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HP InfiniBand solution for Oracle Application Server

Overview ...................................................................................................................................... 2

Oracle Application Server overview ............................................................................................... 2

Advantages of InfiniBand in an Oracle Application Server environment ............................................ 2

HP InfiniBand solution for Oracle Application Server ......................................................................... 3

Solution overview .................................................................................................................... 3
Sample HP InfiniBand configuration for Oracle AS 10G and Oracle RDBMS 10G.............................. 4

Installation process.......................................................................................................................... 5

Oracle AS on InfiniBand installation process.................................................................................... 5

Hardware setup and configuration ............................................................................................. 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux® installation ......................................................................................... 5
Installation of InfiniBand software components .............................................................................. 5
Oracle RDBMS 10G installation................................................................................................. 6
Oracle Application Server 10G installation .................................................................................. 6
Transparent SDP configuration ................................................................................................... 7
Sample J2EE application installation ........................................................................................... 8

For more information....................................................................................................................... 9

Summary of Contents for StorageWorks FCA2214DC

Page 1: ...w 3 Sample HP InfiniBand configuration for Oracle AS 10G and Oracle RDBMS 10G 4 Installation process 5 Oracle AS on InfiniBand installation process 5 Hardware setup and configuration 5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation 5 Installation of InfiniBand software components 5 Oracle RDBMS 10G installation 6 Oracle Application Server 10G installation 6 Transparent SDP configuration 7 Sample J2EE appli...

Page 2: ...h have limitations The TCP IP processing on the application server and database server machines can result in substantial CPU utilization on both machines with typical latencies of 50 to 100 microseconds µs Additionally observed Gigabit Ethernet throughput is limited to approximately 0 8 gigabits per second Gbps on a single network interface card NIC InfiniBand a standards based alternative to Eth...

Page 3: ...sparent SDP Applications that use the OCI driver can use native SDP protocol provided the product support SDP natively HP InfiniBand solution for Oracle Application Server Solution overview Many HP customers run J2EE applications in an Oracle Application Server environment using standards based HP ProLiant servers and HP StorageWorks Fibre Channel connectivity products With the addition of HP Infi...

Page 4: ... Sample configuration bill of materials Quantity Part Number Description HP ProLiant Server Nodes 2 361011 001 DL380R04 X3 6 1MB 800 2GB High Performance 2 311584 B21 Intel Xeon X3 6 1MB 800MHz Processor Option Kit 4 343056 B21 2GB of Advanced PC2 PC3200 DDR2 SDRAM DIMM Memory Kit 2 x 1024 MB 6 286776 B22 36 4GB 15 000 rpm U320 Universal Hard Drive 1 internal server storage HP InfiniBand Private I...

Page 5: ...FC HBA installation guide to install the Fibre Channel HBA in the database server and connect the Fibre Channel cables between the storage device Fibre Channel switch and the Fibre Channel HBA See HP Storage SAN Infrastructure Products http h18006 www1 hp com storage saninfrastructure html for HBA Use the HP InfiniBand 4x HCA install guide to install the HCA in each server and connect the InfiniBa...

Page 6: ...O static IPADDR 10 1 1 10 NETMASK 255 255 255 0 ONBOOT yes Application server Modify ifcfg ib0 to include only the items listed below vi etc sysconfig network scripts ifcfg ib0 DEVICE ib0 BOOTPROTO static IPADDR 10 1 1 15 NETMASK 255 255 255 0 ONBOOT yes Oracle RDBMS 10G installation Once the HP InfiniBand 4x private interconnect is installed configured and tested Oracle10G can be installed using ...

Page 7: ...local topspin etc libsdp conf 7 Edit the listener ora file to include the private interconnect settings LISTENER DESCRIPTION_LIST DESCRIPTION ADDRESS_LIST ADDRESS PROTOCOL SDP HOST dbhostname_IB PORT 1521 NET_ASYNC_IO FALSE SDP_ASYNC_IO FALSE 8 Edit the sqlnet ora file to include the following lines NET_ASYNC_IO FALSE SDP_ASYNC_IO FALSE 9 Start the database 10 Start the listener 11 Check proc tops...

Page 8: ...nerally provided with the J2EE application software Configure the J2EE application to utilize the private InfiniBand interconnect Modify the data sources for the sample J2EE Application as in the following example IASDBDS JDBC URL jdbc oracle thin dbhostname_IB 1521 INT Test the connectivity 1 sqlplus Oracle user name Oracle password Oracle Service Name 2 Browse to J2EE Application login screen ...

Page 9: ...ver http www oracle com appserver index html 2005 Hewlett Packard Development Company L P The information contained herein is subject to change without notice The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty HP shall not be liable for te...

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