Manual :
3-DNS Administrator Guide, version 1.0.6
Applies To:
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3-DNS Controller versions 1.x - 4.x
- 1.0.6
Original Publication Date: 03/01/2010
Introduction to 3DNS Controller
Welcome to the 3DNS Controller
Features
What's new in this version
Conventions used in this manual
Preparing for Installation
General network considerations
Planning the primary DNS
- Working with a primary DNS outside of your network
- Migrating the primary DNS to a 3DNS Controller
- Using a 3DNS Controller as your primary DNS
Integrating 3DNS Controllers
Working with international versions
- Differences between US and international 3DNS Controllers
- Configuring international 3DNS Controllers
- Allowing communications between US and international
3DNS Controllers - Allowing communications between international 3DNS
Controllers and BIG/ip Controllers - Allowing communications between US 3DNS Controllers
and international big3d utilities
Understanding virtual servers
The iQuery protocol
Setting up the big3d utility
Understanding probing
Port and protocol usage
Installation Procedures
Installation requirements
Packing list
Environmental requirements and usage guidelines
Installation tasks
The First-Time Boot utility
F-Secure SSH client
After installation
Configuring a 3DNS Controller
Configuration overview
Configuration tasks
- Enabling encryption on US 3DNS Controllers
- Adding big3d to a BIG/ip Controller
- Defining a wide IP
- Defining data collectors and data copiers
- Configuring iQuery options
Reference material
- The 3DNS Maintenance menu
- Understanding the wide IP key
- Understanding TTL variables
- Troubleshooting configuration problems
Load Balancing
How does load balancing work?
Load balancing modes
Load balancing examples
- Configuring a standby data center
- Configuring alternate modes
- Using multiple resource pools
- Configuring for e-commerce
Web Administration
Starting 3DNS administration
Statistics
- BIG/ip Controller statistics
- Host statistics
- Virtual server statistics
- Path statistics
- Local DNS statistics
- Wide IP statistics
- Summary statistics
- Global variable statistics
- Documentation
Administration
Statements and Comments
Statements
- Syntax rules
- The globals statement
- The bigip statement
- The host statement
- The wide IP statement
- The topology statement
Comments
Additional System and Network Configuration
Changing passwords for the 3DNS Controller
Configuring Sendmail
Enabling dynamic routing
Glossary
3DNS Controller Configuration Checklist
Overview
3DNS Controller Configuration Checklist
The wideip.conf File
Overview
Working with static and dynamic wideip.conf files
Example: 3DNS Controller configuration file
Understanding cur_ values
Utilities and Scripts
Utilities
Scripts
- File location
- 3dns_admin_start
- 3dns_auth
- 3dns_dump
- 3dns_mode <conf | watch>
- 3dns_sync
- 3dns_web_passwd
- big3d_check
- big3d_install
- big3d_restart
- dynamic_wideip
- edit_wideip
- install_key and F5makekey
- print_3dvips
- static_wideip
BIND 8 Configuration Information
BIND 8 overview
Statements
- acl statement
- include statement
- key statement
- logging statement
- options statement
- server statement
- zone statement
Comments
Converting older configuration files to BIND 8 format
DNS Resource Records
What are resource records?
Types of resource records
