After Setting Up Your Server

Configuring Your Server

Configuring Your Server

Name Services

•DNS Server

You can configure your server as a DNS (Domain Name Server) Server. A DNS Server can be defined as one of the following:

—Primary Server

Retrieves data from the local DNS database files for hosts in the zone(s) it is authoritative for.

—Secondary Server

Gets its data from the primary server in the local zone via periodic “zone transfers”.

—Cache-only server

Gets its data from other servers without the need of a “zone transfer”.

•DNS Client

You specify the domain search list, that is, the order you want the resolver to search the domains.

•/etc/hosts

You modify the /etc/hosts database used to associate an Internet address with one or more hostnames.

To configure Name Services using HP DESMS, select “Configuration” from the menu tool bar, then select the desired Name Service from the Actions List.

Internet Addresses

You may associate additional Internet Protocol (IP) addresses with a network interface. This is useful if you wish to associate multiple hostnames with different web servers.

To configure Internet Addresses using HP DESMS, select “Configuration” from the menu tool bar, then select “Internet Addresses”

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