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Validated Configuration Details
Configuration SummaryOracle Linux 6 Update 3 x86_64 on Sun Server X2-4 (Formerly Sun Fire X4470 M2) and Oracle Pillar Axiom 600 with Oracle Database 11g Release 2
Publication Date22-JUL-13
Version1.0
Server PlatformSun Server X2-4 (Formerly Sun Fire X4470 M2)
Storage ModelOracle Pillar Axiom 600
Oracle SoftwareOracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2.0.3) for Linux x86-64
Linux DistributionOracle Linux 6 Update 3 x86_64
Server and Storage Platform Details
Server Model2 X Sun Server X2-4 (Formerly Sun Fire X4470 M2)
Processors2 X Hexa Core Intel Xeon E7-4800 2.53-GHz
Memory148GB
OnBoardStorage 279Gb Hitachi H106030SDSUN300G
Network/Interconnect2 X Dual Port Intel Corporation 82576 Gigabit Ethernet Controller Gigabit
HBA Sun StorageTek SG-XPCIE2FC-QF8-N 8GB PCI-Express Fibre Channel Dual Port HBA
Multipathdevice-mapper-multipath 0.4.9-56.el6
Storage ModelOracle Pillar Axiom 600
 
Switch Details
Switch ModelCisco DS-C9509
Switch TypeNetwork Switch
Additional Info.None
 
Switch ModelBROCADE SilkWorm 200E
Switch Type4G FC Switch
Additional Info.None
 
Linux Distribution Details
OSOracle Linux 6 Update 3 x86_64
Kernelkernel-uek-2.6.39-200.24.1.el6uek.x86_64 or higher
 
Additional Packages Needed From Distribution
bc-1.06.95-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
bind-utils-9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6.x86_64.rpm
binutils-2.20.51.0.2-5.34.el6.x86_64.rpm
compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-69.el6.i686.rpm
compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-69.el6.x86_64.rpm
elfutils-libelf-0.152-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
ethtool-2.6.33-0.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
gcc-4.4.6-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
gcc-c++-4.4.6-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
gdb-7.2-56.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-2.12-1.80.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-2.12-1.80.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-common-2.12-1.80.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-devel-2.12-1.80.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-devel-2.12-1.80.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-headers-2.12-1.80.el6.x86_64.rpm
initscripts-9.03.31-2.0.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
ksh-20100621-16.el6.x86_64.rpm
libICE-1.0.6-1.el6.i686.rpm
libSM-1.1.0-7.1.el6.i686.rpm
libXp-1.0.0-15.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
libXt-1.0.7-1.el6.i686.rpm
libXtst-1.0.99.2-3.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-4.4.6-4.el6.i686.rpm
libgcc-4.4.6-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
libstdc++-4.4.6-4.el6.i686.rpm
libstdc++-4.4.6-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
libstdc++-devel-4.4.6-4.el6.i686.rpm
make-3.81-20.el6.x86_64.rpm
module-init-tools-3.9-20.0.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
pam-1.1.1-10.el6_2.1.x86_64.rpm
procps-3.2.8-23.el6.x86_64.rpm
sysstat-9.0.4-20.el6.x86_64.rpm
unixODBC-2.2.14-11.el6.x86_64.rpm
unixODBC-devel-2.2.14-11.el6.x86_64.rpm
util-linux-ng-2.17.2-12.7.el6.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-utils-7.4-8.el6.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-xinit-1.0.9-13.el6.x86_64.rpm
Oracle Packages
oracle-rdbms-server-11gR2-preinstall-1.0-6.el6.x86_64.rpmoracle-rdbms-server-11gR2-preinstall-1.0-6.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-2.1.5-1.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/security/limits.conforacle soft nproc 131072 
 oracle hard nofile 131072 
 oracle soft nofile 131072# depending on size of db, these may need to be larger
 oracle hard stack 32768 
 oracle hard nproc 131072 
 oracle hard memlock 50000000 
 oracle soft memlock 50000000# set memlock greater than or equal to the sga size to allow oracle to use hugepages if configured
 oracle hard core unlimited 
 oracle soft core unlimited 
 oracle soft stack 10240 
/etc/sysctl.confnet.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
 net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 9000 65500 
 fs.file-max = 6815744 
 fs.aio-max-nr = 3145728 
 net.core.wmem_default = 262144 
 net.core.rmem_default = 262144 
 kernel.shmmni = 4096 
 kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128 
 kernel.msgmax = 65536 
 kernel.shmall = 1073741824 
 kernel.sysrq = 1 
 kernel.msgmnb = 65536 
Filesystems Tested
Filesystem Mount Options Details
ASMNoneUsing Automatic Storage Management Library Driver (asmlib) on device-mapper devices for OCR,VOTE and datafiles
Miscellaneous
Two gigabit networks, 1 for public and 1 private.
The swap partition is 140GB.
Oracle Software Details
ProductOracle Database 11g Release 2, Single Instance and Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) for Linux x86-64
Version11.2.0.3
Patchesnone
 
Configuration Feedback
Bug No12582993
SummaryMultipathd fails to remove the failed path traces completely when all storage paths goes offline
AffectsOL6
Symptom The DM MP devices are not cleaned up completely when all the paths to storage goes down with IO running over device mapper multipath devices, i.e multipath -ll shows some faulty path traces.
Solution/WorkaroundContact Oracle support
 
Bug No14275374
SummaryWith Selinux enabled, ASM fails to create disks
AffectsOL6
SymptomWith Selinux in enforcing mode, the ASM disks fails to create./etc/init.d/oracleasm createdisk VOL1 /dev/mapper/.Marking disk "VOL1" as an ASM disk:[FAILED]
Solution/WorkaroundDisable Selinux i.e Use the command # setenforce 0 as root user or set SELINUX=disabled in the file /etc/selinux/config.
 
Bug No9100826
SummaryFlashback Archive: Error ORA-942 in database alert and trace logs.
Affects11gR2
SymptomDuring database creation following messages are seen in database alert log and trace files: "Flashback Archive: Error ORA-942 in SQL select ROWID from SYS_FBA_FA where ROWNUM = 1".
Solution/WorkaroundContact Oracle Support.
 
Bug No9126894
Summary"ORA-24010: QUEUE SYS.AQ_SRVNTFN_TABLE_Q_1 does not exist" in database trace files
Affects11gR2
SymptomError message "Exception Occured, Error msg: ORA-24010: QUEUE SYS.AQ_SRVNTFN_TABLE_Q_1 does not exist" seen in trace log files
Solution/WorkaroundFixed in 11.2.0.3
 
Bug No9391048
Summary"ERROR: SGA Memory leak detacted" error during database shutdown
Affects11gR2
SymptomError message "ERROR: SGA memory leak detected" seen in trace log files during database shutdown.
Solution/WorkaroundContact Oracle Support.
 
Bug No14593046
SummaryWhile executing the cluster utility verification tool for all the nodes in the cluster, the integrity check fails for /etc/resolv.conf
AffectsOL6 and 11gR2
SymptomFile "/etc/resolv.conf" is not consistent across nodes. Pre-check for cluster services setup was unsuccessful on all the nodes.
Solution/WorkaroundContact Oracle support
 
 
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