Add Service Entries

Rendezvous transports use the service rendezvous as a default (when programmers do not explicitly specify a service). If rendezvous is not defined as a service, the secondary default is UDP port 7500.

We recommend that you define rendezvous as a service name in your network database. If port 7500 is already in use on your network, you must define rendezvous as a service (designating an available port number). The examples below define rendezvous as port 7500, but you may use any UDP port number.

Some organizations may want to define additional services to segregate Rendezvous communications. For example, by convention, fault tolerance messages between Rendezvous components use service 7504. You may also define those services at this time. For more information, see Service Selection.

On all platforms, Rendezvous software obtains service names by calling the function getservbyname(). Ensure that this function returns the correct port numbers.

UNIX Platforms

Add these definitions to the services database:

   rendezvous      7500/udp
   rendezvous-ft   7504/udp

Microsoft Windows Platforms

On all supported Windows platforms, add these definitions to the services database:

   rendezvous      7500/udp
   rendezvous-ft   7504/udp