Administrator Guide

Version Description
9.8(2.0) Introduced on the S3100 series.
9.8(0.0P5) Introduced on the S4048-ON.
9.8(0.0P2) Introduced on the S3048-ON.
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
9.0.0.0 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
8.4.2.1 Introduced on the C-Series and S-Series.
8.4.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series.
ipv6 name-server
Enter up to six IPv6 addresses of name servers. The order you enter the addresses determines the order of their use.
Syntax
ipv6 name-server ipv6-address [ipv6-address2... ipv6-address6]
To remove a name server, use the no ipv6 name—server ipv6–address command.
Parameters
ipv6-address Enter the IPv6 address (X:X:X:X::X) of the name server to be used.
Note: The :: notation specifics successive hexadecimal fields of zeros.
ipv6-address2...
ipv6-address6
(OPTIONAL) Enter up to five more IPv6 addresses, in the x:x:x:x::x format, of name
servers to be used. Separate the IPv6 addresses with a space.
Defaults None
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Command History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell EMC
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
Version Description
9.10(0.0) Introduced on the S3148.
9.8(2.0) Introduced on the S3100 series.
9.8(0.0P5) Introduced on the S4048-ON.
9.8(0.0P2) Introduced on the S3048-ON.
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
9.0.0.0 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
8.4.2.1 Introduced on the C-Series and S-Series.
8.4.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series.
Usage Information
You can separately configure both IPv4 and IPv6 domain name servers.
In a dual stack setup, the system sends both A (request for IPv4 — RFC 1035) and AAAA (request for IPv6 —
RFC 3596) record requests to a DNS server even if only the ip name-server command is configured.
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