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CLI Reference

Config DNS

config dns

Description: Configures DNS settings used to resolve domain names to IP addresses.

Config dns

Set primary {ipv4-address}

Set secondary {ipv4-address}

Set timeout [1 – 10]

Set retry [0 – 5]

Set dns-cache-limit [0 – 4294967295]

Set dns-cache-ttl [60 – 86400]

Set cache-notfound-response [enable | disable]

Set source-ip {ipv4-address}

Set server-select-method [least-rtt | failover]

Unset

Show

End

Sample command:

FX201E5919000057 (dns) # show
config system dns
    set primary 208.91.112.53
    set secondary 208.91.112.52
    set timeout 5
    set retry 3
    set dns-cache-limit 5000
    set dns-cache-ttl 1800
    set cache-notfound-responses disable
    set source-ip 0.0.0.0
    set server-select-method least-rtt
end

Config DNS

config dns

Description: Configures DNS settings used to resolve domain names to IP addresses.

Config dns

Set primary {ipv4-address}

Set secondary {ipv4-address}

Set timeout [1 – 10]

Set retry [0 – 5]

Set dns-cache-limit [0 – 4294967295]

Set dns-cache-ttl [60 – 86400]

Set cache-notfound-response [enable | disable]

Set source-ip {ipv4-address}

Set server-select-method [least-rtt | failover]

Unset

Show

End

Sample command:

FX201E5919000057 (dns) # show
config system dns
    set primary 208.91.112.53
    set secondary 208.91.112.52
    set timeout 5
    set retry 3
    set dns-cache-limit 5000
    set dns-cache-ttl 1800
    set cache-notfound-responses disable
    set source-ip 0.0.0.0
    set server-select-method least-rtt
end