The NIOS-based IB-4030 or IB-4030-10GE appliance provides Software based DNS cache acceleration appliances provide several commands to change settings in the system. To use these commands, you must connect through SSH or connect through the serial console port to the IB-4030 or IB-4030-10GE and login with the appropriate admin account.
The IB-4030 or IB-4030-10GE appliance supports The Software based DNS cache acceleration appliances support the standard NIOS command-line interface for communicating with the device. For more information, refer to the Infoblox CLI Guide.
Supported IB-4030 and IB-4030-10GE software based DNS cache acceleration appliance CLI commands include the following:
- set dns transfer–Schedules zone transfers. Note that set dns transfer is not used by IB-4030 or IB-4030-10GE software based DNS cache acceleration appliances with an active DNS Cache Acceleration license.
- set monitor dns –Activates DNS monitoring in NIOS. This command is disabled on IB-4030 or IB-4030-10GE software based DNS cache acceleration appliances with an active DNS Cache Acceleration license.
- show monitor dns –Displays DNS network monitoring data. This command is disabled on IB-4030 or IB-4030-10GE software based DNS cache acceleration appliances with an active DNS Cache Acceleration license.
- show dns accel–Shows the cusrrent status of the appliance. This command applies only to IB-4030 or IB-4030-10GE software based DNS cache acceleration appliances.
- show dns accel-cache–You can view the current accelerator cache contents or view the prior cache dump file. This command may affect DNS query response performance for around 15 seconds during execution. This command applies only to IB-4030 and IB-4030-10GE appliances software based DNS cache acceleration appliances, with DNS cache acceleration license enabled.
- set dns accel log–Specify the log level for the DNS Cache Acceleration service on the appliance.
- set temp_license–Generates and installs a temporary DNS cache acceleration license. You can add a temporary DNS cache acceleration license for up to one million qps. Note that you cannot add a temporary license if a permanent license already exists.
- show license–Displays the capacity of the applicable DNS cache acceleration license type.
- show dns accel-cache existing-file–Displays the existing cache data file of IB-4030 and IB-4030-10GEsoftware based DNS cache acceleration appliances.
The CLI commands listed below are frequently used on the appliance. For detailed information about the supported CLI commands, refer to the Infoblox CLI Guide.
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The show dns command displays DNS query statistics for all DNS views in the IB-4030 or IB-4030-10GE appliancesoftware based DNS cache acceleration appliances. It also displays the recursive cache for the specified DNS views.
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Sets the logging level for the DNS Cache Acceleration service on the IB-4030 or IB-4030-10GE appliancesoftware based DNS cache acceleration appliances, where the level is between 0 being the least verbose and 7 being the most verbose.
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Show dns accel displays the following operating characteristics of the IB-4030 or IB-4030-10GEsoftware based DNS cache acceleration appliances:
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You can view information about the SFPs on the IB-4030 or IB-4030-10GE software based DNS cache acceleration appliances application. To view the details:
From the Grid tab, select the Grid Manager tab and click the Members tab -> member check box -> Detailed Status icon.
You can also use this command to view the VLAN ID, tagged networks, and additional IP addresses that are configured for the network when you enable VLAN on an IB-4030 or IB-4030-10GE appliancesoftware based DNS cache acceleration appliances. For more information, see Enabling VLAN Support Using CLI Commands.