Module 4.. Network Administration o Networking rene eter nee ‘Student Guide Do Not Duplicate ~ February 2005 ‘Network Administration atData ONTAP Fundamentals feed > Upon’ completion of this module you willbe able'to: = Describe hostname resolution as it applies:to “storage appliances ~ Explain-the limitations of using a'filer as a router — Manageiinterface parameters on.a storage appliance —Describe'the physical interfaces used by the filer — Create virtual interfaces (VLANs and VIFs) used by the storage appliance 42 Do Not Duplicate — February 2005 ‘Student GuideNetwork Administration { ile tur area creo > letc/hosts > A DNS server > ANIS server Maintaining Host Information Data ONTAP can resolve host information on a storage appliance using these three methods: © /etchosts * DNS ° NIS By default, the storage appliance first tries to resolve host names locally by searching the Jeto/hosts and the /etc/nsswitch.con file. Note: DNS and NIS can be configured using the setup command during installation of a storage appliance. As a result, many of the commands and files that you will learn about in this lesson ate executed automatically. NIS or DNS commands are usually eittered manually if: © NIS or DNS was not configured during setup © You need to make a change to a configuration Student Guide Do Not Duplicate ~ February 2005, 43