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Phong_Tang_7213
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Feb 19, 2016

How to test DNS Virtual Server with nslookup command

Hi Gurus,   I configured a VS (LTM only, no GTM) to load balance to many DNS servers. On F5 box, I want to test this VS using NSLOOKUP command with the VS name (not IP). How can to do this?   R...
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CharlesCS
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Feb 19, 2016
The nslookup command has an option to specify the DNS server to be used for hostname lookup. If the DNS virtual server is at 10.10.10.10, then you could use this: nslookup some.host.name.xyz 10.10.10.10