Verifying the Interconnect Settings for Oracle RAC

The interconnect and internode communication protocols can affect Cache Fusion performance. In addition, the interconnect bandwidth, its latency, and the efficiency of the IPC protocol determine the speed with which Cache Fusion processes block transfers.

To verify the interconnect settings of the Oracle RAC database instance to which you are connected, query the V$CLUSTER_INTERCONNECTS and V$CONFIGURED_INTERCONNECTS views. For example:

Example 13-1 Verify Interconnect Settings with V$CLUSTER_INTERCONNECTS

SQL> SELECT * FROM V$CLUSTER_INTERCONNECTS;

NAME             IP_ADDRESS       IS_PUBLIC SOURCE
---------------  --------------   ---       -------------------------------
eth2             10.137.20.181    NO        Oracle Cluster Repository

Note:

You can query the GV$CLUSTER_INTERCONNECTS view to display the entries for all of the instances in the cluster.

Example 13-2 Verify Interconnect Settings with V$CONFIGURED_INTERCONNECTS

SQL> SELECT * FROM V$CONFIGURED_INTERCONNECTS;

NAME             IP_ADDRESS       IS_PUBLIC   SOURCE
---------------  ---------------  ---         -------------------------------
eth2             10.137.20.181    NO          Oracle Cluster Repository
eth0             10.137.8.225     YES         Oracle Cluster Repository