Creating Resource Records - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

Creating Resource Records

Modify Zone Out Filter: Specifies a list of IP addresses or networks
authorized to do zone out transfers from this zone. Use the Add and
Delete buttons to add or remove particular IP addresses and networks.
Zone Master: Specifies the name of the DNS zone.
E-mail Address: Specifies the e-mail address for the zone.
Serial Number: Use this field to set a date and revision number for the
Start of Authority.
Interval values: Choose from the following values:
- Refresh: Enables the user to specify, in minutes, the time in which the
secondary name server downloads a copy of the zone data to the
primary name server. The default is 180 minutes.
- Retry:Specifies, in minutes, the time that a secondary name server waits
after a failed download before it tries to download the zone database
again. The default is 60 minutes.
- Expire: Specifies, in hours, the time that a secondary name server
continues to try to download a zone database. The default is 168 hours.
- Minimal TTL: Specifies, in hours, the minimum TTL for a resource
record. This parameter determines how long a DNS server retains an
address mapping in cache. The default is 24 hours.
A resource record is a piece of information about a domain name. Each
resource record contains information about a particular piece of data within
the domain.
To create a new resource record, complete the following steps:
1
Click DNS Management > Resource Record Management to open the
Resource Record Management window in the main panel.
2
Select Create Resource Record from the drop-down menu > click OK to
open the Create Resource Record window.
3
From the Select Domain Name drop-down menu, select the domain
where the resource record is to be created.
4
Optionally, from the Select Host Name drop-down menu, select the name
of the host server. This binds a domain name with a hostname for a
specific name server.
5
Click OK to specify the Resource Record type.
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