Replacing a DNS Server with F5 BIG-IP DNS
First things first, you have decided to deploy F5 BIG-IP DNS to replace a BIND server after receiving notifications from your information assurance officer or your friendly LinkedIn community that ad...
Published Feb 23, 2018
Version 1.0Steve_Lyons
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Steve_Lyons
Ret. Employee
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Steve_Lyons
Oct 26, 2018Ret. Employee
So, yes these boxes can be an all in one DNS solution with nothing more. You don't need to buy anything else. It's all about your use case. So, my typical use case is completely different from yours as my customers MUST point to a specific server for actual resolution. AD Integrated DNS > F5 Recursive DNS > Required Recursive > Internet. Now that I think it's defined, you want recursion and the BIG-IP to do all name resolution for you, the BIG-IP will use root hints to do the lookup. Give me a sec and I will send you what that looks like.