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Component

Value

 

 

machine

Network name or address of server’s host machine.

 

You can 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

 

 

device

The network device endpoint.

 

For TCP networks, the device varies according to the vendor supplying the

 

networking software. Check the vendor-specific documentation for the name of

 

the device. Your network may provide multiple stream devices corresponding to

 

different protocols in the TCP protocol suite. Choose the TCP streams device.

 

Common TCP streams devices is /dev/tcp.

 

 

address for a TLI protocol

Address consists of:

entry

• Address prefix, “\x” for TLI.

 

 

• Network type, always 0002.

 

• Port number converted to four digits, hexadecimal. Must be a unique number

 

between 1025 and 65535. Check the /etc/services file on each machine on the

 

network to see what port numbers are in use. Enter the Adaptive Server port

 

number in a new section of /etc/services labeled “Sybase specific services.”

 

You do not have to make this entry for the operating system to function

 

properly, but the presence of the port number in the file may prevent other users

 

from using the port number.

 

• IP network node address of the host machine converted to 8 digits,

 

hexadecimal.

 

• Trailing zeros, optional, 16 digits.

 

 

port

A unique port number between 1025 and 65535. Check the /etc/services file on

 

each machine on the network to see what port numbers are in use. Enter the

 

Adaptive Server port number in a new section of /etc/services labeled “Sybase

 

specific services.” You do not have to make this entry for the operating system to

 

function properly, but the presence of the port number in the file may prevent other

 

users from using that port number.

 

 

ha_failover

An entry created in directory services or the interfaces file for high availability.

 

 

filter

Adaptive Server supports Secure Socket Layers (SSL) as a filter which is

 

appended to the master and query lines of the directory services. SSL is the

 

standard for securing the transmission of sensitive information.

 

 

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