User Guide

Understanding 33
Novell DNS/DHCP Management Utility Administration Guide
103-000164-001
September 4, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
 Start of Authority (SOA)—Indicates the start of authority for the zone.
The name server must contain one SOA record specifying its zone of
authority.
 Canonical name (CNAME)—Specifies the canonical or primary name for
the owner. The owner name is an alias.
 Address (A)—Provides the IP address for the zone.
For example, the name server for a zone must contain the following:
 An SOA record identifying its zone of authority
 An NS record for the primary name server within the zone
 An NS record for each secondary name server within the zone
 An A record that maps each name server specified in the NS records to an
IP address
Table 2 lists the types of resource records and their field differences.
Table 2 Resource Record Types and Field Differences
RR Type Field Differences
A IP Address, eDirectory context, comments, and version
AAAA IPV6 address
AFSDB Subtype and hostname fields
CNAME Domain name of aliased host
HINFO CPU and OS fields of up to 256 characters each
ISDN ISDN address and subaddress fields
MB Mailbox address domain name
MG Mail group member domain name
MINFO Responsible mailbox and error message mailbox
MR Mail rename mailbox
MX Reference and exchange fields
NS DNS server domain name