During installation, you are asked to identify the planned use for each network interface that Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) detects on your cluster node.

Identify each interface as a public or private interface, or as an interface that you do not want Oracle Grid Infrastructure or Oracle ASM to use. Public and virtual internet protocol (VIP) addresses are configured on public interfaces. Private addresses are configured on private interfaces.

Refer to the following sections for detailed information about each address type.

• About the Public IP Address
  The public IP address is assigned dynamically using DHCP, or defined statically in a DNS or in a hosts file.
• About the Private IP Address
  Oracle Clusterware uses interfaces marked as private for internode communication.
• About the Virtual IP Address
  The virtual IP (VIP) address is registered in the grid naming service (GNS), the DNS, or in a hosts file.
• About the Grid Naming Service (GNS) Virtual IP Address
  The GNS virtual IP address is a static IP address configured in the DNS.
• About the SCAN
  Oracle Database clients connect to the database using a single client access name (SCAN).