To configure an S Series Node in DNS, you can take either of these actions:
- Create a forward lookup zone for the S Series Node and add host entries to that zone. In this case, the name of the zone looks something like s-node-1.example.com.
- Add host entries for the S Series Node to an existing forward lookup zone. In this case, the name of the zone looks something like example.com.
In either case, the zone must be configured as a primary zone.
Host entries
Each host entry for an S Series Node associates the IP address of a server module on one of the S Series Node networks with one of the three S Series Node interfaces or with a wildcard (*) that represents any of the interfaces.
The hostnames that correspond to the S Series Node interfaces are:
- For the Management Console: admin
- For the management API: mapi
- For the Hitachi API for Amazon S3 (the S3 compatible API): hs3
If the zone for the S Series Node has entries for both the wildcard hostname and one or more of the specific interface hostnames:
- The interface-specific host entries are used for the applicable interfaces.
- The wildcard host entry is used for the interfaces for which no interface-specific entries exist.
Normally, a wildcard host is associated with the virtual IP addresses for the server modules on the access network. If that network is using IPv6, the host can be associated either with only the primary virtual IPv6 addresses or with both the primary and secondary virtual IPv6 addresses.
Access network disabled
If the access network is disabled for the Management Console and you want to allow access to the Management Console by domain name, the zone must have entries specifically for the admin host. These entries must specify the IP addresses for the server modules on the management network.
Similarly, if the access network is disabled for the management API and you want to allow the use of this API with a domain name, the zone must have entries specifically for the mapi host. These entries must specify the IP addresses for the server modules on the management network.