Preface

This document covers common tasks and topics to consider prior to beginning your actual software installation.

• Intended Audience
  
• Documentation Accessibility
  
• Related Documents
  
• Conventions
  

Intended Audience

This guide is intended for developers and system administrators who are installing Oracle Fusion Middleware products for the first time and are comfortable running some system administration operations, such as creating users and groups, adding users to groups, and installing operating system patches on the computer where the products are going to be installed.

Users on UNIX systems who are installing Oracle Fusion Middleware need root access to run some scripts.

Documentation Accessibility

For information about Oracle's commitment to accessibility, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program website at http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=docacc.

Access to Oracle Support

Oracle customers that have purchased support have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support. For information, visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=info or visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=trs if you are hearing impaired.

Related Documents

For more information, see the following resources:

• See Understanding Key Concepts in Understanding Oracle Fusion Middleware for information on the common terms and concepts in an Oracle Fusion Middleware environment.

• See Getting Started Managing Oracle Fusion Middleware in Administering Oracle Fusion Middleware for information on managing your Oracle Fusion Middleware environment after installation and configuration is complete.

• See Introduction and Roadmap in the Oracle Fusion Middleware High Availability Guide for information on installing Oracle Fusion Middleware in high availability environments.

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document:

Convention	Meaning
boldface	Boldface type indicates graphical user interface elements associated with an action, or terms defined in text or the glossary.
italic	Italic type indicates book titles, emphasis, or placeholder variables for which you supply particular values.
monospace	Monospace type indicates commands within a paragraph, URLs, code in examples, text that appears on the screen, or text that you enter.