Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 Inside Out

Developing or Revising a Site Design

Site design depends on the networking infrastructure of your organization. As you set out to implement an initial site design, you must start by mapping your organization's existing network topology. Any time you plan to revise your network infrastructure, you must also plan the necessary revisions to your existing site design.

Mapping Network Infrastructure

Although site design is relatively independent from domain structure, the replication topology depends on how available domain controllers are and how they are configured. The KCC running on each domain controller monitors domain controller availability and configuration, and updates replication topology as changes occur. The ISTG performs similar monitoring ...