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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> JP,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I’m using a similar system but am not as far along as you are,
though, in setting it up.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I have two nodes: OracleRAC001 and OracleRAC002 running Red Hat
Enterprise 4 WS 2.6.9-55.ELsmp. The hardware is two Dell Precision 390 systems
dual core @ 1.86 GHz and 4 GB RAM.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I’m also using the external Maxtor One Touch III 500 GB drives. The
difference between our disk sub-systems is I’m using a SIIG card with a Texas
Instruments TSB82AA2 IEEE-1394b chip set and I’m using 9-9-pin Firewire
800 cables.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>2.6.9-55.ELsmp came with its own Firewire module but it doesn’t seem
to recognize the “options sbp2 exclusive_login=0” command in the modprobe.conf
file.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>While I’m able to access the One Touch III drive, like you it is
only from one system.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Bert Moshier<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
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firewire-users-bounces@oss.oracle.com
[mailto:firewire-users-bounces@oss.oracle.com] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>JP<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, May 21, 2007 01:17<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> firewire-users@oss.oracle.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Firewire-users] Firewire
shared drive detection failure</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>hi All,<br>
I m configuring Oracle 10g RAC on Linux in External Shared drive.<br>
I have 2 nodes linux1 and linux2, OS is RHEL 4AS kernel version is
2.6.9-42.0.3.EL<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>The problem i m facing is that i am unable to
detect the Shared drive on the two nodes simultaneously. </span></b><br>
Only one node can detect and access Shared drive.<br>
The configuration i m using is:<br>
Maxtor One Touch III kit: T35G500, 500 GB shared drive<br>
Adaptect FireConnect 4300 firewire Card on each node.<br>
6-to-6 pin firewire/1394 cable to connect the firewirecard to external shared
drive <br>
each Node is:<br>
Intel PIV, 512 MB RAM, 40 GB HDD, RHEL 4 AS kernel version
2.6.9-42.0.3.EL(upgraded)<br>
and corresponding Firewire Module<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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