Preface

The Oracle Transparent Gateway for DRDA provides users with transparent access to DRDA databases as if they were Oracle databases.

Intended Audience

This guide is intended for anyone responsible for installing, configuring, and administering the gateway, and also for application developers.

Read this guide if you are responsible for tasks such as:

Installing and configuring the Oracle Transparent Gateway for DRDA
Configuring the SNA and TCP/IP Products
Setting up gateway security
Diagnosing gateway errors
Using the gateway to access tables in DRDA databases
Writing applications that access DRDA databases through the gateway

You must understand the fundamentals of transparent gateways and the UNIX operating systems before using this guide to install or administer the gateway.

Processors

Refer to the Oracle Database Installation Guide 10g for UNIX Systems and to the certification matrix on Oracle MetaLink for the most up-to-date list of certified hardware platforms and operating system version requirements to operate the gateway for your Linux, AIX-Based, HP-UX, or Solaris system. The Oracle MetaLink web site can be found at the following URL:

http://metalink.oracle.com/

The gateway processor requirements for your platform are as follows:

for Linux 32-bit: Intel Pentium-based processors
for Linux 64-bit: Intel Itanium 2 based 64-bit systems
for Linux S/390: Any processor that can run Linux S/390
for AIX-Based Systems: IBM pSeries
for HP-UX: HP 9000 Series HP-UX that can run the required version of HP-UX
for Solaris: A Solaris Operating System (SPARC 64-bit) that can run the required version of Solaris with 64-bit architecture

Documentation Accessibility

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http://www.oracle.com/accessibility/

Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation

Screen readers may not always correctly read the code examples in this document. The conventions for writing code require that closing braces should appear on an otherwise empty line; however, some screen readers may not always read a line of text that consists solely of a bracket or brace.

Accessibility of Links to External Web Sites in Documentation

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TTY Access to Oracle Support Services

Oracle provides dedicated Text Telephone (TTY) access to Oracle Support Services within the United States of America 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For TTY support, call 800.446.2398.

Conventions

Examples of input and output for the gateway and Oracle environment are shown in a special font:

$ mkdir /ORACLE/your_name

All output is shown as it actually appears. For input, refer to the following list:

example text Words or phrases, such as mkdir and ORACLE, must be entered exactly as spelled and in the letter case shown. In this example, mkdir must be entered in lowercase letters and ORACLE must be entered in uppercase letters.

italic text Italicized uppercase and lowercase, such as your_name, indicates that you must substitute a word or phrase, such as an actual directory name.

BOLD text, or bold italic TEXT Bold words or phrases refer to a file directory structure, such as a directory, path, or file ID.

{} Curly braces indicate that one of the enclosed arguments is required. Do not enter the curly braces themselves.

[] Brackets enclose optional clauses or arguments from which you can choose one or more. Do not enter the brackets themselves.

... Ellipses indicate that the preceding item can be repeated. You can enter an arbitrary number of similar items.

| The vertical line separates choices.

SQL*Plus Prompts

The SQL*Plus prompt, SQL>, appears in SQL statements and SQL*Plus command examples. Enter your response at the prompt. Do not enter the text of the prompt, "SQL>", in your response.

Storage Measurements

Storage measurements use the following abbreviations:

KB, for kilobyte, which equals 1,024 bytes
MB, for megabyte, which equals 1,048,576 bytes
GB, for gigabyte, which equals 1,073,741,824 bytes