Avaya 580 - Manual (Page 326)

11-8 User Guide for the Avaya P580 and P882 Multiservice Switches, v6.1
Chapter 11
2. Select Enable from the DNS Lookup field pull-down menu to enable
DNS on the switch.
*Note: When DNS is enabled and configured, you can enter DNS
names in place of IP addresses for the following CLI
commands. Again, DNS is for use with the CLI only for
testing connectivity and copying files from TFTP servers,
not the normal operation of the Avaya Multiservice
switch.
•ping
•telnet
•connect
•trace (traceroute)
•copy tftp
3. Enter the DNS server IP address for each DNS server in the DNS Server
IP Address fields (fields 1-6).
4. Enter the domain name suffix for each DNS server in the Domain Name
Suffix fields (fields 1-6).
5. Click APPLY to save your changes, or CANCEL to restore previous
settings.
CLI Commands The following commands configure DNS client:
■
To enable DNS client, (configure)# ip domain-lookup
■
To add a DNS server address, (configure)# ip name-server
■
To add a DNS suffix, (configure)# ip domain-list
and ip domain-name
■
To display the DNS Client configuration, (configure)# show
hosts
CLI Example The following CLI example enables DNS, configures three DNS servers,
two suffixes, and then displays the DNS configuration:
Avaya(configure)# ip domain-lookup
DNS domain name lookup is ENABLED.
Avaya(configure)# ip name-server 10.10.10.10
Added name server ’10.10.10.10’ to the name server
list.