Allied Telesis AT-8550 - Manual (Page 44)

Domain Name Service Client Services
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Domain Name Service Client Services
The Domain Name Service (DNS) client in ExtremeWare augments
the following commands to allow them to accept either IP addresses
or host names:
❑
telnet
❑ download [image | configuration | bootrom]
❑ upload configuration
❑
ping
❑
traceroute
In addition, the nslookup utility can be used to return the IP
address of a hostname.
Table 2-6 describes the commands used to configure DNS.
Table 2-6 DNS Commands
Command Description
config dns-client default-domain
Configures the domain that the DNS client uses if a
fully qualified domain name is not entered. For
example, if the default domain is configured to be
foo.com , executing ping bar searches for
bar.foo.com.
config dns-client add Adds a DNS name server(s) to the available server
list for the DNS client. Up to three name servers can
be configured.
config dns-client delete Removes a DNS server.
nslookup Displays the IP address of the requested host.
show dns-client Displays the DNS configuration.