Hi Al, Microsoft does support DHCP failover if the servers are clustered. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/ServerHelp/5df3d4e9-e846-413a-bd9a-99645ac58099.mspx
I normally just spilt the scopes on DHCP servers in a small environment if management does not want to spend the money on a Hardware based Clusters such as a Proliant G4 Cluster server package. When I worked at Cisco back in 1999, Cisco had a product that resell ( I forgot the name ) that worked quite well, although I did not support it I was told that it was the only DHCP server for the Corporate Campus of 28 buildings on Tasman in San Jose, CA. Regards, Jose Medeiros -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 1:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ActiveDir] DHCP failover? I've had the following posed to me by my BIND-minded DNS administrator: DHCP Failover - both NetID and InfoBLOX can share DHCP state information between multiple DHCP servers so that if one goes down, the other can pick up where the first left off. When last I checked, Microsoft didn't support this functionality. But I'm sure there are other ways to make sure a client always has a DHCP server available. What methods do you use? Al Maurer Service Manager, Naming and Authentication Services IT | Information Technology Agilent Technologies (719) 590-2639; Telnet 590-2639 http://activedirectory.it.agilent.com ---------------------------------------------- A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow. List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
