Dell Force10 S4810P - Configure a Method of Hostname Resolution; Create Manual Binding Entries

384 | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
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Configure a Method of Hostname Resolution
Dell Force10 systems are capable of providing DHCP clients with parameters for two methods of
hostname resolution.
Address Resolution using DNS
A domain is a group of networks. DHCP clients query DNS IP servers when they need to correlate host
names to IP addresses.
Address Resolution using NetBIOS WINS
Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) is a name resolution service that Microsoft DHCP clients use
to correlate host names to IP addresses within a group of networks. Microsoft DHCP clients can be one of
four types of NetBIOS nodes: broadcast, peer-to-peer, mixed, or hybrid.
Create Manual Binding Entries
An address binding is a mapping between the IP address and Media Access Control (MAC) address of a
client. The DHCP server assigns the client an available IP address automatically, and then creates a entry in
the binding table. However, the administrator can manually create an entry for a client; manual bindings
are useful when you want to guarantee that a particular network device receives a particular IP address.
Manual bindings can be considered single-host address pools. There is no limit on the number of manual
bindings, but you can only configure one manual binding per host.
Step Task Command Syntax Command Mode
1 Create a domain.
domain-name name DHCP <POOL>
2 Specify in order of preference the DNS servers that are
available to a DHCP client.
dns-server address
DHCP <POOL>
Step Task Command Syntax Command Mode
1 Specify the NetBIOS Windows Internet Naming
Service (WINS) name servers, in order of preference,
that are available to Microsoft Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol (DHCP) clients.
netbios-name-server address
DHCP <POOL>
2 Specify the NetBIOS node type for a Microsoft
DHCP client. Dell Force10 recommends specifying
clients as hybrid.
netbios-node-type type
DHCP <POOL>
Note: FTOS does not prevent you from using a network IP as a host IP; be sure to not use a network IP
as a host IP.