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Introduction

This chapter discusses the FTP adapter and the hardware and software requirements. This chapter discuses the following topics:

• FTP Adapter Overview

FTP Adapter Overview

The FTP adapter enables an Oracle FTP Application to be integrated with other applications using Oracle9iAS InterConnect. This adapter is useful in all enterprise application integration scenarios involving the FTP transport protocol or local file system. The FTP adapter can monitor incoming messages which are in the form of FTP files placed in a remote FTP server or on local file systems. The FTP adapter is also capable of sending messages to remote FTP servers via proxy host. The payload for this adapter can be XML data or D3L data.

The following two diagrams show the data flow of incoming messages, from remote FTP server/local file system to Oracle9iAS InterConnect, and the outgoing messages from Oracle9iAS InterConnect to the remote FTP Server.

See Also: Oracle9iAS InterConnect User Guide

Figure 1-1 Incoming Messages Diagram

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Figure 1-2 Outgoing Messages Diagram

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Hardware Requirements

Table 1-1 lists the hardware requirements for the computer on which the Oracle FTP adapter is installed.

Table 1-1 Hardware Requirements

Hardware	Windows NT/2000	UNIX
Memory	128 MB	128 MB
Service Pack	4.0 Service Pack 6 or later	N/A
Disk Space	500 MB	500 MB

Software Requirements

The following are software requirements for the FTP adapter:

• Operating System Requirements

• JRE Requirements

Operating System Requirements

Table 1-2 lists operating system requirements for the computer on which the FTP adapter is installed.

Table 1-2 Operating System Requirements

Operating System	Version
Windows NT/2000	version that supports at least 400 MHz
IBM AIX-Based Systems	version 4.3.3
Compaq Tru64 UNIX	version 5.0a or 5.1
HP 9000 Series HP-UX	version 11.0
SUSE LINUX SLES7	version 7.2, Kernel 2.4.7, GlibC 2.2.2-55
Sun SPARC Solaris	version 2.6

JRE Requirements

Oracle9iAS InterConnect uses JRE 1.3 which is installed with its components.

Known Limitations

The FTP adapter has the following limitations:

• Does not support secure FTP server.

• Does not support file-filtering features.

• Can only receive from a single FTP or file endpoint.

• The sending endpoint and receiving endpoint are restricted to FTP and file endpoints.