configuration of Gigabit ethernet as high speed interconnect

[Kiran Kumar Aekabote]

Hi All,

I have two identical HP rp5470 with 11i installed and configured in service guard RAC edition 11.15.Configured packages also. RAC setup is done. We have all 1GB ethernet cards (4nos).
We want to configure one of these as the High-speed interconnect for the RAC instance.
1. How to configure this in the cluster? what needs to be added in the package configuration,i.e. where to mention the IP address of the card that is to be configured as High-speed interconnect
2. How to make oracle, use this card as the High-speed interconnect?
3. How to verify if it is being used.

Thanks for the help, in advance.

Regards
Kiran

[Steven E. Protter]

All you need to do is leave the cards alone. The switch port should be autonegotiate, the card will be and must be auto negotiate.

In the package configuration files which you generate the configuration files change where it used to say lan0 to lan2 if the cards show up an the lanscan command.

To verify, use the traceroute command, it will tell you which interface its using.

Also netstat can help.

SEP

[RAC_1]

From OS side.

Gigabit cards have to be at auto-negotiate at NIC end and on switch/router.

1. Configure what nics you want to use in pkg.conf file (package configuration files)
2. whatevey nics you have used in pkg.conf will be used by oracle.
3. You can with traceroute command. netstat -in command

Anil

[Kiran Kumar Aekabote]

Hi

Further for the above, we can give the ip address in package conf scripts, which will be used by the clients to connect to the package.
I want Oracle's CACHE FUSION exclusively to use the high speed interconnect. How to configure it.

Thanks
Kiran