RAC Technologies Matrix for Linux Clusters

RAC Technologies Matrix for Linux Platforms

Oracle will support the Oracle software on clusters comprised of RAC compatible technologies and supported software combinations
Please consult your hardware and software vendors as not all vendors may choose to support their hardware or software in every possible cluster combination
For RAC database and server virtualization (Oracle VM, LPAR, vPAR, LDOM, etc.) support see here.
For RAC database and SAP certification information see SAP support note 527843 here.
To use Oracle Clusterware, even in a non-RAC environment, the RAC hardware and software requirements must be met (unless otherwise stated.)
Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) is supported. Unified fabric (shared storage, private, and public networks) is supported with Cisco switches. See MetaLink Note 948372.1.

NOTE: The information in the following matrix applies to all Linux platforms unless otherwise stated in the platform specific section.

Technology Category	Technology	Notes
Network Interconnect Technologies	Ethernet 100 Mbps or 1 Gigabit NIC's and Switches 10 Gigabit (see notes)	10 Gigabit Ethernet solution is supported generically. Cisco 10 Gigabit Ethernet solution is supported Cross over cables are not supported Use correct type of cable (Cat 5, 5e, or 6)
Network Interconnect Technologies	InfiniBand (IB) RDS over IB is supported IP over IB is supported	Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) is supported with QLogic (SilverStorm) switches on x86 and x86-64 with Oracle 10.2.0.3 Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) 1.3.1 and higher (RDS v2 and higher) is supported with Oracle 11.1 and higher with HP, QLogic and Voltaire switches
Storage Technologies All storage products must be supported by the server (host) and storage vendors	Fibre Channel (FC)	Switch required for greater than two nodes (if the storage system does not have enough FC port for the cluster nodes)
	Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)	Cisco FCoE solution is supported
	SCSI	Support for two nodes only
	iSCSI	Support up to 30 nodes. Private GigE storage network is required.
	NFS File Server	Following NFS storage vendors are supported: EMC, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, NetApp, Pillar Data, Sun NFS file servers do not require RAC certification. The NFS file server must be supported by the system and storage vendors.
Cluster File System/Volume Manager	OCFS 2	See the Linux support of Oracle Cluster File System version 2 at the Oracle Linux Project web site OCFS2 is not certified with Standard Edition RAC
	OCFS	See the Linux support of Oracle Cluster File System at the Oracle Linux Project web site OCFS is not certified with Standard Edition RAC
	GFS 6.x	For Oracle 9.2 to 10.2. See MetaLink Note 329530.1
	PolySeve Matrix Server CFS 3.x	For Oracle 10.1 and 10.2. Only certified with IBM xSeries and HP Proliant Servers
	Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System (SFCFS) for Oracle RAC	See Certify for detailed support information

Platform Specific Information

Platform	Technology Category	Technology	Notes
Linux x86	Server/Processor Architecture	32-bit x86 Architecture	Pentium III or IV including Xeon-based systems AMD x86 standard-based systems
Linux x86-64 (AMD64/EM64T)	Server/Processor Architecture	64-bit x86 Architecture	AMD64/EM64T standard-based systems
Linux Itanium (IA64)	Server/Processor Architecture	64-bit IA64 Architecture	IA64 standard-based systems

Platform	Technology Category	Technology	Notes
IBM Power Linux	Server/Processor Architecture	IBM System p, i, BladeCenter JS20, JS21	Advanced Power Virtualization hardware LPAR's are supported including Dynamic LPAR (DLPAR) or shared pool with micro partitions
	Network Interconnect Technologies	Direct Ethernet in partitions between systems
	Cluster File System/Volume Manager	GPFS 2.3, 3.1	GPFS 3.1 is supported with: - Oracle 10.2.0.3 and higher on Power Linux (SLES9)
IBM zSeries Linux	Server/Processor Architecture	IBM System z	Certified and supported on certified distributions of Linux running natively in LPARS's or as a guest OS in z/VM virtual machines, deployed on IBM System z 64-bit servers
IBM zSeries Linux	Network Interconnect Technologies	VLAN within one System z Ethernet over Gigabit OSA card for two System z HyperSockets
IBM S/390 Linux	Server/Processor Architecture	Servers that support the certified Linux/390 releases	Includes S/390 and zSeries
IBM S/390 Linux	Network Interconnect Technologies	HyperSockets