02 Set Up Networking for RAC


Overview

In the design of REVESBY, an extra network bridge is required to support the RAC interconnect.

References

Readme for Media Pack B74025-01 Oracle VM Templates for Oracle Database Media Pack v1 for x86 (64 bit)

Procedure

Create an Alieas for ETH1

On VICTORIA , run the following commands to create a subinterface on eth1 :

cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
cat >ifcfg-eth1:1 <<DONE
# Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller
DEVICE=eth1:1
HWADDR=00:1B:21:D9:A1:AF
ONBOOT=yes
BRIDGE=xenbr1
NM_CONTROLLED=no
DONE

Create the Bridge for the RAC Interconnect

On VICTORIA , run the following commands to create a brigdeg that uses a subinterface on eth1 :

cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
cat >ifcfg-xenbr1 <<DONE
DEVICE=xenbr1
TYPE=Bridge
BOOTPROTO=static
BROADCAST=192.168.2.255
IPADDR=192.168.2.1
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
ONBOOT=yes
DELAY=0
NM_CONTROLLED=no
DONE

Activate the Bridge

The new bridge is activated by restarting the network service as follows:

service network restart