Adding Nis Servers; Deleting Nis Servers - Hitachi 3080 Network Administration Manual

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Adding NIS servers

To add a NIS server
Procedure
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Deleting NIS servers

To delete a NIS server
Procedure
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Timeout This field requires the amount of time (in milliseconds) to wait for a response
from an NIS server when checking the Domain for servers. The default value
is 300 milliseconds.
Broadcast For If selected, this field enables the server to discover the available NIS servers
on the network. The servers must be in the same NIS domain and present on
Servers
the server's network.
Click apply.
Navigate to Network Configuration > NIS/LDAP Configuration.
Click add.
Modify the settings as described in the table below.
Field / Item Description
Server IP address Enter the IP address of the new NIS server which can satisfy NIS
queries.
Priority Enter the priority level for the selected NIS server (lowest value is
highest priority). If the NIS domain contains multiple servers, the
system attempts to bind to the server with the highest priority level
whenever it performs a rebind check.
The options are:
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•
•
Click OK.
Navigate to Network Configuration > NIS/LDAP Configuration.
Select a server to delete.
Click delete.
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Note:
Servers discovered by broadcast do not have a priority.
If the Administrator assigns a priority after clicking the details
button, the NIS server type becomes "User Defined". "User
Defined" NIS servers are prioritized before servers discovered
through broadcast.
low (3)
medium (2)
high (1)