Deploying Oracle RAC 11g With ASM on IBM AIX 6.1 Using IBM XIV Storage System

This white paper describes in detail the step-by-step configuration of the IBM XIV with Oracle Database 11g, Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC), and Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM) on the IBM AIX 6.1 operating system. The test exercise demonstrates that it is easy to configure IBM's XIV storage system in this environment by using the guidelines that are laid out in this paper. The IBM XIV disk storage array offers expandable data open storage and data-protective systems with consistent performance to correspond with specific business requirements. The XIV storage system has a revolutionary high-end storage architecture designed to eliminate the complexity of administration and management of tiered storage and information lifecycle management.