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Possible Client-to-Server Connectivity Scenarios

The following table shows the communication protocols that can be used when connecting a specific DB2 Client to a specific DB2 Server.

Table 5. Possible Client-to-Server Connectivity Scenarios

	DB2 Servers
	AIX	HP-UX	OS/2	SCO UnixWare 7	Solaris	Windows NT	SCO OpenServer	SINIX
AIX	APPC TCP/IP	TCP/IP	APPC TCP/IP	TCP/IP	APPC TCP/IP	APPC TCP/IP	APPC TCP/IP	TCP/IP
HP-UX	APPC TCP/IP	TCP/IP	APPC TCP/IP	TCP/IP	APPC TCP/IP	APPC TCP/IP	APPC TCP/IP	TCP/IP
Macintosh	TCP/IP	TCP/IP	TCP/IP	TCP/IP	TCP/IP	TCP/IP	TCP/IP	TCP/IP
OS/2	APPC IPX/SPX(1),(2) TCP/IP	IPX/SPX(1),(2) TCP/IP	APPC IPX/SPX(1),(2) NetBIOS TCP/IP	IPX/SPX(1), TCP/IP	APPC IPX/SPX(1) TCP/IP	APPC IPX/SPX(1) NetBIOS TCP/IP	APPC IPX/SPX(1) TCP/IP	TCP/IP
SCO OpenServer	APPC IPX/SPX(1) TCP/IP	IPX/SPX(1) TCP/IP	APPC IPX/SPX(1) TCP/IP	IPX/SPX(1) TCP/IP	APPC IPX/SPX(1) TCP/IP	APPC IPX/SPX(1) TCP/IP	APPC IPX/SPX(1) TCP/IP	TCP/IP
SCO UnixWare 7	APPC IPX/SPX(1) TCP/IP	IPX/SPX(1) TCP/IP	APPC IPX/SPX(1) TCP/IP	IPX/SPX(1) TCP/IP	APPC IPX/SPX(1) TCP/IP	APPC IPX/SPX(1) TCP/IP	APPC IPX/SPX(1) TCP/IP	TCP/IP
Silicon Graphics IRIX	TCP/IP	TCP/IP	TCP/IP	TCP/IP	TCP/IP	TCP/IP	TCP/IP	TCP/IP
SINIX	APPC TCP/IP	TCP/IP	APPC TCP/IP	TCP/IP	APPC TCP/IP	APPC TCP/IP	APPC TCP/IP	TCP/IP
Solaris	APPC TCP/IP	TCP/IP	APPC TCP/IP	TCP/IP	APPC TCP/IP	APPC TCP/IP	APPC TCP/IP	TCP/IP
Windows 3.x	IPX/SPX(1),(2) TCP/IP	IPX/SPX(1),(2) TCP/IP	IPX/SPX(1),(2) NetBIOS TCP/IP Local Named Pipes	IPX/SPX(1) TCP/IP	IPX/SPX(1) TCP/IP	IPX/SPX(1) NetBIOS TCP/IP	IPX/SPX(1) TCP/IP	TCP/IP
Windows 95 or Windows 98	IPX/SPX(1) TCP/IP	IPX/SPX(1) TCP/IP	IPX/SPX(1) NetBIOS TCP/IP	IPX/SPX(1) TCP/IP	IPX/SPX(1) TCP/IP	IPX/SPX(1) Named Pipes NetBIOS TCP/IP	IPX/SPX(1) TCP/IP	TCP/IP
Windows NT	APPC IPX/SPX(1) TCP/IP	IPX/SPX(1) TCP/IP	APPC IPX/SPX(1) NetBIOS TCP/IP	IPX/SPX(1) TCP/IP	APPC IPX/SPX(1) TCP/IP	APPC IPX/SPX(1) Named Pipes NetBIOS TCP/IP	APPC IPX/SPX(1) TCP/IP	TCP/IP
1 Direct Addressing 2 File Server Addressing Note: SCO OpenServer and SINIX are DB2 Version 2 only.

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