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Validated Configuration Details
Configuration SummaryOracle Database 12c Release 1 Single Instance and Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) for Linux x86_64 on Oracle Linux 6 Update 8 using ASMLIB
Publication Date05-DEC-16
Version1.0
Server PlatformHPE ProLiant BL460c Gen9
Storage ModelHPE 3PAR StoreServ 7200
Oracle SoftwareOracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1.0.2.0) for Linux x86-64
Linux DistributionOracle Linux 6 Update 8 x86_64
Server and Storage Platform Details
Server Model2 X HPE ProLiant BL460c Gen9
Processors4 X Octo Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2620 V4 2.1 GHz
Memory24GB RAM
OnBoardStorage4 X 1TB SAS HDD
RAIDHP Smart Array P440ar raid controller
Network/Interconnect Hewlett-Packard Company FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650FLB Adapter , Hewlett-Packard Company FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 630FLB Adapter
HBA Hewlett-Packard Company FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 630FLB Adapter , Hewlett-Packard Company FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650FLB Adapter
Storage ModelHPE 3PAR StoreServ 7200
Storage DetailsOS version is 3.1.2(MU3)
 
Switch Details
Switch ModelCisco Nexus 5548UP
Switch Type1GB switch
Additional Info.Used for public network
 
Switch ModelHP SN3000B
Switch Type16GB FC switch
Additional Info.None
 
Linux Distribution Details
OSOracle Linux 6 Update 8 x86_64
Kernelkernel-uek-4.1.12-61.1.9.el6uek.x86_64 or higher
 
Additional Packages Needed From Distribution
bc-1.06.95-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
bind-utils-9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6.x86_64.rpm
binutils-2.20.51.0.2-5.44.el6.x86_64.rpm
compat-libcap1-1.10-1.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-0.164-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
ethtool-3.5-6.el6.x86_64.rpm
gcc-4.4.7-17.el6.x86_64.rpm
gcc-c++-4.4.7-17.el6.x86_64.rpm
gdb-7.2-90.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-2.12-1.192.i686.rpm
glibc-2.12-1.192.x86_64.rpm
glibc-common-2.12-1.192.x86_64.rpm
glibc-devel-2.12-1.192.i686.rpm
glibc-devel-2.12-1.192.x86_64.rpm
glibc-headers-2.12-1.192.el6.x86_64.rpm
initscripts-9.03.51-1.0.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
ksh-20120801-33.el6.x86_64.rpm
libICE-1.0.6-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
libSM-1.2.1-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
libXp-1.0.2-2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
libXt-1.1.4-6.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
libXtst-1.2.2-2.1.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-4.4.7-17.el6.i686.rpm
libgcc-4.4.7-17.el6.x86_64.rpm
libstdc++-4.4.7-17.el6.i686.rpm
libstdc++-4.4.7-17.el6.x86_64.rpm
libstdc++-devel-4.4.7-17.el6.i686.rpm
make-3.82-23.el6.x86_64.rpm
nfs-utils-1.2.3-70.0.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
openssh-clients-5.3p1-117.el6.x86_64.rpm
pam-1.1.1-22.0.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
procps-3.2.8-36.0.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
smartmontools-5.43-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
sysstat-9.0.4-31.el6.x86_64.rpm
unixODBC-2.2.14-14.el6.x86_64.rpm
unixODBC-devel-2.2.14-14.el6.x86_64.rpm
util-linux-ng-2.17.2-12.24.0.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-utils-7.5-14.el6.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-xauth-1.0.9-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-xinit-1.0.9-14.el6.x86_64.rpm
Oracle Packages
oracle-rdbms-server-12cR1-preinstall-1.0-14.el6.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.el6.x86_64.rpmRequired for DB on ASM
oracleasmlib-support-2.1.8-1.el6.x86_64.rpmRequired for DB on ASM
Configuration Files
File Name
 Conf File Settings Comments
/etc/security/limits.conforacle hard memlock 50000000 
 oracle hard nofile 131072 
 oracle 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 
/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.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(bnx2x)
Versionv1.712.33 or higher
SettingsNone
Additional Info.The driver is supplied with Oracle Linux Server.The driver is based on card installed on the server
 
Driver ModuleHBA driver module(qla4xxx)
Versionv5.04.00-k6 or higher
SettingsNone
Additional Info.The driver is supplied with Oracle Linux Server
 
Driver ModuleNetwork driver module(be2net)
Versionv10.6.0.4 or higher
SettingsNone
Additional Info.The driver is supplied with Oracle Linux Server.The driver is based on card installed on the server
 
Miscellaneous
Two 10 gigabit networks, 1 for public and 1 private..
The swap partition is 16GB.
The servers are configured as FCoE.
HPE Virtual Connect FlexFabric Ethernet modules enable up to 20Gb bandwidth to each server. Connect to SAN storage with Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE). Consolidate multiple physical ports into virtual ports over a single 10Gb channel.
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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