RAC Technologies Matrix for UNIX Clusters

RAC Technologies Matrix for UNIX 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 (LPAR, vPAR, LDOM, VMware, 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.)

NOTE: The information in the following matrix applies to all UNIX 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)	Cross over cables are not supported Use correct type of cable (Cat 5, 5e, or 6) Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet solution is supported
Network Interconnect Technologies	InfiniBand (IB) RDS over IB is supported (see notes) IP over IB is supported	IBM POWER systems with AIX 5.3 TL 8, with Service Pack 4 or later. A minimum of Oracle RAC 11.1.0.6 is required
Storage Technologies All storage products must be supported by the server (host) and storage vendors	Fiber Channel	Switch required for greater than two nodes (if the storage system does not have enough FC port for the cluster nodes)
	SCSI	Support for two nodes only
	NFS File Server	Following NFS file servers are supported EMC Celerra Fujitsu Filer NR1000 Series HP Enterprise File Services Clustered Gateway IBM N Series NetApp FAS, F, G Series Pillar Data Systems Axiom 500 Sun StorageTek 5000 Series

Platform Specific Information

Platform	Technology Category	Technology	Notes
HP-UX Itanium	Server/Processor Architecture	HP-UX Integrity Servers	Static nPars and static vPars are supported. Dynamic vPars are supported on 11iV3 and 11iV2 with 10gR2, minimum requirements: 10.2.0.3 for Oracle Clusterware (full Oracle stack) and 10.2.0.4 for Service Guard SLVM and Storage Management Suite
	Cluster File System/Volume Manager	Serviceguard Storage Management Suite	See Certify for detailed support information
	Cluster File System/Volume Manager	VERITAS Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC	See Certify for detailed support information
HP-UX PA-RISC	Server/Processor Architecture	HP 9000 Servers	Static nPars and static vPars are supported. Dynamic vPars are supported on 11iV3 and 11iV2 with 10gR2, minimum requirements: 10.2.0.3 for Oracle Clusterware (full Oracle stack) and 10.2.0.4 for Service Guard SLVM and Storage Management Suite
	Cluster File System/Volume Manager	Serviceguard Storage Management Suite	See Certify for detailed support information
	Cluster File System/Volume Manager	VERITAS Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC	See Certify for detailed support information
HP Tru64	Network Interconnect Technologies	Memory Channel Hub	More than 2 nodes requires Memory Channel Hub

Platform	Technology Category	Technology	Notes
IBM AIX	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 VIOS Virtual SCSI for ASM data storage and associated raw disk based Voting and OCR with 10gR2 and 11gR1 (AIX5.3 only for 11gR1) VIOS Virtual LAN for all public network and private network interconnect for supported data storage options
	Cluster File System/Volume Manager
		GPFS 2.1, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2	See Certify for detailed support information. Also see metalink note 302806.1
		VERITAS Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC	See Certify for detailed support information

Platform	Technology Category	Technology	Notes
Sun Solaris SPARC	Server/Processor Architecture	Sun High End Servers	Dynamic System Domains (DSD) is supported. Solaris Global Containers is supported. LDOM 1.0.3 (minimum version) is supported running Full-Oracle-Stack Oracle RAC 10g R2 (10.2.0.4 is recommended.) on Solaris 10 u5 (minimum version).
	Network Interconnect Technologies	RSM/SCI	Support on Sun Cluster 3.0, 3.1 for Oracle 9.2.0.3, 10.1
	Cluster File System/Volume Manager	Sun Cluster GFS	Oracle 8, 9: support Oracle binary and archive logs ONLY Oracle 10.1 and later: support Oracle binary, archive logs, OCR, and voting disk ONLY
		Sun Cluster StorEdge QFS	Support Oracle 9.2.0.5, 10.1 and later Support up to 16 nodes
		Sun Cluster Solaris Volume Manager	Oracle 9.2.0.5: support database files Oracle 10.1 and later: support database files, OCR, and voting disk Support up to 8 nodes
		VERITAS Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC	See Certify for detailed support information
		VERITAS DEB/AC 3.5, 4.0	Support up to 8 nodes with raw devices
Sun Solaris x86-64	Cluster File System/Volume Manager	Sun Cluster GFS	Oracle 10.2: support Oracle binary, archive logs, OCR, and voting disk ONLY
		Sun Cluster StorEdge QFS	Support Oracle 10.2 Support up to 8 nodes
		Sun Cluster Solaris Volume Manager	Oracle 10.2: support database files, OCR, and voting disk Support up to 8 nodes
		VERITAS Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC	See Certify for detailed support information