When performing an installation, OUI can do it in any of these modes:
Interactive Mode: This is the most widely used installation mode. To use this mode, you must have a graphical display available. This mode shows a number of screens which are used to gather configuration information from the user.
Suppressed-Interactive Mode: This mode combines interactive mode with silent mode. This mode is useful when most of the installation process can be performed by a set of response files and specific tasks are to be performed by asking for specific parameters from the user.
Silent Mode: This mode requires the user to set up a response file, this allows the user to perform a batch install without user intervention.
Cluster Install Mode: OUI is a cluster aware tool, i.e. it can detect it is being used in an environment where Clusterware is enabled. This mode is used to maintain Oracle Homes in a cluster topology, adding or removing nodes from the cluster, or extending...