The listener, Oracle Names server and Oracle Connection Manager are identified by a protocol address. Clients that want to use these services must also be configured with the same address. The next table describes the parameters used by the supported Oracle protocols:
Protocol
| Parameter
| Description
|
IPC
| KEY
| Indicates a way of identifying the server. Oracle Corporation recommends using
the name of the service.
|
Named Pipes
| SERVER
| Identifies the name of the Oracle8i database.
|
Named Pipes
| PIPE
| Identifies the pipe name to use to connect to the server (the same PIPE
keyword you specified on the server with Named Pipes). This name can be any name.
|
SPX
| SERVICE
| Defines the name of the TNS-based application on the network.
|
TCP/IP and TCP/IP with SSL
| HOST
| Identifies the host name of the server.
|
TCP/IP and TCP/IP with SSL
| PORT
| Identifies the listener port number.
See Also: Recommended Port Numbers |