Manual :
3-DNS Administrator Guide, version 4.5
Applies To:
Show Versions
3-DNS Controller versions 1.x - 4.x
- 4.6.1, 4.6.0, 4.5 PTF-08, 4.5 PTF-07, 4.5 PTF-06, 4.5 PTF-05, 4.5 PTF-04, 4.5 PTF-03, 4.5 PTF-02, 4.5 PTF-01, 4.5.9, 4.5.0
Original Publication Date: 03/01/2010
Table of Contents
Introduction
Getting started
Using the Administrator Kit
What is the 3-DNS Controller?
- Internet protocol and network management support
- Security features
- Configuration scalability
- System synchronization options
- Configuring data collection for server status and network path data
- Redundant system configurations
What's new in version 4.5
- Automatic discovery
- Easy system account and password creation
- Enhanced synchronization
- Expanded statistics
- Multi-homing and firewall support
- Security enhancements
Finding help and technical support resources
Planning the 3-DNS Configuration
Managing traffic on a global network
- Understanding a basic 3-DNS configuration
- Synchronizing configurations and broadcasting performance metrics
- Using a 3-DNS Controller as a standard DNS server
- Load balancing connections across the network
- Working with 3-DNS Controllers and other products
Planning issues for the network setup
- Configuring the base network
- Defining data centers and servers
- Planning a sync group
- Setting up communications on a 3-DNS Controller
Choosing the 3-DNS mode
Planning issues for the load balancing configuration
Using advanced traffic control features
Using the Setup Utility
Creating the initial software configuration with the Setup utility
Connecting to the 3-DNS Controller for the first time
Using the Setup utility for the first time
- Keyboard type
- Root password
- Host name
- Redundant system settings
- Setting the interface media type
- Configuring VLANs and IP addresses
- Configuring a default gateway pool
- Configuring remote web server access
- Configuring remote administrative access
- Setting support access
- Setting the time zone
- Configuring NTP support
- Configuring the 3-DNS mode
- Configuring user authentication
- Configuring NameSurfer for zone file management
Running the Setup utility after creating the initial software configuration
Post-Setup Tasks
Introduction
Configuring the interfaces
- Understanding the interface naming convention
- Displaying status for interfaces
- Setting the media type
- Setting the duplex mode
Working with VLANs
- Default VLAN configuration
- Creating, renaming, and deleting VLANs
- Configuring packet access to VLANs
- Setting up security for VLANs
- Setting fail-safe timeouts for VLANs
- Setting the MAC masquerade address
Configuring a self IP address
Essential Configuration Tasks
Reviewing the configuration tasks
Setting up a basic configuration
Setting up a data center
Setting up servers
- Defining 3-DNS Controllers
- Defining BIG-IP systems
- Defining a BIG-IP system with the 3-DNS module
- Defining a router
- Defining EDGE-FX systems
- Defining host servers
- Configuring host SNMP settings
Working with sync groups
Overview of auto-configuration
Configuring global variables
Configuring a Globally-Distributed Network
Understanding a globally-distributed network
Using Topology load balancing
Setting up a globally-distributed network configuration
- Adding data centers to the globally-distributed network configuration
- Adding 3-DNS Controllers to the globally-distributed network configuration
- Adding BIG-IP systems to the globally-distributed network configuration
- Adding wide IPs to the globally-distributed network configuration
- Configuring topology records for the globally-distributed network configuration
Additional configuration settings and tools
Configuring a Content Delivery Network
Introducing the content delivery network
Deciding to use a CDN provider
Setting up a CDN provider configuration
- Adding data centers
- Adding 3-DNS Controllers
- Adding load balancing servers
- Adding wide IPs and pools
- Adding a topology statement
Ensuring resource availability
Monitoring the configuration
Working with Quality of Service
Overview of Quality of Service
Understanding QOS coefficients
Customizing the QOS equation
Using the Dynamic Ratio option
Working with Global Availability Load Balancing
Overview of the Global Availability load balancing mode
Configuring the Global Availability mode
Adding a 3-DNS Controller to an Existing Network
Working with multiple 3-DNS Controllers
Preparing to add a second 3-DNS Controller to your network
- Installing the hardware and running the Setup utility
- Making the existing 3-DNS Controller aware of the additional controller
- Running the 3dns_add script
- Verifying the configuration
