# protocol parameters

The listener is identified by a protocol address. Clients 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 | Identifies the database server. Oracle Corporation recommends using the name of the database 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 listening port number See Also: Recommended Port Numbers