25.5 HiRDB reserved port facility

The HiRDB reserved port facility uses the pd_registered_port operand to specify a range of port numbers that can be used for communication. This facility prevents the following:

If the operating system is HP-UX, Solaris, or AIX 5L, there is no shortage in the number of ports that can be automatically allocated by the OS, even if the HiRDB reserved port facility is not used. This is because the range of port numbers that can be automatically allocated by the OS has been extended. Consider using the HiRDB reserved port facility in the following cases when using the HiRDB server on Linux:

For details about definition examples and notes about using the HiRDB reserved port facility, see the explanation for the pd_registered_port operand in the manual HiRDB Version 8 System Definition.

Organization of this section
25.5.1 Estimation of the HiRDB reserved port facility