User`s guide

IP Address Management
Local DNS host address table
Pipeline User’s Guide Preliminary January 30, 1998 3-19
The default is No. When automatic updating is enabled, the list of IP
addresses for each entry is replaced with a list from the remote DNS when
the remote DNS successfully resolves a connection to a host named on the
table.
Creating the local DNS table
To create a local DNS table, you use the DNS table editor from the terminal
server. While the editor is in use, the local DNS table is disabled for reading and
updating.
Note:
This procedure defines a table entry as one of the eight table indexes,
which include the host name, IP address (or addresses), and information fields.
1
Use the DO Terminal Server command menu to open the Terminal Server.
From the DO command menu, press Ctrl-D and select E-Terminal Server.
2
From the terminal server, enter:
ascend% dnstab edit
When the system first powers up, the table is empty. When the editor first
starts up, it displays zeros for each of the eight entries in the table. To exit the
table editor without making an entry, press Return.
3
Type an entry number and press Enter.
A warning appears if you type an invalid entry number. If the entry exists,
the current name for that entry appears in the prompt.
4
Type the name for the current entry.
If the name is validated it is entered into the table and a prompt requests the
IP address for the name that you just entered.
You can find a list of restrictions you must follow in naming entries in the
DNS table at the end of this section.
5
Do one of the following:
Type the IP address for the entry.
The IP address is checked for format. If the format is correct, the address is
entered into the table and the editor prompts for another entry.
6
When you are finished making entries, type
O
and press Return when the
editor prompts you for another entry.