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Re: Oracle RAC newbie

From: Andreas Piesk <a.piesk_at_gmx.net>
Date: 8 Aug 2006 09:45:08 -0700
Message-ID: <1155055508.507128.284790@n13g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> 





Erik Dahle wrote:


> Can anyone actually give a good reason for why one shouldn't use a

> crossover cable for the interconnect in a 2-node setup?

> Except the support issue of course.




some unixes completely drop the network interface if the link goes down
which could confuse the cluster manager. it's explained in RAC FAQ on
metalink.


RAC on linux works with crossover, but as you said, it's unsupported.



regards,


-ap
Received on Tue Aug 08 2006 - 11:45:08 CDT












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