Add SDS Server

In the SDS Wizard, enter the server information in the following fields:

Server name

Enter the name of the server.

OAT group

Confirm the name of the current OAT group. The SD secondary server is added to this OAT group.

Server number

Enter the number of the database server set by the SERVERNUM configuration parameter in the onconfig file.

Host

Enter the name of the computer hosting the server.

Port

Enter a valid, unique port number.

User

Enter the user name informix. (Required)

Password

Enter the password for the user informix.

Connection protocol

Select the type of connection to the database server (nettype on UNIX, or PROTOCOL on Windows):

Table 1. Summary of nettype and protocol values

UNIX or Linux: nettype value from the sqlhosts file	Windows: protocol value in the SQLHOSTS registry key	Description
ontlitcp		TLI (transport layer interface) with TCP/IP protocol
onsocssl	onsocssl	Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol
onsoctcp	onsoctcp	Sockets with TCP/IP protocol

idsd port

Enter the port number of the idsd daemon at the server.

The following fields are populated based on the information on the previous page. Only the Informix® directory can be edited.

Informix directory

The directory in which the IBM® Informix database server is installed.

Configuration file

The location of the onconfig file on the server.

SQLHOSTS file

The location of the sqlhosts file on the server