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characters except periods. If other networking
protocols are installed without TCP/IP, the server
appliance name is limited to 15 characters.
If you specify a server appliance name longer than 15
characters and you want longer names to be
recognized by the Microsoft Active Directory domain,
the domain administrator must enable registration of
DNS names that are 16 bytes or longer.
DNS Name Resolution
When DNS name resolution begins, the DNS resolver
first checks what type of name was submitted.
Three types of DNS names can be submitted:
n Fully qualified domain names (FQDN) —
These names are terminated with a period. For
example:
host.reskit.com.
n Single-label, unqualified domain names —
These names contain no periods. For example:
host
n Multiple-label, unqualified domain names
— These names contain one or more periods but
are not terminated with a period. For example:
host.reskit.com
- Or -
host.reskit
When a user enters an FQDN, the resolver queries DNS
using that name. Likewise, when a user enters a
multiple-label, unqualified name, the DNS resolver