List of Figures

• 1-1 Client/Server Application Connection
• 1-2 Java Application Connection
• 1-3 Web Client Connections through Application Web Server
• 1-4 Web Client Connections Through Java Application Web Server
• 1-5 Web Client Connection Scenarios
• 1-6 Service Information Repository
• 1-7 Centralized Storage of Network Configuration with a Directory Server
• 1-8 Shared Server Architecture
• 1-9 Dedicated Server Architecture
• 1-10 Connection Pooling
• 1-11 Session Multiplexing
• 1-12 Intranet Network Access Control with Oracle Connection Manager
• 1-13 Internet Network Access Control with an Application Gateway
• 1-14 Oracle Net on the Client
• 1-15 Oracle Net on the Server
• 1-16 Listener in a Connection Request
• 2-1 One Instance for Each Database
• 2-2 Multiple Instances Associated with an Oracle RAC Database
• 2-3 One Service for Each Database
• 2-4 Multiple Services Associated with One Database
• 2-5 Direct Hand-Off to a Dispatcher
• 2-6 Redirected Connection to a Dispatcher
• 2-7 Connection to a Dedicated Server Process
• 2-8 Redirected Connection to a Dedicated Server Process
• 2-9 Dedicated Server Processes Handling Connections Through the Connection Broker Process
• 3-1 Client Using a Directory Server to Resolve a Connect Identifier
• 3-2 DNS Domain Component DIT
• 3-3 X.500 DIT
• 3-4 Database Service and Net Service Entries in a DIT
• 3-5 Fully-qualified Name for Domain Component Namespaces
• 3-6 Fully-qualified Name for X.500 Namespaces
• 3-7 Relative Naming
• 3-8 Oracle Context in the DIT
• 3-9 Net Service Alias db1alias in a Directory Server
• 3-10 Net Service Alias db1 in a Directory Server
• 4-1 Layers Used in a Client/Server Application Connection
• 4-2 OSI Communication Layers
• 4-3 Layers Used for Java-Client Applications
• 4-4 Layers Used in Web Client Connections
• 4-5 Supported Host and Interface Configurations
• 4-6 Client/Server Connectivity
• 5-1 Layers Used in an Initial Connection
• 5-2 Service Registration
• 5-3 Listener Architecture
• 5-4 Shared Server Architecture
• 5-5 Dedicated Server Architecture
• 5-6 Oracle Connection Manager Architecture
• 5-7 Scalable Architectural Solutions
• 8-1 example.com in Directory Server
• 8-2 Oracle Context
• 9-1 Remote Listener
• 10-1 IPv6 Address Format
• 13-1 Load Balancing Environment for a Shared Server Configuration
• 13-2 Load Balancing Example for a Shared Server Configuration
• 13-3 Load Balancing Environment for a Dedicated Server Configuration
• 13-4 Load Balancing Example for a Dedicated Server Configuration
• 16-1 Directory Structure for an Oracle Net Listener Instance
• 16-2 Directory Structure for a Oracle Connection Manager Instance