Modifying the default SOA record

- Note: If you are not using Ensim Pro as your DNS name server, you do not need to do anything with the DNS settings of Ensim Pro; the settings shown in the DNS section of the Appliance Administrator GUI are not used. For more information, see:
  Introduction to DNS and name servers
  Using Ensim Pro as a DNS server

The default information you set will apply to every SOA record created, unless you manually change the specific SOA record.

To change the SOA default information:

1. In the shortcuts section of the Home page
   , click Configuration (DNS section).

2. On the Configuration: Default Start of Authority (SOA) form, click Edit SOA Defaults. The Edit Start of Authority (SOA) Defaults form opens.

3. In the Administrator Email field, enter the email address of the administrator responsible for the DNS name server.

4. In the Refresh interval field, enter how often, in seconds, the secondary name server checks with the primary name server for updated lookup information.

5. In the Retry interval field, enter how long, in seconds, a secondary server must wait before retrying a failed zone transfer from the primary name server. Normally, the retry interval is shorter than the refresh interval.

6. In the Expire interval field, enter the upper limit, in seconds, that a secondary name server can use the lookup data it currently has before the data expires.

7. In the Minimum Time To Live field, enter how long, in seconds, the secondary name server can cache data.

8. Click Save SOA Defaults.