AMD Opteron supported using ASM) processor families 2.5 GB of RAM with ASM Internal RAID controller for internal hard drives Two 73-GB hard drives (RAID 1) connected to the PERC One NIC port (public) Two NIC ports (iSCSI) Dell PowerVault storage system See your Dell PowerVault storage system documentation for more details.
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Installing and Configuring the Operating System 3 CAUTION: To ensure that the operating system is installed correctly, disconnect all the external storage devices from the system before you install the operating system. This section describes the installation of the Red Hat and Oracle Enterprise Linux AS operating systems and the configuration of the operating system for Oracle Database deployment.
Recommended Operating System Partitioning Scheme Creation of a logical volume group is necessary in order to create a logical volume within this logical volume group. Table 3-1 lists the partitions and logical volumes required to be created within the logical volume group named osvg (Oracle Solution Volume Group). Table 3-1.
Attaching Systems to Your Operating System Channel RHN or ULN allows you to efficiently manage systems over the network. You can perform software patches, updates, and maintenance on the systems through a simple user interface. The Dell|Oracle Deployment Automation Scripts provide you the option to make use of the operating system channels to automatically update your system with packages and RPMs required for Oracle Database installation.
Configuring the Operating System for Oracle Database Installation About the Dell|Oracle Deployment Automation Scripts The Dell|Oracle Deployment Automation Scripts are packaged as a tar file that can be downloaded from dell.com/oracle. This tar file contains automated scripts, Dell|Oracle Setup RPM, Dell PowerEdge system component driver RPMs, and Oracle RPMs.
Install the Errata Kernel 1 Log in as root. 2 Download and install the minimum supported kernel (2.6.18-194.3.1 or higher) RPMs (kernel), kernel-headers and kernel-devel from RHN or ULN. 3 Reboot your system. 4 Boot in to the new kernel installed in step 2. Installing the Dell|Oracle Deployment Automation Scripts The Dell|Oracle tested and validated tar file, appropriate for your operating system version and the Oracle database version, can be downloaded from dell.com/oracle.
NOTE: You must install the missing RPMs to install the Oracle Grid and Database successfully. – Automatically using Online Operating System Channel Repository (RHN/ULN)—Choose this option if your system is connected to either Red Hat's RHN or Oracle's ULN network according to your operating system. This option is the recommended method since the missing RPMs and the inter dependencies are automatically resolved, downloaded and installed on your system from the Operating System Channel.
NOTE: You can find the list of the missing RPMs in the /dell-oracledeployment/logs/rpm_install.log file. 6 Run the following script to install the Dell PowerEdge system component drivers: $> ./10-install-Dell-rpms.sh NOTE: This script installs the supported Dell Dynamic Kernel Module Support (DKMS) drivers located in the /dell-oracle-deployment/rpms folder. The DKMS driver installation requires the presence of the kernel-devel RPM in order to build the modules.
NOTE: It is recommended to have one separate operating system partition for Oracle Grid and Database binary software. See Table 3-1 for the recommended operating system partitions and their sizes. Ensure that Oracle Grid and Database binary are installed under the same root directory. For example, /opt or /u01. NOTE: Make sure you have permission to create directories for the below specified paths since the script will attempt to create them, if they do not exist already.
Attaching to the Dell Firmware Repository Channel (Optional) The Dell Firmware Repository provides a mechanism to update the BIOS and firmware of your Dell PowerEdge systems to the latest revision. Use the following commands to setup and install the Dell Firmware Repository: # set up repos wget -q -O http://linux.dell.com/repo/software/bootstrap.cgi | bash wget -q -O http://linux.dell.com/repo/firmware/bootstrap.
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Verifying Cluster Hardware and Software Configurations 4 This section provides setup information for hardware and software cluster configurations. Before setting up the cluster, verify the hardware installation, communication interconnections, and node software configuration for the entire cluster. • Each node must include the minimum hardware peripheral components as described in "Minimum Hardware Requirements" on page 8.
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Obtaining and Using Open Source Files 5 The software contained in the Dell|Oracle Deployment automation scripts is an aggregate of third-party scripts as well as Dell scripts. Use of the software is subject to designated license terms. All software that is designated as "under the terms of the GNU GPL" may be copied, distributed, and/or modified in accordance with the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License, Version 2, June 1991.
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