Sybase DC35823-01-1500-04 Components of an interfaces file entry, TCP style entry looks like

Understanding the format of the interfaces file

servername retry_attempts delay_interval<newline>

<tab>service_type api protocol device address filter<newline> <tab>ha_failover servername<newline>

A TCP style entry looks like:

servername retry_attempts delay_interval<newline>

<tab>service_type protocol network machine port filter<newline> <tab>ha_failover servername<newline>

Components of an interfaces file entry

	Table 5-2 describes the components of an interfaces file entry.
	Table 5-2: Components of an interfaces file
Component		Value
servername		Name of Adaptive Server or Backup Server. Requirements for a server name are:
		• The name cannot be more than 30 characters long.
		• The first character must be a letter (ASCII a through z, A through Z).
		• The characters that follow must be letters, numbers, or underscores (_).
retry_attempts (optional)		Number of times you want the client to try to connect to a server after initial
		failure. Default is 0.
delay_interval (optional)		Number of seconds between connection attempts. Default is 0.
service_type		Type of service defined by entry. Must be one of the following:
		•	master
		•	query
api		Application programming interface available to the network.The supported value
		is tli.
protocol		Name of the network protocol. Protocol types available are:
		• TCP/IP, represented by the letters “tcp”
network		Name of the network; not currently used by Adaptive Server. srvbuild enters
		“ether” as a placeholder.
host		Network name or address of server’s host machine.
		• For TCP/IP, use either the host name or Internet address. Maximum size of
			entry is 32 bytes.
			To determine the host name of a machine, log in to that machine and enter:
			/bin/hostname

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