Oracle Parallel Server Installation and Maintenance Instructions

Document Number: 108-0136-002

Front Matter

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Table of Contents

About This Guide
Structure of This Document
Other Required Documentation
Conventions

1. Oracle Parallel Server Components

2. Setting Up and Cabling the Oracle Parallel Server Component Systems
Setting Up the Component Systems
Upgrading the Report System Control Firmware
Upgrading the IO4 Board Mezzanine Cards
Planning the Cabling
Cabling the Vaults to the OPS Hosts
Setting the OPS Host SCSI IDs
Installing the FDDI Boards in the OPS Hosts
Cabling the Challenge RAID Storage System to the Challenge Servers
Cabling the IRISconsole Multiplexer to the Workstation
Cabling the IRISconsole Multiplexer and the Challenge Servers
Powering On the Systems
Testing the Installed OPS Hardware

3. Installing the Oracle Parallel Server Software
Checking the OPS Host SCSI IDs
Installing System Software
Installing the IRISconsole Software and Configuring the Site
Installing and Configuring the Challenge RAID Storage System Software for OPS
Enabling Command-Tagged Queuing on the LUNs
Partitioning Disks and Creating the XLV Volumes
Installing the Oracle Database Software
Installing the OPS Software
Starting OPS

4. Maintaining and Upgrading the Oracle Parallel Server
Isolating a Node
Replacing Cables
Replacing a Log Disk
Exchanging Challenge RAID Disk Modules
Restoring LUN Ownership

A. CHALLENGE RAID raid5 Commands for OPS Installation
raid5 bind
raid5 getagent
raid5 firmware

Index