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6. Click the Global Settings button to open a screen that allows the domain lookup to be
Adding an IP Address for a DNS Server
Add an IP address for a new domain server using the Add screen.
1. Click the Add button within the Domain Network System screen.
2. Enter the Server IP Address to define the IP address of the new static domain name server.
3. Refer to the Status field for the current state of the requests made from applet. This field
4. Click OK to use the changes to the running configuration and close the dialog.
5. Click Cancel to close the dialog without committing updates to the running configuration.
Configuring Global Settings
Use the Global Settings screen to query domain name servers to resolve domain names to IP
addresses. Use this screen to enable/disable the Domain look up, which allows you to use
commands like ping, traceroute, etc. using hostnames rather than IP addresses.
1. Click the Global Settings button in the main Domain Network System screen.
2. Select the Domain Look Up checkbox to enable the switch to query domain name servers to
NOTE
The order of look up is determined by the order of the servers within the Domain Name System tab.
The first server queried is the first server displayed.
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enabled/disabled and the domain name to be specified. For more information, see
Global Settings on page 4-88.
The new Configuration screen displays enabling you to add IP address for the DNS Server.
displays error messages if something goes wrong in the transaction between the applet and
the switch.
A Configuration screen displays for editing the DNS settings of the server.
resolve domain names to IP addresses.
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