Configuring DHCP Failover: High-Availability DHCP Strategies

An IP Management Webinar Series

The dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) has vastly streamlined IT and Operations processes by automating IP address assignment and device configuration initialization. The technology has proven to scale well and to support a wide variety of IP devices, including printers, laptops, mobile PDAs, and even service provider customer premises equipment (CPE). The technology works so well it is often taken for granted, that is, until a DHCP server fails and devices cannot obtain an IP address.

DHCP is so foundational to the seamless initialization of a variety of devices on your network that planning a high-availability strategy is a must. Whether your network includes Microsoft, Internet Systems Consortium, appliances or mixed DHCP deployments, you have at your disposal a variety of high-availability approaches.

This tenth webinar in INS’s IP Address Management webinar series will address key concepts and various strategies for implementing high-availability DHCP services in your network. IP networking expert Tim Rooney will discuss:

• The need for highly available DHCP
• High-availability DHCP implementation strategies
  • Split scopes
  • Redundant scopes
  • DHCP failover
  • DHCP server hardware redundancy
• Evaluation of strategies and conclusion