Administrator Guide

Related
Commands
arp retries — sets the number of ARP retries in case the system does not receive an ARP reply in
response to an ARP request.
show hosts
View the host table and DNS configuration.
C9000 Series
Syntax
show hosts
Command Modes
● EXEC
● EXEC Privilege
Command
History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, refer to the relevant Dell
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the C9010.
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
9.0.0.0 Added support for IPv6 addresses.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale.
7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
6.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series.
Usage
Information
The following describes the show hosts command in the following example.
Field Description
Default domain... Displays the domain name (if configured).
Name/address
lookup...
States if DNS is enabled on the system.
● If DNS is enabled, the Name/Address lookup is domain service.
● If DNS is not enabled, the Name/Address lookup is static mapping
Name servers
are...
Lists the name servers, if configured.
Host Displays the host name assigned to the IP address.
Flags Classifies the entry as one of the following:
● perm — the entry was manually configured and will not time out
● temp — the entry was learned and will time out after 72 hours of inactivity.
Also included in the flag is an indication of the validity of the route:
● ok — the entry is valid.
● ex — the entry expired.
● ?? — the entry is suspect.
TTL Displays the amount of time until the entry ages out of the cache. For dynamically
learned entries only.
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