Domain Name; Dns Settings - Cisco 500 Series Administration Manual

IP Configuration

Domain Name

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Domain Name
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• Use Global Destinations Only—Select to forward packets to the DHCPv6
global destination servers only.
• IPv6 Address Type—Enter the type of the destination address to which
client messages are forwarded. The address type can be Link Local, Global
or Multicast (All_DHCP_Relay_Agents_and_Servers).
• DHCPv6 Server IP Address—Enter the address of the DHCPv6 server to
which packets are forwarded.
• (Destination)IPv6 Interface—Enter the interface on which packets are
transmitted when the address type of the DHCPv6 server is Link Local or
Multicast.
Click Apply. The Running Configuration file is updated.
The Domain Name System (DNS) translates domain names into IP addresses for
the purpose of locating and addressing hosts.
As a DNS client, the device resolves domain names to IP addresses through the
use of one or more configured DNS servers.

DNS Settings

Use the DNS Settings page to enable the DNS feature, configure the DNS servers
and set the default domain used by the device.
Click IP Configuration > Domain Name System> DNS Settings.
Enter the parameters.
• DNS—Select to designate the device as a DNS client, which can resolve
DNS names into IP addresses through one or more configured DNS servers.
• Polling Retries—Enter the number of times to send a DNS query to a DNS
server until the device decides that the DNS server does not exist.
• Polling Timeout—Enter the number of seconds that the device will wait for
a response to a DNS query.
• Polling Interval—Enter how often (in seconds) the device sends DNS query
packets after the number of retries has been exhausted.
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