Default Client Adapter Number (dft_client_adpt)

Configuration Type

Database manager

Applies To

• Database Server with local and remote clients
• Client
• Database Server with local clients

Parameter Type

Configurable

Default [Range]

0 [0-15]

Related Parameters

• Default Client Communication Protocol (dft_client_comm).
• Directory Services Type (dir_type). (When dir_type is set to DCE.)

This parameter defines the default client adapter number for the NETBIOS protocol whose server nname is extracted from DCE Cell Directory Services (CDS). This parameter is applicable to the OS/2 environment only.

This parameter can only be used with DCE.

You can temporarily override the value of this parameter by setting the DB2CLIENTADPT environment variable. If this environment variable contains a non-numeric or out-of-range number, adapter number 0 (zero) is used.