Network Interconnect Technologies |
Ethernet
- 1 Gigabit NIC's and Switches
- 10 GigE recommended (see notes)
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- 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)
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InfiniBand (IB)
- RDS over IB is supported
- IP over IB is supported
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- Oracle only supports Oracle InfiniBand HCAs
- RDS requires Oracle Linux 5 or later with UEK 2 for Oracle 11.2.0.4 and Oracle Linux 6 or later with UEK 2 for Oracle 12.1.0.2
- For RDS support on Oracle 11.2.0.3 and prior releases refer to Doc ID: 761804.1
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- Storage Technologies
- All storage products must be supported by the server (host) and storage vendors
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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
- HP FCoE solution is supportd. See metalink note 1405274.1 for details.
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SCSI |
Support for two nodes only |
iSCSI |
- Support up to 30 nodes. Private GigE storage network is required.
- The iSCSI accessed storage must be supported by the system and storage vendors.
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NFS File Server |
- Following NFS storage vendors are supported: EMC, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, NetApp, Hitachi, and Oracle (formerly SUN & Pillar)
- NFS file servers do not require RAC certification. The NFS file server must be supported by the system and storage vendors.
- Currently, only NFS protocol version 3 (NFSv3) is supported.
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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
- OCFS2 version 1.2 and 1.4 can be used for Oracle RAC 9i, 10gR1, 10gR2, and 11gR1 on the respective OS versions.
- OCFS2 version 1.4.1 and higher can be used to store Oracle RAC 11.2.0.2 and higher database files, database software and Oracle Clusterware files.
- OCFS2 version 1.4.1 and higher is supported for Oracle RAC 12c
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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
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GFS (6.x) |
- Supported for Oracle 9.2 to 10.2 only. See MetaLink Note 329530.1
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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 |
Oracle ACFS |
Please See MOS 1369107.1, ACFS Feature Support by Platform |