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Validated Configuration Details
Configuration Summary 
Publication Date 
Version 
Server Platform 
Storage Model 
Oracle Software 
Linux Distribution 
Configuration SummaryOracle Linux 7 Update 4 x86_64 on HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 and HPE 3PAR StoreServ 7400 with Oracle Database 12c Release 1
Publication Date19-OCT-17
Version1.0
Server PlatformHPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9
Storage ModelHPE 3PAR StoreServ 7400
Oracle SoftwareOracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1.0.2.0) for Linux x86_64
Linux DistributionOracle Linux 7 Update 4 x86_64
Server and Storage Platform Details
Server Model2 X HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9
Processors2 X Octo Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2620 v4 2.1GHz
Memory80GB RAM
OnBoardStorage2 X 600Gb SAS drives RAID1
RAIDHP H440ar Smart Array Gen9 Controllers
Network/Interconnect1 X Dual Port Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM57810 10 Gigabit Ethernet , 1 X Quad Port Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit Ethernet
HBA2 X HPE SN1100E2P 16Gb 2-port PCIe Fibre Channel
Multipathdevice mapper multipath 0.4.9-111.el7.x86_64
Storage ModelHPE 3PAR StoreServ 7400
 
Switch Details
Switch ModelHP 5900AF-48G-4XG-2QSFP+
Switch TypeNetwork Switch
Additional Info.Used for public and private network
 
Switch ModelHP SN6000B
Switch Type16Gb FC Switch
Additional Info.None
 
Linux Distribution Details
OSOracle Linux 7 Update 4 x86_64
Kernel4.1.12-94.3.9.el7uek.x86_64 or higher
 
Additional Packages Needed From Distribution
bc-1.06.95-13.el7.x86_64.rpm
bind-utils-9.9.4-50.el7.x86_64.rpm
binutils-2.25.1-31.base.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-0.168-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
ethtool-4.8-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
gcc-4.8.5-16.el7.x86_64.rpm
gcc-c++-4.8.5-16.el7.x86_64.rpm
gdb-7.6.1-100.el7.x86_64.rpm
glibc-2.17-196.el7.i686.rpm
glibc-2.17-196.el7.x86_64.rpm
glibc-common-2.17-196.el7.x86_64.rpm
glibc-devel-2.17-196.el7.i686.rpm
glibc-devel-2.17-196.el7.x86_64.rpm
glibc-headers-2.17-196.el7.x86_64.rpm
initscripts-9.49.39-1.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
ksh-20120801-34.el7.x86_64.rpm
libICE-1.0.9-9.el7.x86_64.rpm
libSM-1.2.2-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
libXp-1.0.2-2.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
libXt-1.1.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpm
libXtst-1.2.3-1.el7.i686.rpm
libaio-1.1.0-8.el7.i686.rpm
libaio-1.1.0-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
libaio-devel-0.3.109-13.el7.x86_64.rpm
libgcc-4.8.5-16.el7.i686.rpm
libgcc-4.8.5-16.el7.x86_64.rpm
libstdc++-4.8.5-16.el7.i686.rpm
libstdc++-4.8.5-16.el7.x86_64.rpm
libstdc++-devel-devel-4.8.5-16.el7.i686.rpm
make-3.82-23.el7.x86_64.rpm
nfs-utils-1.3.0-0.48.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
openssh-clients-7.4p1-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
pam-1.1.8-18.el7.x86_64.rpm
procps-ng-3.3.10-16.el7.x86_64.rpm
smartmontools-6.2-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
sysstat-10.1.5-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
unixODBC-2.3.1-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
unixODBC-devel-2.3.1-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
util-linux-2.23.2-43.el7.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-utils-7.5-22.el7.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-xauth-1.0.9-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-xinit-1.3.4-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
Oracle Packages
oracle-database-server-12cR2-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
oracleasmlib-2.0.12-1.el7.x86_64.rpmRequired for DB on ASM
oracleasmlib-support-2.1.8-3.1.el7.x86_64Required for DB on ASM
Configuration Files
File Name
 Conf File Settings Comments
/etc/multipath.confdevice {
vendor "3PARdata"
product "VV"
path_grouping_policy group_by_prio
path_selector "service-time 0"
path_checker tur
features "0"
hardware_handler "1 alua"
prio alua
failback immediate
rr_weight uniform
no_path_retry 18
rr_min_io_rq 1
detect_prio yes
fast_io_fail_tmo 10
dev_loss_tmo 14
}		Multipath settings recommended by HPE
/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 ModuleNetwork driver module(tg3)
Versionv3.137
SettingsNone
Additional Info.The driver is supplied with Oracle Linux 7
 
Driver ModuleHBA driver module(lpfc)
Version11.0.0.1
SettingsNone
Additional Info.The driver is supplied with Oracle Linux 7
 
Driver ModuleNetwork driver module(bnx2x)
Versionv1.713.10
SettingsNone
Additional Info.The driver is supplied with Oracle Linux 7
 
Miscellaneous
One 10GbE network for public and one 1Gb network for private.
The swap partition is 16GB.
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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