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Quantity 1 Part Number 321835-B21 1 221692-B22 1 201723-B22 1 190211-001 14 286776-B22 Description StorageWorks 2 Gb, Dual Port, 64-Bit/133 MHz PCI-X-to-Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter for W2K, Windows Server 2003 and Linux® 5 Meter FC LC-LC Multi-Mode cable Modular SAN Array 1000 with 256 MB cache StorageWorks Enclosure Model 4354R - Rack 36.4GB 15,000 rpm, U320 Universal Hard Drive, 1" (shared storage) Installation process Oracle AS on InfiniBand installation process The following is a list of the installation steps required to implement Oracle AS on InfiniBand using ProLiant servers. Hardware setup and configuration Follow the appropriate installation guides to prepare your site and rack mount the HP StorageWorks storage device, HP StorageWorks Fibre Channel switch, HP ProLiant servers, and HP 24 port 4x InfiniBand switch. See HP StorageWorks - Entry-level Storage Products, http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/entrystorage.html, for the StorageWorks MSA 1000 storage device and related switches. See HP.com - HP ProLiant InfiniBand™, http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/networking/index-ib.html, for the InfiniBand switch. See HP.com - ProLiant servers - Industry standard servers, http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/platforms/, for information on ProLiant servers. Use the HP FC HBA installation guide to install the Fibre Channel HBA in the database server and connect the Fibre Channel cables between the storage device, Fibre Channel switch, and the Fibre Channel HBA. See HP Storage SAN Infrastructure Products, http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/saninfrastructure.html, for HBA. Use the HP InfiniBand 4x HCA install guide to install the HCA in each server and connect the InfiniBand cables to the InfiniBand switch and both HCAs. See, HP.com - HP ProLiant InfiniBand™, http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/networking/index-ib.html for InfiniBand. Configure the HP StorageWorks storage device for use with Oracle 10G database using the HP StorageWorks configuration guide for the storage device you have chosen. Red Hat Enterprise Linux® installation To install Linux, follow the Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation guides for both application and database servers and apply any patches deemed necessary. HP also provides a Linux installation guide specifically designed for installing Linux on ProLiant servers at the following link. http://h200006.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00257687/c00257687.pdf Installation of InfiniBand software components Follow the instructions in the Install and configure HP InfiniBand 4x HCA Drivers for Linux section of the HP 4x InfiniBand HCA User Guide. By default, the drivers will automatically install support for all of the protocols used by Oracle including SDP and Internet protocol over InfiniBand (IPoIB). 5