The listener, Oracle Names server and Oracle Connection Manager are identified by a protocol address. Clients that want to use these services must also be configured with the same address. The following table describes the parameters used by the supported Oracle protocols:

Protocol	Parameter	Description
IPC	KEY	Indicates a way of identifying the server. Oracle Corporation recommends using the name of the service.
Named Pipes	SERVER	Identifies the name of the Oracle8i database
Named Pipes	PIPE	Identifies the pipe name to use to connect to the server (the same PIPE keyword you specified on the server with Named Pipes). This name can be any name
SPX	SERVICE	Defines the name of the TNS-based application on the network
TCP/IP and TCP/IP with SSL	HOST	Identifies the host name of the server
TCP/IP and TCP/IP with SSL	PORT	Identifies the listener port number See Also: Recommended Port Numbers