[HPADM] Summary: Oracle 9i / 10g cluster interconnect

Many thanks to Andy Cranston, James Lonski, Corinne Haesaerts, and James
Perry for their replies.

I can't explain it, and I'm not happy about it, but ... I threw a GigE
switch between the two RAC cluster nodes, and the DBAs said that the
inter-node latency went away. They said Oracle's cache fusion is working
much, much better now. The switch apparently provides some sort of
low-level mojo that tells both NICs that the link is there and ready at all
times. Speculation is that with the crossover cable, the NICs had to
establish a new link each time an attempt was made to use it. It's not
that the RAC cluster didn't work with the crossover cable -- it did. It's
just that it works much faster now with the interconnect going through a
switch.



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Although this is not purely an HP-UX question, I hope you'll forgive me for
tapping the brain trust which I've found to live here.

On a two-node RAC cluster, why does Oracle say that a simple crossover
cable is not supported for the cluster interconnect? Oracle insists that
the interconnect must go through a switch because the switch provldes some
sort of heartbeat mojo that the Oracle driver needs. (SQE Test?)

I just want to understand why I'm gonna have to burn two switch ports
instead of using a crossover cable.

Thanks!

(Cross-posted to the ITRC Forums.)



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Jim Turner (jturner@xxxxxxxxx)
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The Hertz Corporation Worldwide Data Center
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Office: 405-280-6587
Cell: 405-204-6050
Fax: 405-290-2547
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