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Validated Configuration Details
Configuration SummaryOracle Linux 7 Update 2 x86_64 on Lenovo System x3950 X6 and IBM Storwize V7000 with Oracle Database 12c Release 1
Publication Date01-APR-16
Version1.0
Server PlatformLenovo System x3950 X6
Storage ModelIBM Storwize V7000
Oracle SoftwareOracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1.0.2.0) for Linux x86-64
Linux DistributionOracle Linux 7 Update 2 x86_64
Server and Storage Platform Details
Server Model2 X Lenovo System x3950 X6
Processors8 X 18 Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E7-8890 v3 2.5GHz
Memory2TB RAM
OnBoardStorage69 X 900GB 10K 6GB SAS , 5 X 200GB SSD 6GB SAS , 10 X 600GB 10K 6GB SAS
RAIDM5210 – LSI MegaRAID SAS-3 3108 adapter
Network/Interconnect Intel X540-T2 Dual Port 10GBaseT Adapter , 2 X Emulex VFA ML2 Dual Port 10 GbE SFP+ adapter
HBA2 X QLogic QLE2662 16Gb FC Dual-port HBA for System x.
Multipathdevice mapper multipath 0.4.9-77.el7.x86_64
Storage ModelIBM Storwize V7000
 
Switch Details
Switch ModelBrocade 16GB FC SAN Switch 6510
Switch TypeFC Switch
Additional Info.None
 
Switch ModelLenovo RackSwitch G8124E
Switch Type10GbE Network Switch
Additional Info.Used for private network and storage
 
Linux Distribution Details
OSOracle Linux 7 Update 2 x86_64
Kernelkernel-uek-3.8.13-98.7.1.el7uek.x86_64.rpm or higher
 
Additional Packages Needed From Distribution
bc-1.06.95-13.el7.x86_64.rpm
bind-utils-9.9.4-29.el7.x86_64.rpm
binutils-2.23.52.0.1-55.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-0.163-3.el7.x86_64.rpm
ethtool-3.15-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
gcc-4.8.5-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
gcc-c++-4.8.5-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
gdb-7.6.1-80.el7.x86_64.rpm
glibc-2.17-105.0.1.i686.rpm
glibc-2.17-105.0.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-common-2.17-105.0.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-devel-2.17-1-105.0.1.i686.rpm
glibc-devel-2.17-105.0.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-headers-2.17-105.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
initscripts-9.49.30-1.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
ksh-20120801-22.el7_1.2.x86_64.rpm
libICE-1.0.9-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
libSM-1.2.2-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
libXp-1.0.2-2.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
libXt-1.1.4-6.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
libXtst-1.2.2-2.1.el7.i686.rpm
libaio-0.3.109-13.el7.i686.rpm
libaio-0.3.109-13.el7.x86_64.rpm
libaio-devel-0.3.109-13.el7.x86_64.rpm
libgcc-4.8.5-4.el7.i686.rpm
libgcc-4.8.5-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
libstdc++-4.8.5-4.el7.i686.rpm
libstdc++-4.8.5-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
libstdc++-devel-4.8.5-4.el7.i686.rpm
make-3.82-21.el7.x86_64.rpm
nfs-utils-1.3.0-0.21.el7.x86_64.rpm
openssh-clients-6.6.1p1-22.el7.x86_64.rpm
pam-1.1.8-12.el7_1.1.x86_64.rpm
procps-ng-3.3.10-3.el7.x86_64.rpm
smartmontools-6.2-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
sysstat-10.1.5-7.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-2.23.2-26.el7.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-utils-7.5-13.1.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-rdbms-server-12cR1-preinstall-1.0-4.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
oracleasm-support-2.1.8-3.el7.x86_64.rpmRequired for DB on ASM
oracleasmlib-2.0.8-2.el7.x86_64.rpmRequired for DB on ASM
Configuration Files
File Name
 Conf File Settings Comments
/etc/security/limits.d/oracle-rdbms-server-12cR1-preinstall.conforacle soft nofile 1024 
 oracle hard memlock 134217728#setting for memlock hard limit is maximum of {128GB (x86_64) / 3GB (x86) or 90 % of RAM}
 oracle hard stack 32768 
 oracle soft stack 10240 
 oracle hard nofile 65536 
 oracle soft memlock 134217728#setting for memlock hard limit is maximum of {128GB (x86_64) / 3GB (x86) or 90 % of RAM}
 oracle hard nproc 16384 
 oracle soft nproc 16384#Refer orabug 15971421 for more info.
/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.confnet.core.wmem_max = 1048576 
 kernel.shmmax = 4398046511104# For 32bit architecture set (4GB-1) and for 64 bit architecture set 4TB
 net.core.rmem_max = 4194304 
 net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 9000 65500 
 fs.file-max = 6815744 
 fs.aio-max-nr = 1048576 
 net.core.wmem_default = 262144 
 net.core.rmem_default = 262144 
 kernel.shmmni = 4096 
 kernel.shmall = 1073741824 
 kernel.panic_on_oops = 1# Per Orabug 19212317
 kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128 
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)
Versionv8.07.00.16.39.0-k or higher
SettingsNone
Additional Info.The driver is supplied with Oracle Linux 7
 
Driver ModuleIntel(R) 10 Gigabit PCI Express Network Driver (ixgbe)
Version4.0.1-k-rh7.1 or higher
SettingsNone
Additional Info.The driver is supplied with Oracle Linux 7
 
Miscellaneous
10 gigabit network for public and private network.
The swap partition is 42GB.
Firmware Version: 7.4.0.4
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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