HP 8.20q Fibre Channel Switch - Manual (Page 67)

8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide 67
Network DNS configuration
The Network Properties dialog box has two tabs: IP and DNS. Click the DNS tab to open the Network
Properties DNS dialog box ( Figure 29 ). Use the Network Properties DNS dialog box to enable the DNS
Client on the switch and the DNS server to map domain names to IP addresses. Table 12 describes the
network DNS configuration parameters.
Table 12 Network Properties dialog box—DNS fields
Field Description
DNS Client Select this option to enable the Domain Name Service
client.
Local Hostname Enter the name of the local host
Server Discovery Choose one of the following methods by which to assign the
IP address:
• Static—Uses the IP configuration parameters entered in
the Network Properties dialog box.
• DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)—Acquires
the IP configuration from a DHCP server. If no
satisfactory lease is obtained, the DHCP client attempts
to use the previously configured lease. If the previous
lease cannot be used, no IP address will be assigned to
this switch in order to avoid an IP address conflict.
• DHCPv6 (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol version
6)—Acquires the IP configuration from a DHCP server. If
no satisfactory lease is obtained, the DHCP client
attempts to use the previously configured lease. If the
previous lease cannot be used, no IP address will be
assigned to this switch in order to avoid an IP address
conflict.
DNS Server Addresses Enter the IP address of the DNS server.
Search List Discovery Choose one of the following methods by which to assign the
IP address:
• Static—Uses the IP configuration parameters entered in
the Network Properties dialog box.
• DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)—Acquires
the IP configuration from a DHCP server. If no
satisfactory lease is obtained, the DHCP client attempts
to use the previously configured lease. If the previous
lease cannot be used, no IP address will be assigned to
this switch in order to avoid an IP address conflict.
• DHCPv6 (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol version
6)—Acquires the IP configuration from a DHCP server. If
no satisfactory lease is obtained, the DHCP client
attempts to use the previously configured lease. If the
previous lease cannot be used, no IP address will be
assigned to this switch in order to avoid an IP address
conflict.
Search List Domain Names The suffix that is appended to the user-specified hostname
for the search.