Cisco Cisco ASR 5000
Global Configuration Mode Commands (A-K)
boot nameserver ▀
Command Line Interface Reference, StarOS Release 18 ▄
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boot nameserver
Configures the IP address of the DNS (Domain Name Service) server to use when looking up hostnames in URLs for
network booting.
network booting.
Product
All
Privilege
Security Administrator, Administrator
Mode
Exec > Global Configuration
configure
Entering the above command sequence results in the following prompt:
[local]host_name(config)#
Syntax
boot nameserver ip_address
no boot nameserver
no
Removes the network boot nameserver information from the boot.sys file.
ip_address
IPv4 dotted-decimal address of the DNS server the system uses to lookup hostnames in URLs for a software
image from the network during the system boot process.
image from the network during the system boot process.
Usage
Use this command to identify the DNS server to use to lookup hostnames in a software image URL.
Important:
The settings for this command are stored immediately in the boot.sys file. No changes are made to
the system configuration file.
Example
The following configures the system to communicate with a DNS nameserver with the IP address of 10.2.3.4:
boot nameserver 10.2.3.4