Hi Rac gurus Can somebody please let me know what is (IP=FIRST) in a listener configuration I am working on a 10g 1.0.3 rac here which is running on HP itanium and i came across this (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=10.20.191.101)(PORT= 1522)(IP = FIRST))) (ADDRESS_LIST=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=10.20.191.100)(PORT = 1522)(IP = FIRST))) Wondering what (IP=FIRST) means Not able to get much information on this Please let me know Thanks in advance Arun __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l