https://community.hpe.com/t5/bladesystem-general/c7000-does-not-resolve-names/m-p/4383895#M5569 ???<BR />do you mean you cannot access the blade chassis or blade server by name?<BR />or do you mean within the ssh-session to the blade you do not have dns.<BR /><BR />in the first situation so check this:<BR />- do you use a dhcp server ?<BR />- is this a windows dhcp server ?<BR />if so does the dhcp server registers the name/adress in dns or must the client do this?<BR />- if it's not a windows server but a cable-router or something, it may only forward dns-queries to external dns's, but not be a full-functionally local-dns server.<BR />check your documentation on this.<BR /><BR />if the dhcp server does the registration, check if this is succeeded.<BR />If the client must do this self, check if the client is configured to do this.<BR />if the client has no setting to register itself, you must manually enter an A-reccord in the dns server.<BR /><BR />In both cases check both are in the same namespace (dns-suffix).<BR />if one is host1.domain1.local and the other in host2.domain2.org troubleshooting will be more complex.<BR /> Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:59:50 GMT Pieter 't Hart 2009-03-23T08:59:50Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/bladesystem-general/c7000-does-not-resolve-names/m-p/4383894#M5568 I think this might be related to the other thread I started (ldap failing) but is a legitimate independent issue so I am starting a new one. <BR /><BR />I noticed that when I ssh to the blade chassis I cant resolve names. I have a dns server configured under TCP/IP settings and I am able to ping the DNS server. Is there something I am missing? Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:50:19 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/bladesystem-general/c7000-does-not-resolve-names/m-p/4383894#M5568 sudoinit6 2009-03-19T23:50:19Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/bladesystem-general/c7000-does-not-resolve-names/m-p/4383895#M5569 ???<BR />do you mean you cannot access the blade chassis or blade server by name?<BR />or do you mean within the ssh-session to the blade you do not have dns.<BR /><BR />in the first situation so check this:<BR />- do you use a dhcp server ?<BR />- is this a windows dhcp server ?<BR />if so does the dhcp server registers the name/adress in dns or must the client do this?<BR />- if it's not a windows server but a cable-router or something, it may only forward dns-queries to external dns's, but not be a full-functionally local-dns server.<BR />check your documentation on this.<BR /><BR />if the dhcp server does the registration, check if this is succeeded.<BR />If the client must do this self, check if the client is configured to do this.<BR />if the client has no setting to register itself, you must manually enter an A-reccord in the dns server.<BR /><BR />In both cases check both are in the same namespace (dns-suffix).<BR />if one is host1.domain1.local and the other in host2.domain2.org troubleshooting will be more complex.<BR /> Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:59:50 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/bladesystem-general/c7000-does-not-resolve-names/m-p/4383895#M5569 Pieter 't Hart 2009-03-23T08:59:50Z