Indicate a TCP/IP address by choosing tcp or tli tcp from the Transport type menu. In interfaces entries, you must use the tli tcp protocol for:
SQL Server or Replication Server® version 11.0.x or earlier on platforms that use tli-formatted interfaces entries.
On Solaris, DB-Library supports both tcp and tli formats.
For other clients and servers, use the tcp transport type.
The use of the tli tcp transport in DCE directory entries is discouraged; a DCE directory can be shared by applications running on multiple platforms, but the tli tcp protocol is not recognized on all platforms. Use tcp for TCP/IP addresses in a DCE directory entry.
The address information for a TCP/IP entry consists of a host name (or IP address) and a port number (entered as a decimal number). For tli tcp-formatted interfaces entries, the host’s IP address and the port number are converted to the 16-byte hexadecimal representation required for tli tcp-formatted interfaces entries.
