A server administrator is troubleshooting a hostname resolution issue and wants to query DNS information. Which of the following command-line tools should the server administrator use?

The nslookup command-line tool is specifically designed for querying the Domain Name System (DNS) to obtain domain name or IP address mapping or other DNS records. It is the primary tool used by administrators to diagnose hostname resolution problems.

The ipconfig command displays local TCP/IP network configuration details but does not query DNS servers for hostname resolution information.

The nbstat command displays NetBIOS over TCP/IP statistics and is used for troubleshooting NetBIOS name resolution, which is different from DNS hostname resolution.

The ping command tests connectivity to a host by sending ICMP echo requests and can implicitly test DNS resolution if a hostname is used, but it does not provide detailed DNS query information like nslookup.