Brocade Mobility Access Point System Reference Guide (Supporting software release 5.5.0.0 and later) - Manual (Page 121)

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An access point profile network configuration process consists of the following:
• DNS Configuration
• ARP
• L2TPv3 Profile Configuration
• IGMP Snooping
• Quality of Service (QoS)
• Spanning Tree Configuration
• Routing
• Dynamic Routing (OSPF)
• Forwarding Database
• Bridge VLAN
• Cisco Discovery Protocol Configuration
• Link Layer Discovery Protocol Configuration
• Miscellaneous Network Configuration
• Alias
Before beginning any of the profile network configuration activities described in the sections above,
review the configuration and deployment considerations available in Profile Network Configuration
and Deployment Considerations on page 5-155.
DNS Configuration
Profile Network Configuration
Domain Naming System (DNS) is a hierarchical naming system for resources connected to the
Internet or a private network. Primarily, DNS resources translate domain names into IP addresses.
If one DNS server does not know how to translate a particular domain name, it asks another one
until the correct IP address is returned. DNS enables access to resources using human friendly
notations. DNS converts human friendly domain names into notations used by different networking
equipment for locating resources.
As a resource is accessed (using human-friendly hostnames), it’s possible to access the resource
even if the underlying machine friendly notation name changes. Without DNS, in the simplest
terms, you would need to remember a series of numbers (123.123.123.123) instead of an easy to
remember domain name (www.domainname.com).
To define the DNS configuration:
1. Select the Configuration tab from the Web UI.
2. Select Devices.
3. Select System Profile from the options on left-hand side of the UI.
4. Expand the Network menu and select DNS.