DNS Records
After you create a zone, additional
resource records need to be added to it. The most common resource records (RRs)
to be added are:
Table 5. Record Types
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Name
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Description
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Host (A)
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For
mapping a DNS domain name to an IP address used by a computer.
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Alias
(CNAME)
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For mapping an alias DNS domain name
to another primary or canonical name.
|
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Mail
Exchanger (MX)
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For mapping a DNS domain, name to
the name of a computer that exchanges or forwards mail.
|
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Pointer
(PTR)
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For mapping a reverse DNS domain
name based on the IP address of a computer that points to the forward DNS
domain name of that computer.
|
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Service
location (SRV)
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For mapping a DNS domain name to a
specified list of DNS host computers that offer a specific type of service,
such as Active Directory domain controllers.
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Other resource records as needed.
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