A Domain Name System (DNS) server is required for the IBM® WebSphere® DataPower® XC10 Appliance as
DNS lookup services are used for communication. You are required to
specify the DNS server during the appliance initialization.
Before you begin
You must be assigned the Appliance administration permission
to perform these steps.
About this task
A DNS server is required for the appliance to function correctly.
Your DNS servers must have forward and reverse DNS entries for the
range of IP addresses being managed by
WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance.
WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance uses
the derived host name from the reverse lookup during deployment of
a virtual system. If a reverse lookup fails because no host name
is defined, then the deployment fails because it requires a host name
rather than just an IP address.
Procedure
- Navigate to the Settings panel.
- From the menu bar at the top of the WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance user
interface, navigate to .
- From the Home panel, click the Customize
settings link in the Step 1: Set up the appliance section.
- Expand Domain Name Servers.
- Optional: Click the <ip address> to
modify an existing DNS server.
- Select Click to add to add a new DNS server. A DNS server is configured during the initialization of the
appliance.
- Click the remove icon (
) to remove a DNS server.
Results
After successfully completing these steps, you have defined
a DNS server to be used for lookups during communication.
What to do next
You can also set DNS servers with the command line interface.
See
Using the command line interface to run operations on your appliance for more information.