File System
Your choice of file system should be NTFS as Active Directory will not
install on FAT or FAT32. If you choose FAT or FAT32 at the beginning
of your install, the OS will convert your file system to NTFS before
installing Active Directory. I would choose NTFS to start with as I
have had problems when the OS tries this conversion.
Basic Server Installation
Creating this WAN will require two phases. The first phase will
require the basic installation of the Windows 2000 Operating System on
each server. The second phase will require the configuration of each
server and WAN connectivity.
You may
perform the following basic installation on all of your servers, or
you may do them one at a time, as you will configure each server later
on. The basic rule of thumb is to set up Advanced Server as simply as
possible and then add other network connections and services later,
only when you need them.
Beginning the basic installation, a minimum installation of Windows
2000 is copied to your system and you are immediately prompted for
third party mass storage devices such as SCSI RAID controllers.
Pressing F6 will allow you to point the installation to your proper
mass storage device drivers. This is a nice touch from NT4.0 as there
isn't anything in the beginning of the install that instructs you to
do this. Your system restarts, and the text-based portion of setup
begins. You will be prompted for the user agreement, partitioning
information, file system type (make sure it's NTFS) and the location
of the directory to copy the operating system files into. The default
is C:\WINNT.
Window's 2000 Prompts
The system will reboot and the Windows 2000 Setup Wizard begins. Again
you will be asked for information on the following items:
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Regional Settings
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Name and
Organization
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Licensing Mode
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Computer Name
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Administrator
account password
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Windows 2000
Optional Components
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Display Settings
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Time and date
Installing Networking
Components
Once these selections are complete, the Windows 2000 Setup Wizard
starts the Windows networking components, which detects and configures
your network interface card. Once the card is configured, you will be
prompted for networking components. The default install includes
Client for Microsoft Networking, File and Print Sharing for Microsoft
networks and TCP/IP protocol. Enter your IP and gateway addresses in
TCP/IP properties.
Next
you are required to have your server join a Workgroup or Domain. At
this point, I select join a Domain and enter a fictitious Domain
Name. You will be asked for an account and password to join the
Domain. Enter administrator for the user name and the password you
selected for the administrators account earlier. The installation
will try to locate your fictitious Domain and error-out, stating:
"No Domain Controller was found. Would you like to configure this
server later?" Select yes and the installation will finish, saving
settings, removing temporary files and rebooting.
Part 2
Configuring Domain Controllers and WAN Connectivity
Configuring the Root Server
and Creating a Forest
The first Windows 2000 server to be configured will be your root
server
During
this process make sure you have the proper IP addresses for your
backbone connection for both servers including the gateway addresses.
DO NOT put in any ISP or existing corporate DNS server IP address, as
this will conflict with your Windows 2000 DNS Services. You may
configure these options later by adding another NIC and routing
services.
For
further information on configuring DNS Services after your servers are
configured, go to the
Windows 2000 and DNS article.
I would
recommend running dcpromo (start>run>dcpromo) to promote your first
server to a root server or the first server in your domain network, as
using the Administrative Tools "Configure Your Server" sometimes
becomes confusing. This will mainly accomplish two things. It will
promote your server to the global catalog, or root server, by install
Active Directory and DNS Services, which must be functioning properly
before adding another domain controller to your domain.
The
first screen in the Active Directory Installation Wizard will ask you
specify the roll of your server. Select domain controller for a new
domain as this will be the root server that contains the master global
catalog of the entire domain.
Next
you will select create a new domain tree.
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