Oracle Grid Infrastructure (11.2.0.

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System Requirements

Swap Space Required as a Multiple of RAM

Available RAM Swap Space Required

Between 4 GB and 16 GB Equal to the size of RAM
More than 16 GB 16 GB

Tmp
Ensure that you have at least 4 GB of space in /tmp.

Network Requirements

The cluster must have the following addresses configured:

A public IP address for each node, with the following characteristics:

o Static IP address
o Configured before installation for each node, and resolvable to that node before
installation
o On the same subnet as all other public IP addresses, VIP addresses, and SCAN
addresses
A virtual IP address for each node, with the following characteristics:
o Static IP address
o Configured before installation for each node, but not currently in use
o On the same subnet as all other public IP addresses, VIP addresses, and SCAN
addresses
A Single Client Access Name (SCAN) for the cluster, with the following characteristics:
o Three Static IP addresses configured on the domain name server (DNS) before
installation so that the three IP addresses are associated with the name provided as
the SCAN, and all three addresses are returned in random order by the DNS to the
requestor
o Configured before installation in the DNS to resolve to addresses that are not
currently in use
o Given a name that does not begin with a numeral
o On the same subnet as all other public IP addresses, VIP addresses, and SCAN
addresses
 oConforms with the RFC 952 standard, which allows alphanumeric characters and
hyphens ("-"), but does not allow underscores ("_").
A private IP address for each node, with the following characteristics:
o Static IP address
o Configured before installation, but on a separate, private network, with its own
subnet, that is not resolvable except by other cluster member nodes

Network Hardware Requirements

Each node must have at least two network adapters or network interface cards (NICs): one
for the public network interface, and one for the private network interface (the
interconnect).
For the public network, each network adapter must support TCP/IP.
For the private network, the interface must support the user datagram protocol (UDP)
using high-speed network adapters and switches that support TCP/IP (minimum
requirement 1 Gigabit Ethernet).
Private interfaces for interconnects must be on the same subnet, and that subnet must
connect to every node of the cluster. For example, if the private interfaces have a subnet
mask of 255.255.255.0, then your private network is in the range 192.168.0.0--
192.168.0.255, and your private addresses must be in the range of 192.168.0.[0-255]. If
the private interfaces have a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0, then your private addresses can
be in the range of 192.168.[0-255].[0-255].

Software Requirements List for Solaris Operating System (x86 64-Bit) Platforms

Item Requirement

Operating system

Solaris 10 U6 (5.10-2008.10) or later

Packages and Patches for all installations

Solaris 10

SUNWarc
SUNWbtool
SUNWcsl
SUNWhea
SUNWlibC
SUNWlibm
SUNWlibms
SUNWsprot
SUNWtoo
SUNWi1of (ISO8859-1)
SUNWi1cs (ISO8859-15)
SUNWi15cs
SUNWxwfnt

119961-05 or later
119964-14 or later
120754-06 or later
139556-08 or later
139575-03 or later
141415-04 or later
141445-09 or later [11.2.0.2]
140797-01
140900-01
141017-01
141415-10
141737-05

Create Groups and Users

# groupadd -g 1000 oinstall
# groupadd -g 1031 dba
# groupadd -g 1021 asmdba

# useradd -u 1101 -g oinstall -G dba,asmdba oracle

# useradd -u 1100 -g oinstall -G dba grid

Total Oracle Clusterware Storage Space Required

Minimum Number of Disks:3

Each Disk size: 1 GB

Configuring Disk Devices for Oracle ASM

# chown grid:asmadmin /dev/rdsk/cxtydzs6

# chmod 660 /dev/rdsk/cxtydzs6

In this example, the device name specifies slice 6.

Network Time Protocol Setting

Oracle Clusterware requires the same time zone setting on all cluster nodes(NTP)

Configuring Shell Limits

Recommended Shell Limits for Solaris Systems

Shell Limit Recommended Value
TIME -1 (Unlimited)
FILE -1 (Unlimited)
DATA Minimum value: 1048576
STACK Minimum value: 32768
NOFILES Minimum value: 4096
VMEMORY Minimum value: 4194304

RAC Installation
SSH
Permit SSH connections on all cluster member nodes for the user account that will own the Oracle RAC
installation

Network Connection Requirements

Single Client Access Name (SCAN): A domain name that resolves to all the addresses
allocated for the SCAN. Oracle recommends that you allocate three addresses to the SCAN.
During Oracle Grid Infrastructure installation, listeners are created for each of the SCAN
addresses, and Oracle Clusterware controls which server responds to a SCAN address request.

For high availability, you should provide at least three IP addresses in the DNS to use for SCAN
mapping. A SCAN domain name must be unique within your corporate network.

Virtual IP address: A public internet protocol (IP) address for each node, to be used as the
Virtual IP address (VIP) for client connections. If a node fails, then Oracle Clusterware fails over
the VIP address to an available node.

During installation, if you do not use Grid Naming Service (which provides the VIP
automatically), then you provide VIP addresses. The VIP for each node is associated with the
same interface name on every node that is part of your cluster. If you have a domain name server
(DNS), then your network administrator should register the host names for the VIP with the DNS,
so that the DNS is resolvable from any client, as well as the cluster nodes. The VIP should not be
in use at the time of the installation, because this is an IP address that Oracle Clusterware
manages.

Public IP address: A public host name address for each node, assigned by GNS, or assigned by
the system administrator during initial system configuration for manual configurations. The
public IP address name must be resolvable to the hostname. Register both the public IP and the
VIP address with the DNS. If you do not have a DNS, then you must make sure that both public
IP addresses are in the node /etc/hosts file (for all cluster nodes).

Private IP address: A private IP address for each node to serve as the private interconnect
address, dedicated exclusively to internode cluster communication. GNS configures the address
automatically. If you select manual configuration, then you must ensure that the following is true
for each private IP address. The private IP address must be:

Separate from the public network

Accessible on the same network interface on each node
Connected to a network switch between the nodes for the private network; crosscable
interconnects are not supported

The private interconnect is used for internode communication by both Oracle Clusterware and
Oracle RAC. If you use manual configuration, then the private IP address must be available in
each node's /etc/hosts file. Oracle recommends that the private network interconnects ar
configured on dedicated switches that are not connected to anything other than the nodes in the
same cluster.

Manual Network Configuration Example

Address
Home Given Assigned Resolved
Identity Node Host Node Name Type Address By By
Node 1 Node 1 node1 node1Foot 1 Public 192.0.2.101 Fixed DNS
Public
Node 1 Node 1 Selected by node1-vip Virtual 192.0.2.104 Fixed DNS and
VIP Oracle hosts file
Clusterware
Node 1 Node 1 node1 node1-priv Private 192.168.0.1 Fixed DNS and
Private hosts file, or
none
Node 2 Node 2 node2 node2Footref 1 Public 192.0.2.102 Fixed DNS
Public
Node 2 Node 2 Selected by node2-vip Virtual 192.0.2.105 Fixed DNS and
VIP Oracle hosts file
Clusterware
Node 2 Node 2 node2 node2-priv Private 192.168.0.2 Fixed DNS and
Private hosts file, or
none
SCAN none Selected by mycluster- virtual 192.0.2.201 Fixed DNS
VIP 1 Oracle scan
 Address
Home Given Assigned Resolved
Identity Node Host Node Name Type Address By By
Clusterware
SCAN none Selected by mycluster- virtual 192.0.2.202 Fixed DNS
VIP 2 Oracle scan
Clusterware
SCAN none Selected by mycluster- virtual 192.0.2.203 Fixed DNS
VIP 3 Oracle scan
Clusterware

Operating system-specific patches

Requirement

Patches for Oracle Solaris 10:

120754-06: SunOS 5.10_x86 libmtsk

119961-05: SunOS 5.10_x86: Assembler
119964-14: SunOS 5.10_x86 Shared library patch for C++_x86
137104-02
139575-03
139556-08
141445-09 (11.2.0.2)
141415-04
140797-01
140900-01
141017-01
141415-10
141737-05

Kernel Parameters on Oracle Solaris 10

Parameter Replaced by Resource Control Recommended Value

noexec_user_stack NA 1
semsys:seminfo_semmni project.max-sem-ids 100
semsys:seminfo_semmns NA 1024
semsys:seminfo_semmsl process.max-sem-nsems 256
Parameter Replaced by Resource Control Recommended Value
semsys:seminfo_semvmx NA 32767
shmsys:shminfo_shmmax project.max-shm-memory 4294967295
shmsys:shminfo_shmmni project.max-shm-ids 100

Shell Limits

Shell Limit Recommended Value

TIME -1 (Unlimited)
FILE -1 (Unlimited)
DATA Minium value: 1048576
STACK Minium value: 32768
NOFILES Minium value: 4096
VMEMORY Minium value: 4194304