Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series, Configuration Manual

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Purpose Command or Action
(Optional) Saves your entries in the configuration file. copy running-config startup-config
Example:
Switch#
copy running-config startup-config
Step 6
Setting Up DNS
If you use the switch IP address as its hostname, the IP address is used and no DNS query occurs. If you
configure a hostname that contains no periods (.), a period followed by the default domain name is appended
to the hostname before the DNS query is made to map the name to an IP address. The default domain name
is the value set by the
ip domain-name
global configuration command. If there is a period (.) in the hostname,
the Cisco IOS software looks up the IP address without appending any default domain name to the hostname.
Follow these steps to set up your switch to use the DNS:
SUMMARY STEPS
1. enable
2. configure terminal
3.
ip domain-name name
4. ip name-server server-address1 [ server-address2 ... server-address6 ]
5.
ip domain-lookup [ nsap | source-interface interface ]
6.
end
7. show running-config
8.
copy running-config startup-config
DETAILED STEPS
Purpose Command or Action
Enables privileged EXEC mode. Enter your password if prompted. enable
Step 1
Example:
Switch>
enable
Enters the global configuration mode. configure terminal
Example:
Switch# configure terminal
Step 2
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