Dell Solutions Enabler 10.1.0 Installation and Configuration Guide

The SYMAPI client library will attempt to connect to the server either by node name or by internet address, depending on how the service name is specified in the netcnfg file.

If the internet address of the server is specified, the client makes a single attempt to connect to the server. The client chooses the protocol based on the nature of the address: if it is an IPv4 address, it will specify IPv4 as the protocol. Similarly, specifying an IPv6 address (including an IPv4-mapped address) will result in the client using the IPv6 protocol to connect to the server.

If the node name of the server is specified, the client will lookup the server host by name. Such a lookup operation can return a list of candidate addresses, potentially including both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. The client library will try to connect to all eligible addresses until either a connection attempt succeeds, or the list is exhausted with no successes. The list of eligible server addresses depends on the static and dynamic name resolution configuration of the host on which the client is running.