Chapter 11. Configuration
11.5. Hostnames and addresses
When you installed your SME Server V5 with ServiceLink, you were asked to provide a name for your system. That name and
several other "standard" names are automatically configured in your system’s host table during the installation process. This host
table is consulted as part of the name resolution process. The "Hostnames and address" web panel allows you to modify this table
and specify different host "names" for each domain on your system, as well as to control how those names resolve both for systems
on your local network and also for systems on the larger Internet.
For instance, when someone tries to connect to "www.mycompany.xxx", they will be taken to wherever "www" has been set to point
to. As seen in the image below, this screen in the server manager allows you to view these default settings, and also to modify the
configuration.
Using the Hostnames Panel with ServiceLink
Throughout the screens linked to from the Hostnames panel, you will find the text "Publish globally?" with a checkbox next to
it. If you are a subscriber to ServiceLink, you have the option of publishing these records through the ServiceLink DNS
Configuration and Hosting service. If you select this option, the hostname and IP address information that you enter will be
uploaded to the Mitel Networks NOC and published through the global DNS system.
Suppose, for example, your company’s web site was hosted at some other location, such as on your ISP’s web servers. If you wanted
"www.mycompany.xxx" to point to your ISP’s server, you would modify the entry here by clicking the "Modify..." link next to
"www". The image below shows the screen in which you would perform the task:
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