Cisco CSS 11000 Series Content Services Switches

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Introduction

You can configure the Cisco Content Services Switch (CSS) 11000 with Address records (A records) and Name Service (NS) records, but not with Mail Exchange (MX) records. If your design requires the CSS to respond to MX records, you can use a Domain Name System (DNS) forwarder to configure the CSS.

The forwarder receives DNS requests that the CSS cannot resolve or that contain a request or record type without support. The forwarder sends DNS responses to the client transparently through the CSS. An internal keepalive mechanism sends queries periodically to validate the state of the forwarder and monitor forwarder health.

Prerequisites

Requirements

There are no specific requirements for this document.

Components Used

This document is not restricted to specific software and hardware versions.

Conventions

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Configure

In this section, you are presented with the information to configure the features described in this document.

Note: To find additional information on the commands used in this document, use the Command Lookup Tool (registered customers only) .

In order to configure the forwarder, you must configure and enable a DNS server zone on the CSS.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Perform these steps:

1. Issue this command:

   (config)# dns-server zone 0 tier1 dns forwarder example
   

2. Issue this command:

   (config)# dns-server forwarder primary 10.10.10.10 
   

3. Issue this command:

   (config)# dns-server
   

Verify

This section provides information that you can use to confirm that your configuration works properly.

Certain show commands are supported by the Output Interpreter Tool (registered customers only) , which allows you to view an analysis of show command output.

• Issue the show running-config global command to verify the changes that you have made.

  (config)# show running-config global 
  
  !*************************** GLOBAL *************************** 
    dns-server zone 0 tier1 "dns forwarder example" 
    dns-server forwarder primary 10.10.10.10 
    dns-server 
  
     ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.86.16.1 1 
  
  (config)# 

• Issue the nslookup command to test the DNS forwarder.

  Point nslookup to the circuit IP address of the CSS.

  O:\> nslookup
  Default Server:  dns-chelmsford.cisco.com 
  Address:  10.10.10.10 
  
  > server 10.86.16.237
  Default Server:  [10.86.16.237] 
  Address:  10.86.16.237 
  
  > www.cisco.com 
  Server:  [10.86.16.237] 
  Address:  10.86.16.237 
  
  Name:    www.cisco.com 
  Address:  198.133.219.25 
  
  > 

• Issue the show dns-server forwarder command to view the state of the forwarder.

  The command also provides the number of requests that the forwarder sent and the number of responses that the forwarder accepted.

  CSS-50(config)# show dns-server forwarder 
  DNS Server Forwarder Primary:   Up 
    State Changes:                     1 
    Requests Sent:                     4 
    Responses Accepted:           4 
  DNS Server Forwarder Secondary: Not Configured 
    State Changes:                     0 
    Requests Sent:                     0 
    Responses Accepted:           0 
  
  Totals: 
    Requests Sent:                     4 
    Responses Accepted:           4 
  
  CSS-50(config)#

Troubleshoot

There is currently no specific troubleshooting information available for this configuration.

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Related Information

• Configuring the CSS Domain Name Service
• Cisco CSS 11000 Series Product Support Page
• Technical Support - Cisco Systems