RAC cluster nodes became inaccessible via public facing interface in RHEL 5.5
Issue
- A 2 node RAC cluster became inaccessible via its public interface. Could not be accessed via ping, ssh, or application
- RAC interconnect remained up and no evictions were seen while cluster became inaccessible on the public network
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 Update 5
- Oracle RAC
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