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Validated Configuration Details
Configuration SummaryOracle Linux 6 Update 5 x86_64 on Cisco Unified Computing System B200 M4 and Nimble Storage CS Series with Oracle Database 11g Release 2
Publication Date26-JUN-15
Version1.0
Server PlatformCisco Unified Computing System B200 M4
Storage ModelNimble Storage CS Series
Oracle SoftwareOracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2.0.4) for Linux x86-64
Linux DistributionOracle Linux 6 Update 5 x86_64
Server and Storage Platform Details
Server Model2 X Cisco Unified Computing System B200 M4
Processors2 X Deca Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650 v3 2.3GHz
Memory128Gb
OnBoardStorage2 X 146GB SAS drives 15k RPM with RAID1
RAIDLSI MegaRAID SAS 2004
Network/Interconnect Cisco UCS VIC 1340
Multipathdevice mapper multipath 0.4.9-80.0.1.el6.x86_64
Storage ModelNimble Storage CS Series
 
Switch Details
Switch ModelCisco MDS 9148S
Switch TypeFC Switch
Additional Info.None
 
Linux Distribution Details
OSOracle Linux 6 Update 5 x86_64
Kernelkernel-uek-3.8.13-44.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 "Nimble"
prio "alua"
path_grouping_policy group_by_prio
path_checker tur
features "1 queue_if_no_path"
rr_min_io_rq 1
failback immediate
path_selector "round-robin 0"
dev_loss_tmo infinity
fast_io_fail_tmo 1
}		 
/etc/security/limits.conforacle soft nofile 131072# depending on size of db, these may need to be larger
 oracle hard stack 32768 
 oracle soft stack 10240 
 oracle soft nproc 131072 
 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 hard nproc 131072 
 oracle hard nofile 131072 
 oracle hard memlock 50000000 
/etc/sysctl.confkernel.shmmax = 4398046511104# For 32bit architecture set (4GB-1) and for 64 bit architecture set 4TB
 kernel.shmall = 1073741824 
 net.core.wmem_max = 3145728 
 net.core.rmem_max = 4194304 
 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.msgmnb = 65536 
 kernel.sysrq = 1 
 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 Cisco Systems Inc VIC Ethernet NIC (enic)
Versionv2.1.1.39 or higher
SettingsNone
Additional Info.The driver is supplied with Oracle Linux 6
 
Driver ModuleHBA driver module Cisco Systems Inc VIC FCoE (fnic)
Versionv1.5.0.45 or higher
SettingsNone
Additional Info.The driver is supplied with Oracle Linux 6
 
Miscellaneous
Two gigabit networks, 1 for public and 1 private network.
The swap partition is 64GB.
Oracle Software Details
ProductOracle Database 11g Release 2, Single Instance and Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) for Linux x86-64
Version11.2.0.4
Patches19375887 , 18370031
 
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
 
 
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