Tuesday, February 21, 2012

DNS Server


--> DNS stands for domain name system or server, It works on the 53 no port . It is used to provide name resolution in the network.


(FQDN :- Fully Qualified Domain Name E.G - rahulshampe.com)


-->Their are 13 root server in the world that is responsible to provide name resolution.


Dns stores host record of the client computer & resolve them name to IP address of the host computer.



DNS NET BIOS
1> It is 255
 bytes long
2> It has special character
sign like com , - etc
1> 15 character long
2>Resolve net bios over TCP/IP
in previous wins server

--> Installation Requirements + Installation.
  1. You must have a valid domain name FQDN e.g. rahul.com.
  2. Administrator Rights.
  3. Server operating systems 2000,2003,2008.
  4. Knowledge of TCP/IP.
  5. Public or Private ip
  6. Login as a admin & configure TCP/IP with DNS IP. E.g - 10.0.0.10 ->IP , 255.0.0.0 -> Subnet Mass , 10.0.0.10 -> DNS IP.
  7. Open server manager /roles/add roles/next/install/close etc.
* How to access DNS console ?
We can open or access DNS console from the

  • Administrative tools
  • Server manager
  • By using RUN command (dnsmgmt.msc)
Difference between Forward Lookup Zone & Reverse Lookup

Forward Look up --> We have to configure forward look up to create the DNS Zone & Zone is responsible to contain host record & provide name resolution mass resolution mass resolve name to IP address of the host computer.


Reverse Look up --> This look up is resolve ip to name & is used for troubleshooting purpose with exchange server.

(In simple words we can say that DNS is a database , which contain host record of the client to machine & resolve them name to ip.)

--> Secondary and primary DNS server is made to manage the user's data and balancing all database of the user . If accidentialy primary DNS server crash the secondary DNS manage all data.

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