- Use Windows Explorer to navigate to the hosts file.
On systems running Windows NT or Windows 2000, the hosts file is located in the system32\drivers\etc subdirectory of the directory in which Windows is installed.
- Double-click the hosts file.
The Open With dialog box appears.
- Click NOTEPAD.
- Click OK.
The hosts file opens in a Notepad window.
- At the bottom of the file, type:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx ssscop1
where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the functional IP address and sss is the database system name.
- Click .
- Click to close Notepad and return to the Windows desktop.
- Verify the connection before opening Teradata SET and connecting to the database.