Default Port Range
To enable Fast Communications Manager (FCM), a port or port range must be reserved in the services file on each server in the partitioned database system. At a minimum, the services file must contain one entry for each database partition within a particular server. The services file is located as follows:
On Linux and UNIX: /etc/services
On Windows: c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\services
You can define DB2 port entries using one of the following formats; however, format #2 is recommended:
Format #1: Define a group of port names with a port range:
port_name port_number --------- ----------- DB2_v8inst 60000/tcp DB2_v8inst_END 60003/tcp
Format #2: Define a specific port name and port range to a database partition:
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