TABLE OF CONTENTS Design the network services infrastructure to meet business and technical requirements.
Create the conceptual design of the DNS infrastructure.
Create the conceptual design of the WINS infrastructure.
Create the conceptual design of the DHCP infrastructure.
Create the conceptual design of the remote access infrastructure.
In this chapter, we discuss how to develop a network services infrastructure design, and approach that design from the standpoint of a Windows Server 2003 rollout with Active Directory. Networks are often already running one or more network services such as Domain Name System (DNS), Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), and Remote Access Services. These are common services used on Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) networks.
One challenge of designing a service on an internetwork that already provides that service is that it might seem that you are reinventing the wheel. A good design process should start with a blank slate and be led by the organization's business objectives. If you work within the limits of the existing services, you might not be able to achieve the business objectives. Keeping an existing service can also result in inheriting its existing problems. Once the ideal system is designed, then existing systems can be worked into the design or discarded.
This chapter takes you through the design process for TCP/IP-based services on a Windows Server 2003 network. We will look at the incorporation of redundancy and reliability into the design. Finally, we will review how these services work...
