Oracle RAC Technologies Certification Matrix for Microsoft Windows Platforms

Oracle will support the Oracle software on clusters comprised of RAC compatible technologies and supported software combinations
NOTE: Please consult your hardware and software vendors as not all vendors may choose to support their hardware or software in every possible cluster combination
For RAC database and server virtualization (Oracle VM, LPAR, vPAR, LDOM, etc.) support see here.
For RAC database and SAP certification information see SAP support note 527843 here.

Technology Category	Technology	Notes
Server/Processor Architecture	x86 32-bit Architecture x86-64 (AMD64/EM64T) 64-bit Architecture Itanium Architecture
Network Interconnect Technologies	Ethernet 100 Mbps or 1 Gigabit NIC's and Switches	Cross over cables are not supported Use correct type of cable (Cat 5, 5e, or 6)
	InfiniBand (IB) IP over IB is supported
	VIA based NICs and Switches	Must be VIPL 1.0 compliant
Storage Technologies All storage products must be supported by the server (host) and storage vendors	Fibre Channel (FC)	Switch required for greater than two nodes (if the storage system does not have enough FC port for the cluster nodes)
	SCSI	Support for two nodes only
	iSCSI	Support up to 16 nodes. Private GigE storage network required.

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