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Dell Configuration Guide for the S4048–ON System 9.14.2.6

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Enabling Dynamic Resolution of Host Names

By default, dynamic resolution of host names (DNS) is disabled.

To enable DNS, use the following commands.
  • Enable dynamic resolution of host names.
    CONFIGURATION mode
    ip domain-lookup
  • Specify up to six name servers.
    CONFIGURATION mode
    ip name-server ip-address [ip-address2 ... ip-address6]
    The order you entered the servers determines the order of their use.

Example of the show hosts Command

To view current bindings, use the show hosts command.
DellEMC>show host
Default domain is force10networks.com
Name/address lookup uses domain service
Name servers are not set
Host      Flags TTL     Type Address
-------- ----- ----     ---- -------
ks        (perm, OK) -  IP   2.2.2.2
patch1    (perm, OK) -  IP   192.68.69.2
tomm-3    (perm, OK) -  IP   192.68.99.2
gxr       (perm, OK) -  IP   192.71.18.2
f00-3     (perm, OK) -  IP   192.71.23.1
DellEMC>

To view the current configuration, use the show running-config resolve command.


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