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The Port Server and Rotaries
You can also add the rotary name and the auxiliary address to /etc/hosts or to the host name database
so users can access the rotary directly by name:
132.245.6.80 modems
Users can use the name modems and access the first available port in the rotary:
% telnet modems
Trying...
Connected to 132.245.6.80.
Escape character is "^]".
Attached to port 7.
Using the DNS Server to Define Multiple Rotaries
If you are using a Domain Name Service (DNS) server on the network, you can create an entry with
multiple rotaries as described above, assign Internet addresses to these rotaries, and create entries
in the name servers database for the names of the rotaries. This allows users to request a rotary name
using the telnet command.
With the DNS server, the Telnet request attempts to connect to the first IP address returned by the
nameserver. If that connection is unsuccessful, it moves on to the next connection, and so on until
a connection is available. Using the following example, one entry defines rotaries on two Model
5390 servers:
modems: direct_camp_on=never\
1,3,8,11@5390_01+132.245.6.90;\
6-8@5390_05+132.245.6.91
In the DNS server's database, create two entries for the name modems with two different Internet
addresses. For example, using a BIND name server:
modems INA 132.245.6.90
INA 132.245.6.91
A4-12 893-741-B