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MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration. Chapter 5 Introduction to DNS in Windows Server 2008. Objectives. Discuss the basics of the Domain Name System (DNS) and its terminology Configure DNS clients

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MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

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  1. MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration Chapter 5 Introduction to DNS in Windows Server 2008

  2. Objectives • Discuss the basics of the Domain Name System (DNS) and its terminology • Configure DNS clients • Install a standard DNS server on Windows Server 2008 • Create standard DNS zones MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  3. Domain Name System • Primary function is to translate human-readable host names • Assists the flow of e-mail • Provides mail exchanger records that tell a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server where to send an e-mail message • Supported on the Internet by thousands of distributed servers, or DNS servers MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  4. Domain Name System (continued) • Activity 5-1: Resetting Network Adapters and Disabling DHCP • Time Required: 20 minutes • Objective: Reset the network adapters on lab servers MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  5. DNS Terminology • DNS namespace • DNS domain • Fully qualified domain name • Hosts • Host name • DNS record • DNS zone MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  6. DNS Terminology (continued) • DNS namespace • Organized into the following domains: root domain (.), top-level domain (TLD), second-level domain, and subdomain • DNS domain • The portion of the namespace to the right of the host name • Fully qualified domain names • The entire name for a specific host that needs to have a DNS record created MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

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  9. DNS Terminology (continued) • Activity 5-2: Using Whois • Time Required: 5 minutes • Objective: Research domain names MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  10. DNS Terminology (continued) • Hosts • A computer on the Internet that provides a specific resource • Host name • Name given to a computer, or host, to make connecting to it easier • DNS zone • Collection of connected nodes served by an authoritative DNS name server • DNS records • DNS uses records to provide the information it stores in its database MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

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  12. DNS Terminology (continued) • Activity 5-4: Resolving DNS Records with NSLookup • Time Required: 10 minutes • Objective: Query a DNS server with nslookup MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  13. DNS Queries in Windows Server 2008 • Iterative query • A DNS client requests the best answer that its DNS server can provide • Recursive queries • Queries where the client requires an answer from its DNS server MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

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  15. Configuring DNS Clients • DNS clients • Often referred to as DNS resolvers • Windows Server 2008 • Uses the DNS Client service to perform DNS queries on behalf of the client MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  16. DNS Client Settings • DNS servers • For a client to resolve DNS queries, it needs to know which server to contact • First DNS server in the list is called the preferred DNS server • DNS suffix • DNS domain appended to all unqualified name queries, or a query that contains only a host name MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

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  19. DNS Client Settings (continued) • Activity 5-5: Adding an Alternate DNS server • Time Required: 10 minutes • Objective: Add an alternate DNS server MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  20. DNS Client Settings (continued) • Activity 5-6: Adding a Domain Suffix to IP Properties • Time Required: 10 minutes • Objective: Configure a client with an additional DNS suffix MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  21. DNS Client Settings (continued) • Activity 5-7: Creating a Full Computer Name • Time Required: 10 minutes • Objective: Change the computer name MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  22. Dynamic Updates • Windows Server 2008 • Supports dynamic updates with both standard and Active Directory Domain Services–integrated domains • Dynamic updates • Sometimes referred to as DDNS MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  23. Installing DNS in Windows Server 2008 • DNS • A role that can be installed on Windows Server 2008 Full and Server Core versions • Often combined with other services such as DHCP MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  24. Installing Cache-Only DNS Servers • Cache-only DNS server • Server that has the DNS role installed • Does not hold a DNS zone so it is not authoritative for any DNS zones • Does it maintain any DNS records MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  25. Installing Cache-only DNS Servers (continued) • Activity 5-8: Installing DNS on MSN-SRV-0XX • Time Required: 10 minutes • Objective: Install the DNS Server role MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  26. Installing Cache-only DNS Servers (continued) • Root hints • Provide IP address pointers to top-level DNS servers • When configured, a DNS server can perform queries when it receives domain name requests for zones in which it is not authoritative • Provide referral answers to queries in a DNS server’s quest to resolve an unknown domain name request • Forwarders • Servers used to resolve names MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  27. DNS Zones • Zones • Building blocks for creating your DNS infrastructure • DNS zones • Classified in three ways • The information they store • Where they are stored • Their read/write status • Fall into two categories • Standard and Active Directory MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  28. Standard Zones • zone.dns • Used to store DNS records • Found in the %systemroot%\system32\DNS folder • Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) • Industry standard of DNS servers on the Internet and networks running DNS on UNIX/Linux systems MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  29. Standard DNS Zone Types • Primary DNS zone • The zone that is authoritative for a specific domain and its name records • Secondary DNS zone • Read-only version of the DNS records for a zone • Stub zone • Read-only copy of a zone that obtains its resource records from the name servers that are authoritative for a particular zone MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  30. Standard DNS Zone Types (continued) • Activity 5-9: Installing a Primary DNS Zone for bentech.local • Time Required: 10 minutes • Objective: Create a primary DNS zone MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  31. Standard DNS Zone Types (continued) • Activity 5-10: Installing a Secondary DNS Zone on MSN-SC-0XX • Time Required: 15 minutes • Objective: Install DNS on Server Core MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  32. Direction of DNS Zones • Forward lookup DNS zones • Allow a DNS client to resolve an FQDN to an IP address • Reverse lookup DNS zone • Maps IP addresses to host names MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  33. Direction of DNS Zones (continued) • Activity 5-11: Creating a Reverse Lookup Zone • Time Required: 15 minutes • Objective: Create a reverse lookup zone MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  34. DNS Resource Records • Information in a DNS record • Owner, Time-to-Live (TTL) • Class, Type • Resource Record Data (RDATA) • Start of Authority (SOA) • Record is the starting point for information related to a zone • Name server (NS) record • Identifies a DNS server that is authoritative for a zone MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

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  36. DNS Resource Records (continued) • Host (A) record • Provides host name–to–IP address resolution for DNS clients • Host (AAAA) Records for IPv6 • Records map a host name to an IPv6 address • Mail exchanger (MX) record • Specifies the server that is responsible for handling e-mail • Alias records • Used to create an alias for a specific host MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

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  39. DNS Resource Records (continued) • Pointer records • Resolves IP address to host names for DNS clients • Service locator records • Provides the following information • Location of services it needs • Network protocol needed to access the previously mentioned services • Domain services it provides MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  40. DNS Resource Records (continued) • Activity 5-12: Creating DNS Records in the DNS Console • Time Required: 10 minutes • Objective: Create DNS records MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

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  42. Standard DNS Zone Transfers • Master server • Provides updated DNS record information to secondary servers • Slave server • Gets its updates from the master zone transfer partner specified on the Zone Transfer tab in DNS • Zone transfers from the master to the secondary server come in two varieties • Incremental zone transfers (IXFRs) • Full zone transfers (AXFRs) MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

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  44. Summary • DNS • Responsible for providing name resolution for clients on public and private networks • Core functionality of DNS • To provide host name–to–IP address resolution, or forward lookups • Standard zones classifications • Primary, secondary, and stub zones • DNS • Uses many types of records to store information in its zones MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  45. Summary (continued) • Installing the DNS role can be done through the GUI using Server Manager • DNS console • The main GUI tool responsible for managing DNS • Allows you to add, delete, and modify all aspects of DNS MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

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