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834 | Command Line Interface Dell Networking W-ClearPass Policy Manager 6.6 | User Guide
Example: Obtaining Address of Host or Domain
The following examples obtain the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses of the host or domain using DNS:
[appadmin]# nslookup sun.us.dellnetworks.com
[appadmin]# network nslookup 2001:4860:4860::8888
Example: Querying for SRV Records
The following example queries a host or domain for SRV records:
[appadmin]# nslookup -q SRV dellnetworks.com
Syntax
Use the AAAA flag with the -q option to perform network nslookup with IPv6 destinations.
nslookup -q AAAA <IPv6_addr>
Example: Nslookup for IPv6 Address
The following example performs network nslookup for the destination with an IPv6 address:
[appadmin]# network nslookup 2001::93
Server: 2001::94
Address: 2001::94#53
3.9.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa name = ipv6test-
n1.cppmipv6.com
[appadmin]# network nslookup -q AAAA ipv6test-n1.cppmipv6.com
Server: 2001::94
Address: 2001::94#53
ipv6test-n1.cppmipv6.com has AAAA address 2001::93
network ping6
Use the network ping6 command to test the reachability of the network host.
Syntax: network ping6
network ping6 [-i <SrcIPv6Addr>] [-t] <host>
The following table describes the required and optional parameters for the network ping6 command:
Flag/Parameter Description
-i <SrcIPv6Addr> Specifies the originating IPv6 address for the ping. This field is optional.
-t Use this parameter to ping indefinitely. This field is optional.
<host> Specifies the host to be pinged.
Table 420: Network Ping6 Command Parameters
Example
The following example pings an IPv6 network host to test its reachability: