RAC (10.2) Private interconnect monitoring tools.

Hello, I'm trying to find any monitoring tool that can monitor the Interconnect for my enterprise RAC environment, I suspect that we have some issue going on there but it would be great if i am able to get the historical data over a period of time.
I have tested Quest central for RAC (Spotlight) but it is way too costly. I have also enabled OS watcher but i am not very sure how to interpret the OSW private network output.
Any input would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Sameer Zai.

user445694 wrote:
Hi Aman,
You are correct, node1 used for shared storage Disk1- make five raw partitions.
Okay, please tell me if I use another node and use as shared storage then how to connect these raw disk to RAC nodes. Please give the procedure. This shared storage node only PC; not NAS or other expensive storage.
Hi there,
Well, if you are using only two physical machines, chances to get the things done are small actually. The only option that I think you have is to configure NFS(which I believed I had suggested already) . Other than this, you need to find one more machine, may be of less computing power but should have sufficient storage and use the Openfiler software to use its storage as a shared storage.
HTH
Aman....

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Previously My interconnect was connected with cross cables now i have asked them to connect them through switch
Even we are planning to do the same.Please share your experienceHope you have done this before - moving to switch
(Update for record id(s): 105681546)
QUESTION
========
1.Will the database and the Clusterware need to be shutdown etc?
2.Will our ip addresses need to be reconfigured?
3.Are there any steps that need to be carried out before unplugging the CROSS CABLE
and after the interconnect is connected to the switch...?
ANSWER
======
1. Yes, you have to stop CRS on each node.
2. No, not required.Provided you are planning to use same ip addresses.
3. Steps:
a. Stop CRS on each node. "crsctl stop crs"
b. Replace the crossover cable with switch.
c. Start the CRS on each node. "crsctl start crs"
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Message was edited by:
Ravi Prakash

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Your kindly help will be appreciated.
Thank you
Regards,
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