Specifying the Communications Protocol

Fileshare over CCI supports several communications protocols. The protocol you use depends on the operating system the Fileshare Client and Fileshare Server(s) are running on and the type of network you are using. You specify the Fileshare CCI communications protocols in the client's CCI.INI file.

The default protocol is TCP/IP (CCITCP).

If you require a communications protocol other than the default, you must specify it in the Fileshare Client configuration file.

To specify an alternative default CCI protocol, use the /cm (Windows) or -cm (UNIX) option. For example:

To make the Named Shared Memory protocol (CCISM) (Windows) or UNIX Named Pipes protocol (CCINAMPU) the default:
Windows:
```
/cm ccism
```
UNIX:
```
-cm ccinampu
```
To specify that a particular CCI protocol is used when communicating with a specific Fileshare Server, use the /cm and /s (Windows) or -cm and -s (UNIX) options together:
Windows:
```
/cm ccism /s server1
```
UNIX:
```
-cm ccinampu -s server1
```
This tells the Fileshare Client to use CCISM (Windows) or CCINAMPU (UNIX) for communicating with the Fileshare Server named server1.
To make the Fileshare Client use the TCP/IP protocol (CCITCP) as the default and CCISM (Windows) or CCINAMPU (UNIX) for communicating with server1:
Windows:
```
/cm ccitcp
/cm ccism /s server1
```
UNIX:
```
-cm ccitcp
-cm ccinampu -s server1
```

Note: The CCI.INI file that ships with Enterprise Server contains detailed comments that explain the various CCI.INI options that you can use to alter the basic configuration. Most of these are rarely required.