PLANNING
When you register a new HCL Domino® server, you specify a common name for it. Within a Domino hierarchical name, the common name is the portion before the leftmost slash. For example, in the name App01/East/Renovations, the common name is App01. The common name, not the hierarchical name, is the name that the Domino server is known by in DNS.
Consider the DNS configuration, as well as the effect of other protocol name-resolver services, when you choose the format for the common name of the Domino server.
Note that these procedures listed the Related topics apply only to servers handling communications between HCL Notes® and Domino (NRPC services). If you administer servers that provide Internet services such as HTTP, SMTP, POP3, or LDAP, you can skip these topics, as these services use DNS directly.
Note: When you choose a common name for a Domino server that uses DNS, use only the characters 0 through 9, A through Z, and the dash (-). Do not use spaces or underscores.
Note: The DNS names held in Notes and Domino are not case sensitive; Notes workstations and Domino servers always pass DNS names to DNS in lowercase.
Ensuring DNS resolves in NRPC -- Best practices The following procedures provide the best name-resolution practices for anHCL Domino server using the default NRPC configuration on a TCP/IP network (oneHCL Notes network port for TCP/IP). These procedures address the following DNS configurations – one DNS domain and multiple DNS domain levels
Ensuring DNS resolves in NRPC -- Alternative practices These procedures provide alternative name-resolution practices for an HCL Domino server using the default NRPC configuration on a TCP/IP network (one Notes network port for TCP/IP).
Ensuring DNS resolves in NRPC This practice ensures good DNS resolves in NRPC for companies with multiple DNS domain levels.
Related concepts NRPC name-to-address resolution over TCP/IP Setting up Domino servers on the network
Related tasks Ensuring DNS resolves in advanced TCP/IP configurations Setting up Notes named networks Binding an NRPC port to an IP address Binding an Internet service to an IP address Changing a TCP or SSL port number Adding a network port on a server