Two lan cards for oracle RAC.

Hi,
For the oracle RAC installation on two nodes should i required 2 lan cards on each nodes.
Thanks

Hi,
The document has the hardware requirements do produce a RAC installation
10gR2 http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/rac.102/b28759/toc.htm
11gR1 http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B28359_01/rac.111/b28252/toc.htm
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Rodrigo Mufalani
http://mufalani.blogspot.com

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Tim
Can any one pls confirm if it's possible to configure
2 or more Gigabit Ethernet interconnects ( Sun
Cluster 3.1 Private Interconnects) on a E6900
cluster ?Yes, absolutely. You can configure up to 6 NICs for the private networks. Traffic is automatically striped across them if you specify clprivnet0 to Oracle RAC (9i or 10g). That is TCP connections and UDP messages.
It's for a High Availability requirement of Oracle
9i RAC. i need to know ,
1) can i use gigabit ethernet as Private cluster
interconnect for Deploying Oracle RAC on E6900 ? Yes, definitely.
2) What is the recommended Private Cluster
Interconnect for Oracle RAC ? GiG ethernet or SCI
with RSM ? SCI is or is in the process of being EOL'ed. Gigabit is usually sufficient. Longer term you may want to consider Infiniband or 10 Gigabit ethernet with RDS.
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Gig Ethernet V/S 2 X SCI , as their cluster's
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amongest the multiple GigaBit ethernet Interconnects
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at oracle Rac Level to enable Oracle to recognise
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Filed 25-MAR-2005 Updated 11-APR-2005
Product Oracle Server - Enterprise Edition Product Version 9.2.0.6.0
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Database Version 9.2.0.6.0
Affects Platforms Port-Specific
Severity Severe Loss of Service
Status Not a Bug. To Filer
Base Bug N/A
Fixed in Product Version No Data
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*** 03/25/05 07:32 am ***
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