I am using a CE-560 with ACNS 5.0.1 software. I have configured the DNS caching option with the following commands:
dns listen a.b.c.d port 53 hostname dnscache
dns pin both dnscache a.b.c.d
dns serial-lookup
dns max-cache-memory 10
dns enable
The problem is that after a certain amount of time the server would crash or stop answering DNS requests. One time it completely stopped answering and another time just for certain sites. I then relaized that a.b.c.d already had a DNS name and that the dns pin command may be conflicting. I changed the config to:
dns listen a.b.c.d port 53 hostname fqdn.com
dns serial-lookup
dns max-cache-memory 512
dns enable
So far so good, but I reconfigured it only 10 minutes ago. I deployed the DNS server this morning and by lunch it had crashed twice. I do not know what the problem is, but I have 3 ideas.
1. The DNS name conflicted with the dns pin command and confused the box.
2. The DNS cache was too small, I since raised it to the maximum.
3. The DNS service provided by Cisco is not stable.
I am leaning towards number 1. I think that the cache would just delete old entries as it approaches it maximum size and I do not believe that Cisco would deploy an unstable product.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Kevin
