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About LMX Tunable Parameters

Edit the file /kernel/drv/lmx.conf to change the values of the LMX driver tunable global parameters. The following table describes the LMX driver tunable parameters:

LMX Parameter

Description

Default Value

Maximum Value

contexts (minors) 

Specifies the maximum number of contexts system-wide. Each Oracle process typically has two LMX contexts.  

"Contexts" and "minors" are used interchangeably in the documentation; "context" is an Oracle-specific term and should be used to specify the value in the lmx.conf file. 

8192 

65535 

ports 

Specifies the number of communication endpoints for transferring messages from the sender to the receiver in a uni-directional manner.  

4096 

65535 

buffers 

Specifies the number of addressable regions in memory to which LMX data can be copied.  

4096 

65535