APC AP7900 manual Dns

Switched Rack PDU

USER’S GUIDE

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–On Retry Failure: Defines what TCP/IP settings will be used by the Rack PDU when it fails to discover a BOOTP server (Use Prior Settings, by default).

For information about the Advanced settings (DHCP Cookie Is and Retry Then Stop) that directly affect how DHCP is used, see Boot Mode.

DNS

Configure Domain Name System Settings fields. Use these fields to define the IP addresses of the primary and secondary Domain Name System (DNS) servers used by the Switched Rack PDU e-mail feature.

See E-mail Feature and DNS servers.

Send DNS Query (Web interface). Use this option, available only through the DNS menu in the Web interface, to send a DNS query that tests the setup of your DNS servers.

Use the following settings to define the parameters for the test DNS request; you view the result of the test DNS request in the Last Query Response field (which displays No last query or text describing the query result of the last test).

•Use the Query Type setting to select the method to use for the DNS query:

–The URL name of the server (Host)

–The IP address of the server (IP)

–The fully qualified domain name (FQDN)

–The Mail Exchange used by the server (MX)

•Use the Query Question text field to identify the value to be used for the selected Query Type:

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