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Novell DNS/DHCP Management Utility Administration Guide
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September 4, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
Creating a Primary DNS Zone Object
After you create a DNS Server object, use the DNS/DHCP Management
Utility to create and set up a Primary DNS zone. For information about how
to create a secondary DNS Zone object refer to “Creating a Secondary DNS
Zone Object” on page 79. For information about how to create an IN-
ADDR.ARPA Zone object, refer to “Creating an IN-ADDR.ARPA Object” on
page 80.
To create a primary DNS Zone object, complete the following steps:
1 Click DNS Management > Zone Management to open the Zone
Management window in the main panel.
2 Select Create Zone from the drop-down menu > click OK to open the
Create DNS Zone window.
3 Choose Create New Zone.
4 Enter the eDirectory context for the zone or browse to select it.
5 Enter a name for the zone object.
6 Under Zone Type, choose Primary (default).
7 Select a DNS server from the Assign Authoritative DNS Server drop-
down menu.
or
Enter a unique host name in the Name Server Host Name box and
optionally, select a domain from the Domain drop-down menu.
8 Click Create.
A message indicates that the new primary zone has been created.
Creating a Secondary DNS Zone Object
After you create a DNS Server object, you can use the DNS/DHCP
Management Utility to create and set up Secondary DNS Zone object. To
create a Secondary DNS Zone object, you must provide the IP address of the
DNS server that will perform zone in transfers for the secondary zone.
To create a secondary DNS Zone object, complete the following steps:
1 Click DNS Management > Zone Management to open the Zone
Management window in the main panel.
2 Select Create Zone from the drop-down menu > click OK to open the
Create DNS Zone window.