Users Guide

Version Description
9.8(0.0P5) Introduced on the S4048-ON.
9.8(0.0P2) Introduced on the S3048-ON.
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
9.0.0.0 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
8.4.2.1 Introduced on the C-Series and S-Series.
8.4.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series.
ipv6 name-server
Enter up to six IPv6 addresses of name servers. The order you enter the addresses determines the order of their use.
Syntax
ipv6 name-server ipv6-address [ipv6-address2... ipv6-address6]
To remove a name server, use the no ipv6 name—server ipv6–address command.
Parameters
ipv6-address Enter the IPv6 address (X:X:X:X::X) of the name server to be used.
Note: The :: notation specifics successive hexadecimal fields of zeros.
ipv6-address2...
ipv6-address6
(OPTIONAL) Enter up to five more IPv6 addresses, in the x:x:x:x::x format, of name
servers to be used. Separate the IPv6 addresses with a space.
Defaults None
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Command
History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell
EMC Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
Version Description
9.8(0.0P5) Introduced on the S4048-ON.
9.8(0.0P2) Introduced on the S3048-ON.
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
9.0.0.0 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
8.4.2.1 Introduced on the C-Series and S-Series.
8.4.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series.
Usage
Information
You can separately configure both IPv4 and IPv6 domain name servers.
In a dual stack setup, the system sends both A (request for IPv4 — RFC 1035) and AAAA (request for
IPv6 — RFC 3596) record requests to a DNS server even if only the ip name-server command is
configured.
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