Dell C1048P Port Extender Networking Configuration Guide for the C9000 Series - Page 552

In a dual stack setup, the system sends both A ( for IPv4 - RFC 1035) and AAAA ( for IPv6 - RFC 3596) record requests to a DNS server even if you configure only the ip name-server command. Name server, Domain name, and Domain list are VRF specific. The maximum number of Name servers and Domain lists per VRF is six. Enabling Dynamic Resolution of Host Names By default, dynamic resolution of host names (DNS) is disabled. To enable DNS, use the following commands. • Enable dynamic resolution of host names. CONFIGURATION mode ip domain-lookup • Specify up to six name servers. CONFIGURATION mode ip name-server ip-address [ip-address2 ... ip-address6] The order you entered the servers determines the order of their use. Example of the show hosts Command To view current bindings, use the show hosts command. Dell>show host Default domain is force10networks.com Name/address lookup uses domain service Name servers are not set Host Flags TTL Type Address ---- ------- ks (perm, OK) - IP 2.2.2.2 patch1 (perm, OK) - IP 192.68.69.2 tomm-3 (perm, OK) - IP 192.68.99.2 gxr (perm, OK) - IP 192.71.18.2 f00-3 (perm, OK) - IP 192.71.23.1 Dell> To view the current configuration, use the show running-config resolve command. Specifying the Local System Domain and a List of Domains If you enter a partial domain, the system can search different domains to finish or fully qualify that partial domain. A fully qualified domain name (FQDN) is any name that is terminated with a period/dot. The system searches the host table first to resolve the partial domain. The host table contains both statically configured and IPv4 Routing 552