Chapter 4

Host Name Resolution

About this chapter  

This chapter discusses how you can use the Data ONTAP configuration files, Domain Name System (DNS), and Network Information Service (NIS) to resolve host names. It also describes how to use Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) to authenticate multiprotocol file access.

Topics in this chapter  

This chapter discusses the following topics:

• Maintenance of host information
• Using the /etc/hosts file to maintain host information
• Using DNS to maintain host information
• Using NIS to maintain host information
• Using LDAP to authenticate multiprotocol file access
• Changing the host name search order

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