Dell Force10 MXL Blade MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module Configuration Guide - Page 266

www.dell.com | support.dell.com Resolution of Host Names Domain name service (DNS) maps host names to IP addresses. This feature simplifies commands such as Telnet and FTP by allowing you to enter a name instead of an IP address. Dynamic resolution of host names is disabled by default. Unless you enable the feature, the system resolves only host names entered into the host table with the ip host command. • Enable Dynamic Resolution of Host Names • Specify Local System Domain and a List of Domains • DNS with Traceroute Enable Dynamic Resolution of Host Names By default, dynamic resolution of host names (DNS) is disabled. To enable DNS, use the following commands in CONFIGURATION mode: Command Syntax ip domain-lookup ip name-server ip-address [ip-address2 ... ip-address6] Command Mode CONFIGURATION CONFIGURATION Purpose Enable dynamic resolution of host names. Specify up to 6 name servers. The order you entered the servers determines the order of their use. To view current bindings, use the show hosts command (Figure 14-5). Figure 14-5. show hosts Command Example FTOS>show host Default domain is force10networks.com Name/address lookup uses domain service Name servers are not set Host Flags TTL -------- ----- ---- ks (perm, OK) - patch1 (perm, OK) - tomm-3 (perm, OK) - gxr (perm, OK) - f00-3 (perm, OK) - FTOS> Type ---- IP IP IP IP IP Address ------2.2.2.2 192.68.69.2 192.68.99.2 192.71.18.2 192.71.23.1 To view the current configuration, use the show running-config resolve command. 264 | IPv4 Routing