DNS roles must be defined either somewhere in the IP Space or at/within a View before any DNS deployment can occur.
You can also apply them further into the DNS core if desired. For reverse DNS, you must apply DNS deployments to either a block or a network in order to deploy the reverse DNS settings for that object and its sub-objects.
The following DNS server roles are available:
DNS role | Description |
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None | This DNS role is not deployed. Use this option for DNS objects that exist, but should not be deployed. |
Master | This role deploys details and options consistent with a DNS primary. This role is also used on a DNS/DHCP Server 250 with the appropriate DNS options to create a caching-only DNS server. |
Hidden Master | This role deploys details and options consistent with a DNS primary. However, no name server records are created for the server, thus hiding it from DNS queries. |
Slave | This role deploys details and options consistent with a DNS secondary. |
Stealth Slave | A stealth slave is a DNS secondary server that does not have any name server records pointing to it. This is useful for testing purposes or for having a hot spare stand-by server. However, this is not a commonly used DNS role. |
Forwarder | This role deploys details and options consistent with a DNS forwarder. You must use both the forwarding policy and forwarding options for this role to function properly. |
Stub | A stub zone contains only the name server records for a domain. Address Manager generates name server records automatically during deployment, so a zone deployed within a stub role will not contain any user-selected details or options. |
Recursion | This role creates DNS caching servers. For information on the options associated with this role, refer to Recursive DNS in the Address Manager Administration Guide. |