Verifying host name resolution

Automatically generated host names for interfaces require resolution

When you ran setup, the filer generated a host name for each interface by appending the number of the interface to the filer host name. You need to make sure that these host names are resolved into IP addresses.

For example, the interface name for the first interface on a filer named "toaster" might be toaster-e0; the second interface might be toaster-e1.

Host name resolution

To ensure host names are resolved into IP addresses, complete the following step.

Step	Action
1	If you use...	Then...
DNS or NIS for name resolution	Add an entry in your DNS or NIS databases for each of the filer interfaces. Example This shows how the entries might look for a filer with four interfaces: `192.16.3.145 toaster-e0 192.16.3.145 toaster-e1 192.16.3.145 toaster-f0 192.16.3.145 toaster-a5` Note For Active Directory domains, you must also create a host address (A) record on the DNS server for the filer's fully qualified domain name.
/etc/hosts files for name resolution	Add an entry in each host's /etc/hosts file for each of the filer interfaces.

Step

Action

If you use...

Then...

DNS or NIS for name resolution

Add an entry in your DNS or NIS databases for each of the filer interfaces.

Example

This shows how the entries might look for a filer with four interfaces:

192.16.3.145 toaster-e0 192.16.3.145 toaster-e1 192.16.3.145 toaster-f0 192.16.3.145 toaster-a5

Note
For Active Directory domains, you must also create a host address (A) record on the DNS server for the filer's fully qualified domain name.

/etc/hosts files for name resolution

Add an entry in each host's /etc/hosts file for each of the filer interfaces.