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The goal of this program is to validate hardware with Oracle Linux and Oracle VM, and to identify issues and configuration details that would impact customer deployments. Oracle developed the program to go far beyond the standard certification testing normally performed with operating systems. Hardware vendors participating in this program perform thorough testing of the hardware in real-world configurations with Oracle Linux and Oracle VM.

This is not a database certification. Oracle Database is a component of the environment because it is demanding on hardware resources (processor, memory, cache, storage, network) and the operating system, and well suited for this advanced level of testing. The validation program uses Oracle Database as a tool and hardware is not certified with Oracle Database as a result of the validation program.

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OVM Configuration Summary
Validated Configuration Details
Publication Date29-OCT-12
Version1.0
Server PlatformDell PowerEdge R720
Storage ModelDell Equallogic PS6110
Guest VMsOracle Database Single Instance on Oracle Linux 4 Update 8 x86_64 , Oracle Linux 5 Update 7 x86_64
Linux DistributionOracle VM Server 3.1.1 x86_64
Guest VM Configurations
Oracle recommends Paravirtualized guests
Server and Storage Platform Details
Server Model2 X Dell PowerEdge R720
Server DetailsOther servers models supported: Dell PowerEdge R620
Processors2 X Hexa Core Intel Xeon E5-2630 2.30GHz
Hardware Virtualization SupportYes
TypeVT-x
Memory24 GB
Network/Interconnect2 X BCM 5720C Ethernet , 2 X BCM 57810S Ethernet
MultipathDevice mapper multipath 0.4.9-23.100.25.el5
Storage ModelDell Equallogic PS6110 , Dell Equallogic PS4110,Dell Equallogic PS6010
 
Switch Details
Switch ModelDell Force10 S4810
Switch TypeNetwork Switch
Additional Info.Used by BCM57810S 10Gb NIC for access to the storage via iSCSI. Settings used: 10G, Rx on Tx on. MTU set to 9000 for optimum performance.
 
Switch ModelDell Force10 S60
Switch TypeNetwork Switch
Additional Info.Used by BCM 5720C 1Gb NIC for access to the network
 
Oracle VM Server Details
OSOracle VM Server 3.1.1 x86_64
Kernelkernel-uek-2.6.39-200.1.1.el5uek or higher
Xen Versionxen-4.1.2-18.el5.x86_64.rpm or higher
Additional InfoNone
 
Driver Modules
Driver ModuleNetwork Driver (tg3)
Versionv3.119
SettingsNone
Additional Info.The driver is supplied with Oracle VM Server
 
Driver ModuleNIC driver module (bnx2x)
Versionv1.70.00-0
SettingsNone
Additional Info.The driver is supplied with Oracle VM Server
 
Miscellaneous
The Oracle database files resides on ext3 created on raw lun vm disk.
 
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