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Alcatel-Lucent enhances the ISC BIND code, as needed, with coding extensions to accelerate
adoption of key RFCs demanded by the market. As updated versions of BIND become
available, Alcatel-Lucent Technologies adopts the new ISC BIND and extends it with any
critical features not yet incorporated.
DNS zone and data configurations are performed through the VitalQIP client and stored in the
enterprise database. Configuration attributes include:
Domain Name
Scheduled update intervals (for serial number increments)
Zone directory
Zone e-mail
BIND Version (selective to server – 8.x, 9.x, and MS 4.0, Windows)
Additional Start of Authority Record (SOA) attributes (information about the zone: refresh,
retry, expire)
Most common BIND 8.x and 9.x directives (notify, also-notify, allow updates
Secondary servers and secondary BIND versions
Corporate extensions – allow for additional directives/statements to be included in
named.boot and named.conf files
Domain extensions – provide the ability to include data files not managed by VitalQIP
software.
Configuring Remote DNS Servers
Once the initial domain information is configured, VitalQIP software will generate all files necessary
to boot on the remote DNS server (named.conf, named.local, root.zone, named.root, and all zone
data files). This process is accomplished via the software, and the qip-rmtd (remote service)
processes running on remote machines. In the event that a primary server crashes or loses its data,
this process quickly allows administrators to reconfigure a new primary server in a matter of minutes.
VitalQIP software initiates a TCP connection to the remote server via a specific port number. The
remote process (qip-rmtd) then initiates a transfer of its configuration files from the database. This
data is then saved to the local directory and a kill –HUP performed against the named process to
reload the data. Dynamic DNS is also configured to be on/off at this time (based on a configurable
system policy).
VitalQIP Product Description
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