Chapter 1. IBM Flex System FC3171 8 Gb SAN Switch - QLogic

Network DNS configuration
The Network Properties dialog has two tabs: IP and DNS. Click the DNS tab to
view the Network Properties DNS dialog (Figure 22). Use the Network Properties
DNS dialog to enable the DNS Client on the switch and the DNS server to map
domain names to IP addresses. Table 13 describes the DNS configuration
parameters.
Table 13. Network Properties—DNS configuration
Parameter
DNS Client
Local Hostname
Server Discovery
DNS Server Addresses
Search List Discovery
Search List Domain Names
Description
Domain Name Service client
The name of local host
Choose one of the following methods by which to
assign the IP address:
• Static—uses the IP configuration parameters
entered on the Network Properties dialog.
• DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)—acquires
the IP configuration from a DHCP
server. If no satisfactory lease is obtained, the
DHCP client attempts to use the previously configured
lease. If the previous lease cannot be used,
no IP address will be assigned to this switch to
avoid an IP address conflict.
• Dhcpv6 (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
version 6)—acquires the IP configuration from a
DHCP server. If no satisfactory lease is obtained,
the DHCP client attempts to use the previously
configured lease. If the previous lease cannot be
used, no IP address will be assigned to this switch
to avoid an IP address conflict.
The IP address of the DNS server
Choose one of the following methods by which to
assign the IP address:
• Static—uses the IP configuration parameters
entered on the Network Properties dialog.
• DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)—acquires
the IP configuration from a DHCP
server. If no satisfactory lease is obtained, the
DHCP client attempts to use the previously configured
lease. If the previous lease cannot be used,
no IP address will be assigned to this switch to
avoid an IP address conflict.
• Dhcpv6 (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
version 6)—acquires the IP configuration from a
DHCP server. If no satisfactory lease is obtained,
the DHCP client attempts to use the previously
configured lease. If the previous lease cannot be
used, no IP address will be assigned to this switch
to avoid an IP address conflict.
The suffix that is appended to the user-specified hostname
for the search.
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