User`s guide

Domain Name Service Client Services
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Domain Name Service Client Services
The Domain Name Service (DNS) client in ExtremeWare augments
the following commands to allow them to accept either IP addresses
or host names:
❑
telnet
❑
download [image | configuration | bootrom]
❑
upload configuration
❑
ping
❑
traceroute
In addition, the
nslookup
utility can be used to return the IP
address of a hostname.
Table 2-6 describes the commands used to configure DNS.
Table 2-6
DNS Commands
Command Description
config dns-client default-domain
<domain_name>
Configures the domain that the DNS client uses if a
fully qualified domain name is not entered. For
example, if the default domain is configured to be
foo.com
, executing
ping bar
searches for
bar.foo.com.
config dns-client add <ipaddress> Adds a DNS name server(s) to the available server
list for the DNS client. Up to three name servers can
be configured.
config dns-client delete <ipaddress> Removes a DNS server.
nslookup <hostname> Displays the IP address of the requested host.
show dns-client Displays the DNS configuration.