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Preface

Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Organization
Related Documentation
Conventions

Part I Control Utilities

1 Listener Control Utility

Listener Control Utility Overview
SET and SHOW Commands of the Listener Control Utility
Distributed Operations
Listener Security
Listener Control Utility Commands
CHANGE_PASSWORD
EXIT
HELP
QUIT
RELOAD
SAVE_CONFIG
SERVICES
SET
SET CURRENT_LISTENER
SET DISPLAYMODE
SET INBOUND_CONNECT_TIMEOUT
SET LOG_DIRECTORY
SET LOG_FILE
SET LOG_STATUS
SET PASSWORD
SET SAVE_CONFIG_ON_STOP
SET STARTUP_WAITTIME
SET TRC_DIRECTORY
SET TRC_FILE
SET TRC_LEVEL
SHOW
SPAWN
START
STATUS
STOP
TRACE
VERSION

2 Oracle Connection Manager Control Utility

Oracle Connection Manager Control Utility Overview
Command Modes and Syntax
Distributed Operations
Oracle Connection Manager Control Utility Commands
ADMINISTER
CLOSE CONNECTIONS
EXIT
HELP
QUIT
RELOAD
RESUME GATEWAYS
SAVE_PASSWORD
SET
SET ASO_AUTHENTICATION_FILTER
SET CONNECTION_STATISTICS
SET EVENT
SET IDLE_TIMEOUT
SET INBOUND_CONNECT_TIMEOUT
SET LOG_DIRECTORY
SET LOG_LEVEL
SET OUTBOUND_CONNECT_TIMEOUT
SET PASSWORD
SET SESSION_TIMEOUT
SET TRACE_DIRECTORY
SET TRACE_LEVEL
SHOW
SHOW ALL
SHOW CONNECTIONS
SHOW DEFAULTS
SHOW EVENTS
SHOW GATEWAYS
SHOW PARAMETERS
SHOW RULES
SHOW SERVICES
SHOW STATUS
SHOW VERSION
SHUTDOWN
STARTUP
SUSPEND GATEWAY

Part II Configuration Parameters

3 Syntax Rules for Configuration Files

Configuration File Syntax Overview
Further Syntax Rules for Configuration Files
Network Character Set
Character Set

4 Protocol Address Configuration

ADDRESSes and ADDRESS_LISTs
ADDRESS
ADDRESS_LIST
Protocol Parameters
Recommended Port Numbers
Port Number Limitations

5 Profile Parameters (sqlnet.ora)

Overview of Profile Configuration File
Profile Parameters
BEQUEATH_DETACH
DEFAULT_SDU_SIZE
DISABLE_OOB
LOG_DIRECTORY_CLIENT
LOG_DIRECTORY_SERVER
LOG_FILE_CLIENT
LOG_FILE_SERVER
NAMES.DCE.PREFIX
NAMES.DEFAULT_DOMAIN
NAMES.DIRECTORY_PATH
NAMES.NIS.META_MAP
RECV_BUF_SIZE
SEND_BUF_SIZE
SQLNET_ALLOWED_LOGON_VERSIONS
SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_KERBEROS5_SERVICE
SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES
SQLNET.CLIENT_REGISTRATION
SQLNET.CRYPTO_CHECKSUM_CLIENT
SQLNET.CRYPTO_CHECKSUM_SERVER
SQLNET.CRYPTO_CHECKSUM_TYPES_CLIENT
SQLNET.CRYPTO_CHECKSUM_TYPES_SERVER
SQLNET.CRYPTO_SEED
SQLNET.ENCRYPTION_CLIENT
SQLNET.ENCRYPTION_SERVER
SQLNET.ENCRYPTION_TYPES_CLIENT
SQLNET.ENCRYPTION_TYPES_SERVER
SQLNET.EXPIRE_TIME
SQLNET.INBOUND_CONNECT_TIMEOUT
SQLNET.KERBEROS5_CC_NAME
SQLNET.KERBEROS5_CLOCKSKEW
SQLNET.KERBEROS5_CONF
SQLNET.KERBEROS5_KEYTAB
SQLNET.KERBEROS5_REALMS
SQLNET.RADIUS_ALTERNATE
SQLNET.RADIUS_ALTERNATE_PORT
SQLNET.RADIUS_ALTERNATE_RETRIES
SQLNET.RADIUS_AUTHENTICATION
SQLNET.RADIUS_AUTHENTICATION_INTERFACE
SQLNET.RADIUS_AUTHENTICATION_PORT
SQLNET.RADIUS_AUTHENTICATION_RETRIES
SQLNET.RADIUS_AUTHENTICATION_TIMEOUT
SQLNET.RADIUS_CHALLENGE_RESPONSE
SQLNET.RADIUS_SECRET
SQLNET.RADIUS_SEND_ACCOUNTING
SQLNET.RECV_TIMEOUT
SQLNET.SEND_TIMEOUT
SSL_CERT_REVOCATION
SSL_CERT_FILE
SSL_CERT_PATH
SSL_CIPHER_SUITES
SSL_CLIENT_AUTHENTICATION
SSL_SERVER_DN_MATCH
SSL_VERSION
TCP.EXCLUDED_NODES
TCP.INVITED_NODES
TCP.VALIDNODE_CHECKING
TCP.NODELAY
TNSPING.TRACE_DIRECTORY
TNSPING.TRACE_LEVEL
TRACE_DIRECTORY_CLIENT
TRACE_DIRECTORY_SERVER
TRACE_FILE_CLIENT
TRACE_FILE_SERVER
TRACE_FILELEN_CLIENT
TRACE_FILELEN_SERVER
TRACE_FILENO_CLIENT
TRACE_FILENO_SERVER
TRACE_LEVEL_CLIENT
TRACE_LEVEL_SERVER
TRACE_TIMESTAMP_CLIENT
TRACE_TIMESTAMP_SERVER
TRACE_UNIQUE_CLIENT
USE_CMAN
USE_DEDICATED_SERVER
WALLET_LOCATION
WALLET_OVERRIDE

6 Local Naming Parameters (tnsnames.ora)

Overview of Local Naming Parameters
General Syntax of tnsnames.ora
Multiple Descriptions in tnsnames.ora
Multiple Address Lists in tnsnames.ora
Connect-Time Failover and Client Load Balancing with Oracle Connection Managers
Local Naming Parameters
Connect Descriptor Descriptions
DESCRIPTION
DESCRIPTION_LIST
Protocol Address Section
ADDRESS
ADDRESS_LIST
Optional Parameters for Lists
FAILOVER
LOAD_BALANCE
RECV_BUF_SIZE
SDU
SEND_BUF_SIZE
SOURCE_ROUTE
TYPE_OF_SERVICE
Connect Data Section
CONNECT_DATA
FAILOVER_MODE
GLOBAL_NAME
HS
INSTANCE_NAME
RDB_DATABASE
SERVER
SERVICE_NAME
SID
Security Section
SECURITY
SSL_SERVER_CERT_DN

7 Listener Parameters (listener.ora)

Overview of Listener Configuration File
Listener Parameters
Protocol Address Section
DESCRIPTION
ADDRESS
QUEUESIZE
RECV_BUF_SIZE
SEND_BUF_SIZE
Static Service Registration (SID_LIST) Section
SID_LIST
SID_DESC
ENVS
GLOBAL_DBNAME
ORACLE_HOME
PROGRAM
SID_NAME
SDU
Control Parameters
ADMIN_RESTRICTIONS_listener_name
INBOUND_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_listener_name
LOG_DIRECTORY_listener_name
LOG_FILE_listener_name
LOGGING_listener_name
PASSWORDS_listener_name
SAVE_CONFIG_ON_STOP_listener_name
SSL_CLIENT_AUTHENTICATION
STARTUP_WAIT_TIME_listener_name
TRACE_DIRECTORY_listener_name
TRACE_FILE_listener_name
TRACE_FILELEN_listener_name
TRACE_FILENO_listener_name
TRACE_LEVEL_listener_name
TRACE_TIMESTAMP_listener_name
WALLET_LOCATION

8 Oracle Connection Manager Parameters (cman.ora)

Overview of Oracle Connection Manager Configuration File
Oracle Connection Manager Parameters
Listening Endpoint
ADDRESS
Rule List
RULE
Parameter List
PARAMETER_LIST
ASO_AUTHENTICATION_FILTER
CONNECTION_STATISTICS
EVENT_GROUP
IDLE_TIMEOUT
INBOUND_CONNECT_TIMEOUT
LOG_DIRECTORY
LOG_LEVEL
MAX_CMCTL_SESSIONS
MAX_CONNECTIONS
MAX_GATEWAY_PROCESSES
MIN_GATEWAY_PROCESSES
OUTBOUND_CONNECT_TIMEOUT
PASSWORD_instance_name
REMOTE_ADMIN
SESSION_TIMEOUT
TRACE_DIRECTORY
TRACE_FILELEN
TRACE_FILENO
TRACE_LEVEL
TRACE_TIMESTAMP

9 Directory Usage Parameters (ldap.ora)

Overview of Directory Server Usage File
Directory Usage Parameters
DIRECTORY_SERVERS
DIRECTORY_SERVER_TYPE
DEFAULT_ADMIN_CONTEXT

Part III Appendixes

A Features Not Supported in this Release

Overview of Unsupported Features
Unsupported Parameters
Unsupported Control Utility Commands

B Upgrade Considerations for Oracle Net Services

Overview of Unsupported Oracle Net Services Features
Unsupported Parameters and Control Utility Commands
Client and Database Coexistence Issues
Oracle9i Database Connections
Oracle8i or Oracle7 Database Connections
Oracle Names
Using the Oracle Net Manager to Handle Compatibility Issues
Upgrading to Oracle Net Services
Step 1: Verify Service Name and Instance Name
Step 2: Perform Software Upgrade on the Database Server
Step 3: Perform Software Upgrade on the Client
Step 4: Perform Functional Upgrade
tnsnames.ora
listener.ora

C LDAP Schema for Oracle Net Services

Structural Object Classes
orclDBServer
orclNetService
orclNetServiceAlias
orclNetDescription
orclNetDescriptionList
orclNetAddress
orclNetAddressList
orclNetDescriptionAux1
orclNetAddressAux1
Attributes

Glossary

Index