Preface

This guide contains information on how to set up and configure the Oracle E-Business Suite Certified Configuration on HP 9000 Series HP-UX (64-bit), RedHat Linux Advanced Server 2.1, and Sun Solaris 8.

This preface covers the following topics:

• Prerequisites

• Intended Audience

• Conventions

• Oracle Services and Support

• Documentation Accessibility

Prerequisites

This guide assumes that the reader understands the basic:

• Operating system configuration

• Network configuration

• Disk and network device configuration

• Hardware Setup

Intended Audience

This guide is intended for implementors who received a Oracle E-Business Suite Certified Configuration media kit or a pre-installed system.

Conventions

Typographic Conventions

The following typographic conventions are used in this guide:

Typographic Convention	Usage
monospace	Monospace type indicates UNIX commands, directory names, user names, path names, and file names.
italics	Italic type indicates a variable, including variable portions of file names. It is also used for emphasis and for book titles.
UPPERCASE	Uppercase letters indicate Structured Query Language (SQL) reserved words, initialization parameters, and environment variables.

Command Syntax

UNIX command syntax appears in monospace font and assumes the use of the Bourne shell. The "$" character at the beginning of UNIX command examples should not be entered at the prompt. Because UNIX is case-sensitive, conventions in this document may differ from those used in other Oracle documentation.

Syntax Convention	Usage
backslash \	A backslash indicates a command that is too long to fit on a single line. Enter the line as displayed (with a backslash) or enter a single line without a backslash: dd if=/dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s6 of=/dev/rst0 bs=10b \ count=10000
braces { }	Braces indicate required items: .DEFINE {macro1}
brackets [ ]	Brackets indicate optional items: cvtcrt termname [outfile] Note that brackets have a different meaning when used in regular text.
ellipses ...	Ellipses indicate an arbitrary number of similar items: CHKVAL fieldname value1 value2...valueN
italics	Italic type indicates a variable. Substitute a value for the variable: library_name
vertical line |	A vertical line indicates a choice within braces or brackets: SIZE filesize [K|M]

Oracle Services and Support

Oracle Corporation offers a wide range of services to help facilitate corporate system solutions, including Oracle Education courses, Oracle Consulting services, and Oracle Worldwide Customer Support from the Oracle Support Web site. In addition, Oracle Corporation provides free trial software, updates on Oracle products and service, technical brochures, and data sheets.

The Oracle corporate Web page is

http://www.oracle.com

Oracle Support Services

Technical Support registration and contact information worldwide is available at

http://www.oracle.com/support

At the Oracle support Web site, templates are available to help prepare information about the problem before calling so Support can help more quickly. Make sure you provide support with the CSI number (if applicable) or complete contact details, including any special project information.

Oracle MetaLink

Oracle MetaLink is Oracle Corporation’s Web service for technical information. Members of Oracle MetaLink can search for updates, alerts, patches, and other information about products, releases, and operating systems, or set preferences to be notified automatically of new information. Oracle MetaLink offers a variety of services to assist in setting up and administering Oracle products, including procedures, scripts, commentary, and tuning and configuration best-practices bulletins. In addition, it offers forums for information sharing among Oracle customers, and direct communication with Oracle Support. Oracle MetaLink is available to product support customers at no extra cost. Sign up for free membership for this service at

http://www.oracle.com/support/metalink

Products and Documentation

For U.S.A. customers, Oracle Store is at

http://oraclestore.oracle.com

Links to Oracle Stores in other countries are provided at this site.

Product documentation can be found at

http://docs.oracle.com

Education and Training

Training information and worldwide schedules are available at

http://www.oracle.com/education/

Oracle Technology Network

OTN delivers technical papers, code samples, product documentation, an Oracle on-line community, and self-service developer support. It also offers the Oracle key developer products to enable rapid development and deployment of applications built on Oracle technology.

Register with the Oracle Technology Network (OTN) at

http://otn.oracle.com/index.html

Documentation Accessibility

Our goal is to make Oracle products, services, and supporting documentation accessible, with good usability, to the disabled community. To that end, our documentation includes features that make information available to users of assistive technology. This documentation is available in HTML format, and contains markup to facilitate access by the disabled community. Standards will continue to evolve over time, and Oracle Corporation is actively engaged with other market-leading technology vendors to address technical obstacles so that our documentation can be accessible to all of our customers. For additional information, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program Web site at:

http://www.oracle.com/accessibility

Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation

JAWS, a Windows screen reader, may not always correctly read the Java code examples in this document. The conventions for writing Java code require that closing braces should appear on an otherwise empty line; however, JAWS may not always read a line of text that consists solely of a bracket or brace.

For additional information, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program web site at:

http://www.oracle.com/accessibility/ 

Support for Hearing and Speech Impaired Customers

Oracle Corporation provides dedicated Text Telephone (TTY) access to Oracle Support Services within the United States of America 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

• For technical questions, call:

  1.800.446.2398

• For non-technical questions, call:

  1.800.464.2330