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Validated Configuration Details
Configuration SummaryOracle Linux 6 Update 5 x86_64 on Dell PowerEdge R720 and Dell Acceleration Appliances for Databases with Oracle Database 12c Release 1
Publication Date10-SEP-14
Version1.0
Server PlatformDell PowerEdge R720
Storage ModelDell Acceleration Appliances for Databases
Oracle SoftwareOracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1.0.1.0) for Linux x86-64
Linux DistributionOracle Linux 6 Update 5 x86_64
Server and Storage Platform Details
Server Model2 X Dell PowerEdge R720
Server DetailsOther servers models in this family:Dell PowerEdge R720xd,Dell PowerEdge R620,Dell PowerEdge T620
Processors2 X Deca Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v2, HT Enabled 2.8GHz
Memory128GB RAM
OnBoardStorage2 X 600GB SAS drives 10k RPM with RAID1
RAIDPERC H710P mini
Network/Interconnect Dual Port Intel Corporation Ethernet 10G 2P X520 Adapter
HBA2 X QLE2662 Corp. ISP8324-based 16Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express Adapter
Multipathdevice mapper multipath 0.4.9-72.0.1.el6_5.3.x86_64
Storage ModelDell Acceleration Appliances for Databases
 
Switch Details
Switch ModelBrocade 6510 16Gbps switch
Switch TypeFC Switch
Additional Info.List of compatible switches:Brocade 6505 16Gbps,Brocade 6520 16Gbps,Brocade 300 8Gbps
 
Switch ModelDell Force10 S4810 10GbE switch
Switch TypeNetwork Switch
Additional Info.Used for public and private network.The Switch firmware version used is 8.3.12.2. List of Compatible switches:Dell Networking: S55, S60, S4820T, 8024
 
Linux Distribution Details
OSOracle Linux 6 Update 5 x86_64
Kernelkernel-uek-3.8.13-35.1.2.el6uek.x86_64 or higher
 
Additional Packages Needed From Distribution
bc-1.06.95-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
bind-utils-9.8.2-0.17.rc1.0.2.el6_4.6.x86_64.rpm
binutils-2.20.51.0.2-5.36.el6.x86_64.rpm
compat-libstdc++-296-2.96-144.el6.i686.rpm
compat-libstdc++-296-2.96-144.el6.x86_64.rpm
elfutils-libelf-0.152-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
ethtool-3.5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
gcc-4.4.7-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
gcc-c++-4.4.7-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
gdb-7.2-60.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-2.12-1.132.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-2.12-1.132.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-common-2.12-1.132.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-devel-2.12-1.132.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-devel-2.12-1.132.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-headers-2.12-1.132.el6.x86_64.rpm
initscripts-9.03.40-2.0.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
ksh-20120801-10.el6.x86_64.rpm
libICE-1.0.6-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
libSM-1.2.1-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
libXp-1.0.0-15.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
libXt-1.1.3-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
libXtst-1.2.1-2.el6.i686.rpm
libaio-0.3.107-10.el6.i686.rpm
libaio-0.3.107-10.el6.x86_64.rpm
libaio-devel-0.3.107-10.el6.x86_64.rpm
libgcc-4.4.7-4.el6.i686.rpm
libgcc-4.4.7-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
libstdc++-4.4.7-4-el6.i686.rpm
libstdc++-4.4.7-4-el6.x86_64.rpm
libstdc++-devel-4.4.7-4-el6.i686.rpm
make-3.81-20.el6.x86_64.rpm
module-init-tools-3.9-21.0.1.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
pam-1.1.1-17.el6.x86_64.rpm
procps-3.2.8-25.el6.x86_64.rpm
sysstat-9.0.4-22.el6.x86_64.rpm
unixODBC-2.2.14-12.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
unixODBC-devel-2.2.14-12.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
util-linux-ng-2.17.2-12.14.el6.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-utils-7.5-6.el6.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-xinit-1.0.9-14.el6.x86_64.rpm
Oracle Packages
oracle-rdbms-server-12cR1-preinstall-1.0-9.el6.x86_64.rpmoracle-rdbms-server-12cR1-preinstall-1.0-9.el6.x86_64.rpm 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-2.1.8-1.el6.x86_64.rpmRequired for DB on ASM
oracleasmlib-2.0.4-1.el6.x86_64.rpmRequired for DB on ASM
Configuration Files
File Name
 Conf File Settings Comments
/etc/multipath.confdevice {vendor "FUSIONIO" features "3 queue_if_no_path pg_init_retries 50" hardware_handler "1 alua" no_path_rery 3 path_grouping_policy group_by_prio path_selector "queue-length 0" failback immediate path_checker tur prio alua fast_io_fail_tmo 15 dev_loss_tmo 60} 
/etc/security/limits.conforacle soft nproc 131072 
 oracle hard nproc 131072 
 oracle soft core unlimited 
 oracle hard core unlimited 
 oracle soft memlock 50000000# set memlock greater than or equal to the sga size to allow oracle to use hugepages if configured
 oracle hard memlock 50000000 
 oracle soft stack 10240 
 oracle hard stack 32768 
 oracle soft nofile 131072# depending on size of db, these may need to be larger
 oracle hard nofile 131072 
/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.sysrq = 1 
 kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128 
 kernel.shmmni = 4096 
 net.core.rmem_default = 262144 
 net.core.wmem_default = 262144 
 fs.aio-max-nr = 3145728 
 fs.file-max = 6815744 
 net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 9000 65500 
 net.core.rmem_max = 4194304 
 net.core.wmem_max = 3145728 
 kernel.shmmax = 4398046511104# For 32bit architecture set (4GB-1) and for 64 bit architecture set 4TB
 kernel.shmall = 1073741824 
 kernel.msgmnb = 65536 
 kernel.msgmax = 65536 
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 ModuleHBA driver module (qla2xxx)
Version8.05.00.03.39.0-k or higher
SettingsNone
Additional Info.The driver is supplied with Oracle Linux 6
 
Driver ModuleIntel(R) Gigabit Ethernet Network Driver (ixgbe)
Version3.15.1 or higher
SettingsNone
Additional Info.The driver is supplied with Oracle Linux 6
 
Miscellaneous
Two 10 gigabit networks, 1 for public and 1 private.
The swap partition is 20GB.
List compatible HBA: QLogic QLE256x, QLE2660.
List of Compatibe NIC:Broadcom 5720 QP 1GbE rNDC, Broadcom 57800S QP rNDC,Broadcom 57810S DP SFP+ 10GbE Adapter,Broadcom 57810S DP Base-T 10GbE Adapter, Broadcom 5719 QP 1GbE Adapter, Broadcom 5720 DP 1GbE Adapter, Broadcom BCM57840S QP 10GbE SFP+ rNDC
Oracle Software Details
ProductOracle Database 12c Release 1, Single Instance and Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) for Linux x86-64
Version12.1.0.1.0
Patchesnone
 
Configuration Feedback
Bug No16823432
SummaryIO Performance degradation due to transparent hugepage enabled, when the system is under memory pressure.
Affects2.6.39-100 and upwards
SymptomWith THP enabled by default, RAC nodes may reboot due to slow I/O, when the system is under moderate memory pressure
Solution/WorkaroundDisable hugepages by the command echo never > /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled and echo never > /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/defrag
 
Bug No18474403
SummaryORA-27157 errors seen in ASM alert logs
Affects12cR1
SymptomDuring stress or destructive tests, ORA-27157: OS POST/WAIT FACILITY REMOVED messages are seen in ASM alert logs
Solution/WorkaroundORA- errors encountered during instance shutdown can be ignored
 
 
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