3–Managing Switches
Configuring the Network
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Network DNS Configuration
The Network Properties dialog box has two tabs: IP and DNS. Click the
DNS
tab
to view the Network Properties DNS dialog box (
). Use the Network
Properties DNS dialog box to enable the DNS Client on the switch and the DNS
server to map domain names to IP addresses.
describes the DNS
configuration parameters.
Discovery
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 box
Dhcpv6 (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol ver-
sion 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
in order to avoid an IP address conflict.
NDP (Neighbor Discovery Protocol)—part of the
Stateless Address Auto configuration protocol. It
replaces the Address Resolution Protocol used
with IPv4.
Config IPv6 Address
IPv6 address for the Ethernet port
Gateway
IPv6 gateway address
Table 3-6. Network Properties—DNS Configuration
Parameter
Description
DNS Options
DNS Client
Domain Name Service client
Local Hostname
The name of local host
DNS Server
Table 3-5. Network Properties—IP Configuration
Parameter
Description