Linux Bare Metal Provisioning with OEM Pack for Linux for RAC 11gGR2 OEL 5X

Hi,
Has anyone ever used the OEM Pack for Linux to provision Bare Metal Linux servers?
See: http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/oem/omp_linux.html
We are thinking of using this tool to provision our Linux Servers, because we are UL-Customers with OEL, and this Tool is free of Charge for UL- Premier and Basic Limited Customers.
I have only found Documentation which seem to suggest that the OEM Linux Pack is supported with OEM Grid Control 10.2.0.4 and Oracle 10G ,
but i am not sure if this Pack is supported for use with OEM Grid Control 10.2.0.5 and Oracle RAC 11gR2.
I would appreciate your Help on this.
Regards,
Pascal

user11999910 wrote:
but i am not sure if this Pack is supported for use with OEM Grid Control 10.2.0.5 and Oracle RAC 11gR2.Yes, it is. The Linux Management Pack is built-into Grid Control and ships with 10.2.0.5. I believe you need to add a few patchsets to get full provisioning support for Database 11gR2. There is a My Oracle Support article that lists all the recommended patches for Grid Control.

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