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Through many server migrations over the years it appears that I have inconsitencies in active directory I'd like to clear up for DHCP objects.<br />
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I am in ADSIEDIT looking at Configuration/Services/Net<wbr />Services and i see about 90 percent of the servers listed there htat should be there. If I look in CN=DhcpRoot I see the remaining 10% listed in dhcpServers plus couple of the ones directly under NetServices.<br />
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Where should the really reside? As a value in the dhcpServers attribute of CN=DhcpRoot or as an object directly in CN=NetServices?
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Through many server migrations over the years it appears that I have inconsitencies in active directory I'd like to clear up for DHCP objects.

I am in ADSIEDIT looking at Configuration/Services/NetServices and i see about 90 percent of the servers listed there htat should be there. If I look in CN=DhcpRoot I see the remaining 10% listed in dhcpServers plus couple of the ones directly under NetServices.

Where should the really reside? As a value in the dhcpServers attribute of CN=DhcpRoot or as an object directly in CN=NetServices?

DHCP AD Objects in Server 2003

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is an auto configuration protocol used on IP networks and an extension of the Bootstrap Protocol. DHCP allows for computers to be configured automatically to communicate with each other over an IP network without the need for manual setup by a network administrator. The implementation of DHCP relies on a DHCP server to hand out network configuration information to DHCP-capable clients that request an IP address (and other information required or useful in communicating with other devices on an IP network). In addition to an IP address, common configuration information served over DHCP includes a default gateway, subnet mask and DNS sever(s).

DHCP

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).