1. ENUM User Guide
  2. Feature Configurations
  3. GUI Configurations for ENUM Support
  4. DNS Zone Config

6.3.4 DNS Zone Config

DNS Zone Config allows user to configure DNS Zone through the ENUM feature.

Select the VENUM, navigate to Configuration, then click DNS Zone Config. The DNS Zone Config page displays the elements on the DNS Zone Config View and Insert pages.

Table 6-12 DNS Zone Config Elements

Element Description Data Input Notes
Zone Name Name of the zone.  
Zone Type Specifies the zone type.
  • ENUM: ENUM Zone a type of Forward Zone.
  • Forward: Forwards all requests for information about this zone to other nameservers.
  • Master: Designates the nameserver as authoritative for this zone. A zone should be set as the master if the zone's configuration files reside on the system.
  • Slave: Designates the nameserver as a slave server for this zone. Master server is specified in masters directive.
  • static-stub: Zone data is statically configured through the server-address. Only the NS records are replicated.

This is a mandatory field.

 Valid values:
  • ENUM
  • Forward
  • Master
  • Slave
  • static-stub
IP Address Specifies a valid IP address for nameservers to which the requests should be forwarded for resolution for Forward Zones or Master IP for Slave Zones. Also valid for static-stub zone IP Addresses.  
Port Specifies port with the IP Address. Range: 1 to 65534
Forward Specifies the behavior of the forwarders directive. It accepts the following option:
  • Only: When unable to query the nameservers listed in the forwarders directive, the server does not attempt to resolve the name on its own.
ENUM Zones can be configured to Forward Only. 		Only
File Specifies the name of the file in the named working directory that contains the zone's configuration data.  
Notify Specifies whether to notify the secondary nameservers when a zone is updated. It accepts the following options:
  • Yes: The server notifies all secondary nameservers.
  • No: The server does not notify any secondary nameserver.
  • Master: The server notifies primary server for the zone only.
Valid values:
  • Yes
  • No
  • Master
SOA Domain Name Domain Name for SOA Record. Only for Master Zones.  
SOA Mail Id Mail Id for SOA Record. Only for Master Zones.  
SOA IP Address IP Address for A/AAAA record.  
SOA Refresh Time in seconds to refresh for SOA Record. Only for Master Zones.  
SOA Retry Time in seconds to retry for SOA Record. Only for Master Zones.  
SOA Expire Time in seconds to expire for SOA Record. Only for Master Zones.  
SOA TTL Time to Live in seconds for SOA Record. Only for Master Zones.  

You can perform add or delete tasks on DNS Zone Config page.

Adding a DNS Zone Config

Perform the following steps to add a new DNS Zone Config:
  1. Click Insert.
  2. Enter the applicable values.
  3. Click OK.

Deleting a DNS Zone Config

Perform the following steps to delete an existing zone:
  1. Select the Zone from Zone name row to be deleted.
  2. Click Delete.
  3. Click OK.