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Catalyst 2960 and 2960-S Switch Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 5 Administering the Switch
Configuring a System Name and Prompt
To keep track of domain names, IP has defined the concept of a domain name server, which holds a cache
(or database) of names mapped to IP addresses. To map domain names to IP addresses, you must first
identify the hostnames, specify the name server that is present on your network, and enable the DNS.
These sections contain this configuration information:
• Default DNS Configuration, page 5-17
• Setting Up DNS, page 5-17
• Displaying the DNS Configuration, page 5-18
Default DNS Configuration
Table 5-2 shows the default DNS configuration.
Setting Up DNS
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to set up your switch to use the DNS:
Table 5-2 Default DNS Configuration
Feature Default Setting
DNS enable state Enabled.
DNS default domain name None configured.
DNS servers No name server addresses are configured.
Command Purpose
Step 1
configure terminal Enter global configuration mode.
Step 2
ip domain-name name Define a default domain name that the software uses to complete unqualified
hostnames (names without a dotted-decimal domain name).
Do not include the initial period that separates an unqualified name from the
domain name.
At boot-up time, no domain name is configured; however, if the switch
configuration comes from a BOOTP or Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
(DHCP) server, then the default domain name might be set by the BOOTP or
DHCP server (if the servers were configured with this information).
Step 3
ip name-server server-address1
[server-address2 ...
server-address6]
Specify the address of one or more name servers to use for name and address
resolution.
You can specify up to six name servers. Separate each server address with a
space. The first server specified is the primary server. The switch sends DNS
queries to the primary server first. If that query fails, the backup servers are
queried.
Step 4
ip domain-lookup (Optional) Enable DNS-based hostname-to-address translation on your switch.
This feature is enabled by default.
If your network devices require connectivity with devices in networks for which
you do not control name assignment, you can dynamically assign device names
that uniquely identify your devices by using the global Internet naming scheme
(DNS).