Users Guide

Layer 2
Overhead
Difference between Link MTU and IP MTU
Ethernet
(untagged)
18 bytes
VLAN Tag Tag 22 bytes
Untagged Packet
with VLAN-Stack
Header
22 bytes
Tagged Packet
with VLAN-Stack
Header
26 bytes
Related
Commands
mtu — sets the link MTU for an Ethernet interface.
ip name-server
Enter up to six IPv4 addresses of name servers. The order you enter the addresses determines the order of their use.
C9000 Series
Syntax
ip name-server ipv4-address [ipv4-address2...ipv4-address6]
To remove a name server, use the no ip name-server ip-address command.
Parameters
ipv4-address Enter the IPv4 address, in dotted decimal format, of the name server to be used.
ipv4-address2...
ipv4-address6
(OPTIONAL) Enter up five more IPv4 addresses, in dotted decimal format, of name
servers to be used. Separate the addresses with a space.
Defaults No name servers are configured.
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Command
History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, refer to the relevant Dell
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the C9010.
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
8.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale.
7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
6.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series.
Usage
Information
The system does not support sending DNS queries over a VLAN. DNS queries are sent out on all other
interfaces, including the Management port.
You can separately configure both IPv4 and IPv6 domain name servers.
896 IPv4 Routing