CLI Reference Guide

230 CHAPTER 5: CONFIGURING WX SYSTEM AND ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS
6 Do one of the following:
 Go to “Configuring DNS” on page 230.
 Select another item in the WX Switch wizard, if you are using this
wizard.
 Click Finish to close the wizard and save changes.
Configuring DNS You can configure the WX switch to resolve hostnames to their IP
addresses by querying a Domain Name Service (DNS) server. By enabling
DNS, you can specify a hostname rather than an IP address. For example,
rather than typing telnet 10.1.2.3, you could type telnet
monterey.example.com. By default, DNS is not enabled. You can
specify one primary DNS server and up to five secondary DNS servers.
You configure DNS by performing the following tasks:
 Enable the DNS client and configure a default domain name for DNS
queries.
 Specify the IP addresses of the DNS servers.
Setting Up DNS Basic Properties
To set up DNS basic properties:
1 Do one of the following:
 Open the WX Switch wizard, then select DNS under IP Services in the
organizer list of the System and Administrative page.
 In the Organizer panel, select IP Services under a WX switch, then
select Config > Edit. The Modify IP Services wizard appears. Click on
DNS at the top of the wizard.
2 To enable DNS, select Enabled. To disable DNS, clear Enabled.
3 If you disabled DNS in step 2, go to step 5. Otherwise, go to the next
step.
4 In the Default DNS Domain box, type the default domain suffix that is
appended to a hostname if the hostname cannot be resolved as entered.
The suffix can be up to 64 characters long with no spaces or tabs.
5 Do one of the following:
 Go to “Adding DNS Servers”.
 Select another item in the WX Switch wizard, if you are using this
wizard.