Within a cluster, all nodes must use the same operating system version and patch level. Run Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC on these operating systems at the suggested patch levels.
Install Linux operating systems. Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC supports the following Linux operating systems and kernel binaries distributed by Red Hat and SUSE:
Supported Linux architectures and kernels
Operating System
Architecture
Kernel
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 3
x86_64 (Intel Xeon, AMD Opteron)
2.6.9-34EL 2.6.9-34.ELsmp 2.6.9-34ELlargesmp
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 3
x86_64 (Intel Xeon, AMD Opteron)
2.6.5-7.244-smp 2.6.5-7.244-default
For RHEL4, disable SELinux (Security Enhanced Linux) and Firewall during OS installation.
For SLES9, do not use the auditing subsystem. ODM is not compatible with the auditing subsystem on SLES 9.
Install Linux patches. No specific patches are required for SF Oracle RAC. However, Oracle9i Release 2 software on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 requires a number of patches. These patches, and other manual steps that need to be executed before installing Oracle, are available on the Oracle metalink site.