TCP/IP options

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To use the TCP/IP communication protocol, you must include the tcpserveraddress option in your client options file.

The other TCP/IP options have default values that you can modify if you want to change the default value. This topic provides information about the types of communication options you can use.

Table 1. TCP/IP options
Option Description
httpport Specifies a TCP/IP port address for the web client.
lanfreetcpport Specifies the TCP/IP port number where the IBM® Storage Protect storage agent is listening.
lanfreetcpserveraddress Specifies the TCP/IP address for the IBM Storage Protect storage agent.
tcpbuffsize Specifies the size, in kilobytes, of the internal TCP/IP communication buffer.
Windows operating systemstcpnodelay Windows operating systemsSpecifies whether the server or client disables the delay of sending successive small packets on the network.
Linux operating systemsOracle Solaris operating systemsAIX operating systemsMac OS X operating systemstcpnodelay Linux operating systemsOracle Solaris operating systemsAIX operating systemsMac OS X operating systemsSpecifies whether the server or client disables the delay of sending successive small packets on the network. This option is for all UNIX clients.
tcpadminport Specifies a separate TCP/IP port number on which the server is waiting for requests for administrative client sessions, allowing secure administrative sessions within a private network.
tcpcadaddress Specifies a TCP/IP address for dsmcad.
tcpport Specifies the TCP/IP port address for an IBM Storage Protect server.
tcpserveraddress Specifies the TCP/IP address for an IBM Storage Protect server.
tcpwindowsize Specifies the size, in kilobytes, of the TCP/IP sliding window for your client node.
Linux operating systemsOracle Solaris operating systemsAIX operating systemsMac OS X operating systemswebports Linux operating systemsOracle Solaris operating systemsAIX operating systemsMac OS X operating systemsEnables the use of the web client outside a firewall by specifying the TCP/IP port number used by the client acceptor daemon and the web client agent service (web client agent service does not apply to Mac OS X) for communications with the web GUI.
Windows operating systemswebports Windows operating systemsEnables the use of the web client outside a firewall by specifying the TCP/IP port number used by the client acceptor service and the web client agent service for communications with the web GUI.