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Validated Configuration Details
Configuration SummaryOracle Linux 7 Update 1 x86_64 on Dell PowerEdge R730xd and HGST Ultrastar SN150 3.2TB storage with Oracle Database 12c Release 1
Publication Date04-SEP-15
Version1.0
Server PlatformDell PowerEdge R730xd
Storage ModelHGST Ultrastar SN150 3.2TB
Oracle SoftwareOracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1.0.2.0) for Linux x86-64
Linux DistributionOracle Linux 7 Update 1 x86_64
Server and Storage Platform Details
Server Model3 X Dell PowerEdge R730xd
Server DetailsOther server models in this family: Dell PowerEdge R630, R730xd, T630
Processors2 X 12 Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2690 v3 2.6GHz
Memory128GB RAM
OnBoardStorage 500GB HGST Ultrastar
RAIDDell PERC H330 Mini
Network/Interconnect Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller 10-Gigabit X540-AT2
Multipathdevice mapper multipath 0.4.9-77.el7.x86_64
Storage ModelHGST Ultrastar SN150 3.2TB
 
Switch Details
Switch ModelCisco Nexus 3064-t switch
Switch Type10GbE Network Switch
Additional Info.Used for private network and storage.Config Settings: MTU 9000
 
Linux Distribution Details
OSOracle Linux 7 Update 1 x86_64
Kernelkernel-uek-3.8.13-55.1.6.el7uek.x86_64 or higher
 
Additional Packages Needed From Distribution
bc-1.06.95-13.el7.x86_64.rpm
bind-utils-9.9.4-18.el7.x86_64.rpm
binutils-2.23.52.0.1-30.el7.x86_64.rpm
compat-libcap1-1.10-7.el7.x86_64.rpm
compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-72.el7.i686.rpm
compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-72.el7.x86_64.rpm
elfutils-libelf-0.160-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
ethtool-3.15-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
gcc-4.8.3-9.el7.x86_64.rpm
gcc-c++-4.8.3-9.el7.x86_64.rpm
gdb-7.6.1-64.el7.x86_64.rpm
glibc-2.17-78.0.1.i686.rpm
glibc-2.17-78.0.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-common-2.17-78.0.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-devel-2.17-78.0.1.i686.rpm
glibc-devel-2.17-78.0.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-headers-2.17-78.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
initscripts-9.49.24-1.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
ksh-20120801-22.el7.x86_64.rpm
libICE-1.0.8-7.el7.x86_64.rpm
libSM-1.2.1-7.el7.x86_64.rpm
libXp-1.0.2-2.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
libXt-1.1.4-6.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
libXtst-1.2.2-2.1.el7.i686.rpm
libaio-0.3.109-12.el7.i686.rpm
libaio-0.3.109-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
libaio-devel-0.3.109-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
libgcc-4.8.3-9.el7.i686.rpm
libgcc-4.8.3-9.el7.x86_64.rpm
libstdc++-4.8.3-9.el7.i686.rpm
libstdc++-4.8.3-9.el7.x86_64.rpm
libstdc++-devel-4.8.3-9.el7.i686.rpm
make-3.82-21.el7.x86_64.rpm
nfs-utils-1.3.0-0.8.el7.x86_64.rpm
openssh-clients-6.6.1p1-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
pam-1.1.8-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
procps-ng-3.3.10-3.el7.x86_64.rpm
smartmontools-6.2-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
sysstat-10.1.5-7.el7.x86_64.rpm
unixODBC-2.3.1-10.el7.x86_64.rpm
unixODBC-devel-2.3.1-10.el7.x86_64.rpm
util-linux-2.23.2-21.el7.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-utils-7.5-13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-xauth-1.0.7-6.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-xinit-1.3.2-14.el7.x86_64.rpm
Oracle Packages
oracle-rdbms-server-12cR1-preinstall-1.0-3.el7.x86_64.rpmoracle-preinstall installs the packages required for Oracle Database and sets the recommended system parameters. It is available in ULN channels and public-yum.oracle.com
oracleasm-support-2.1.8-3.el7.x86_64.rpmRequired for DB on ASM
oracleasmlib-2.0.8-2.el7.x86_64.rpmRequired for DB on ASM
Other Packages
kmod-vgc-oel7uek3+-2.5.VS-20801.b7f4754.master.x86_64 This can be downloaded from Virident Support Website - http://support.virident.com/supportweb/drivers/
vgc-oratools-2.5.VS-20801.b7f4754.master.x86_64 This can be downloaded from Virident Support Website - http://support.virident.com/supportweb/drivers/
vgc-utils-2.5.VS-20801.b7f4754.master.x86_64 This can be downloaded from Virident Support Website - http://support.virident.com/supportweb/drivers/
Configuration Files
File Name
 Conf File Settings Comments
/etc/modprobe.confBONDING_OPTS="miimon=100 mode=4 lacp_rate=1" 
/etc/security/limits.d/oracle-rdbms-server-12cR1-preinstall.conforacle hard memlock 134217728#setting for memlock hard limit is maximum of {128GB (x86_64) / 3GB (x86) or 90 % of RAM}
 oracle hard stack 32768 
 oracle soft stack 10240 
 oracle soft nofile 1024 
 oracle soft memlock 134217728#setting for memlock hard limit is maximum of {128GB (x86_64) / 3GB (x86) or 90 % of RAM}
 oracle hard nproc 16384 
 oracle soft nproc 16384#Refer orabug 15971421 for more info.
 oracle hard nofile 65536 
/etc/sysconfig/oracleasmORACLEASM_SCANORDER="dm"Configure Oracle ASM to recognize the multipath disk.To do that edit the ORACLEASM_SCANORDER variable in /etc/sysconfig/oracleasm file to provide the prefix path of the multipath disks
/etc/sysctl.confkernel.shmall = 1073741824 
 kernel.shmmax = 4398046511104# For 32bit architecture set (4GB-1) and for 64 bit architecture set 4TB
 net.core.wmem_max = 1048576 
 net.core.rmem_max = 4194304 
 net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 9000 65500 
 fs.file-max = 6815744 
 fs.aio-max-nr = 1048576 
 net.core.wmem_default = 262144 
 net.core.rmem_default = 262144 
 kernel.shmmni = 4096 
 kernel.panic_on_oops = 1# Per Orabug 19212317
 kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128 
Filesystems Tested
Filesystem Mount Options Details
ASMNoneUsing Automatic Storage Management Library Driver (asmlib) on device-mapper devices for OCR,VOTE and datafiles
Driver Modules
Driver ModuleHGST Virident Solution driver (vgcinit)
Versionv2.5 or higher
SettingsNone
Additional Info.The driver is supplied with Virident Packages
 
Driver ModuleIntel(R) 10 Gigabit PCI Express Network Driver (ixgbe)
Version3.22.3 or higher
SettingsNone
Additional Info.The driver is supplied with Oracle Linux 7
 
Miscellaneous
Two 20 gigabit networks, 1 for storage and 1 for private(using bonding over 10Gb network ). One 1 gigabit network for public.
The swap partition is 20GB.
Oracle Software Details
ProductOracle Database 12c Release 1, Single Instance and Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) for Linux x86-64
Version12.1.0.2.0
PatchesNone
 
 
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