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Operating System Tuning for Oracle Database

This chapter describes how to tune Oracle Database. It contains the following sections: Importance of Tuning Operating System Tools Tuning Memory Management Tuning Disk I/O Monitoring Disk Performance System Global Area Tuning the Operating System Buffer Cache 1.1 Importance of Tuning Oracle Database is a highly optimizable software product. Frequent tuning optimizes system performance and …

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Fibre Channel Topologies

    Point-to-Point: In this topology, devices are connected directly to each other. This topology allows the devices to communicate using the full bandwidth of the link. Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL): In this topology, devices are attached to a shared “loop”. FC-AL is analogous to the token ring topology. Each device has to contend for performing …

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How to configure a VMware ESX / ESXi host with a QLogic HBA to boot from SAN in a CLARiiON environment

How to configure a VMware ESX / ESXi host with a QLogic HBA to boot from SAN in a CLARiiON environment Solution: This procedure explains how to configure the QLogic HBA to boot ESX/ESXi from SAN. The procedure involves enabling the QLogic HBA BIOS, enabling the selectable boot, and selecting the boot LUN. Procedure: 1. …

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EMC Client installation and checking

This web page is a quick guide on what to install and how to check that EMC SAN is attached and working Solaris Installing ========================================================== Install Emulex driver/firmware, san packages (SANinfo, HBAinfo, lputil), EMC powerpath Use lputil to update firmware Use lputil to disable boot bios Update /kernel/drv/lpfc.conf Update /kernel/drv/sd.conf Reboot Install ECC agent   …

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Solaris : Emulex Firmware Upgrade

You will require the following files before you begin the upgrade:   solaris-2.1a18-6.02f-1a.tar lpfc-6.02f-sparc.tar EmlxApps300a39-Solaris.tar 1.Copy configuration files # cp -p /kernel/drv/lpfc.conf /kernel/drv/lpfc.conf.date # cp -p /kernel/drv/sd.conf /kernel/drv/sd.conf.date # cp -p /kernel/drv/st.conf /kernel/drv/st.conf.date # cp -p /etc/path_to_inst /etc/path_to_inst.date 2.Copy Driver / Firmware updates from shared area to local disk # mkdir /var/tmp/emulex # cp –p …

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EMC Symmetrix Architecture

This document will be using the EMC symmetrix configuration. There are a number of EMC Symmetrix configurations but they all use the same architecture as detailed below. Front End Director Ports (SA-16b:1) Front End Director (SA-16b) Cache Back End Director (DA-02b) Back End Director Ports (DA-02b:c) Disk Devices Front End Director A channel director (front …

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Linux: iSCSI Initiator installation & configration

Installation Instructions: Red Hat Supplied iSCSI Initiator: Find the RPM on the Red Hat Media, then install it using the rpm –ivh command as follows: # rpm –ivh iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.742-0.5.el5 NOTE: This is the version for Enterprise Linux AS 5. Your version may be different. An alternative to installing this package manually in Red Hat Enterprise …

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