Windows Server 2012 DHCP Failover
Windows Server 2012 DHCP includes a failover scope feature. The benefit of this feature is that leases and reservations are synchronized across the DHCP server and a failover cluster is not required. The two different types of failover scopes are a load-balance and hot-standby failover scope. To deploy a failover scope, follow these steps.
1. Install the DHCP server service on at least two DHCP servers and authorize them both.
2. Log on to the primary DHCP server and open the console. Expand the IPv4 node and create the desired scope as outlined previously in this chapter.
3. Once the scope is created, right-click the scope in the tree pane and select Configure Failover. The DHCP Configure Failover Wizard opens. ...
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