Manage DNS and NIS Name Services

The Manage DNS and NIS Name Services page enables you to perform the following procedure:

Managing DNS and NIS name services:

To configure or manage the name service, complete the following steps:

1. In the Name Service fields (Hosts, Passwd, Shadow, Group, and Netgroup), from the drop-down lists, select the search order you want for each field, from first search to last search order.

2. In the DNS Enabled field, choose Yes to enable DNS or No (default) to disable it. If you enable DNS, continue with Step a; otherwise, continue with Step 3.

a. In the Domain Name field, enter the name of the domain for the filer to use.

b. In the DNS Servers field, enter up to three DNS name server IP addresses, in order of preference, to search.

c. In the Domain Search field, enter the search list that you want to establish.

3. In the NIS enabled field, choose Yes (default) to enable NIS or No to disable it.

a. In the Domain Name field, enter the name of the domain the filer is in.

b. In the NIS Servers field, enter up to three name server host IP addresses that the filer can query.

c. In the Update Enabled field, choose Yes (default) to enable local caching of the NIS group files or No to disable local caching.

d. In the Update Schedule field, choose the hour of the day when the local NIS group cache should be updated.

4. When finished, click Apply to save the configuration.
   
   If you want to revert to the last saved configuration, click Reset.