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I started Awesome Technologies, Inc. in 1999, after realizing the great void in the Information Technology world for world class support and the complete lack of respect for upper management, as well as, middle management, who have a very difficult job to do, from IT consulting firms. The difficult job is to prove that there is value of the IT department, to the companies bottom line! A very difficult thing to prove in this day and age. Second, I started Awesome Technologies, Inc. to give back to the Veteran community that built my skills and gave me a lifelong family methodology. "We are all in this together", a good friend always tells me and if we can support bringing in, as much veteran and service disabled veteran talent to our staff; the more the better. We have a great relationship with the United States government, and with the British government, for that matter. Our talented engineers are the cream of the crop, with years of experience, the good habits fostered by years of military structure, and guidance. Last, and certainly not least, I have built this company to hand down to my boys, Jeremy (13) and Jacob (8), someday. It is with their support and the support of my wife Jennifer that I am able to do, what I do, for the last 18 years of IT tenure. We appreciate your visit and hope to hear from you soon... Even if, to just say Hello... HHW

Awesome Technologies Tech Blog: What do I need to insert in to DNS to make my GSS work?

What do I need to insert in to DNS to make my GSS work?

Posted by Henry Willcox at 6/25/2008 4:02 PM and is filed under Load Balancing

I received this question on the Global Site Selector (GSS) and it occurs to me that this information could be very useful to know... Besides it is not spoken of very often because it usually is not a Network Engineer that configures the DNS server, it is... well, a DNS guy or a Unix guy...

So, the question is; "What do I need to insert in to DNS to make my GSS work?"

The GSS works by having a delegation record in the DNS server or DNS Proxy (D-Proxy) server.

This is an example of what gets added to BIND for delegation:

; DNS Delegation to Cisco GSSM's for SQL clusters

; Sub-domains delegated to GSS Network

sql IN NS awetech-gssm.awesometechhhome.com.

IN NS awetech-gss2.awesometechhome.com.

; “Glue” A records with GSS interface addresses

; Cisco GSS Awesome Technologies Primary Data Center Site (Fulton, NY)
awetech-gssm IN A 24.12.138.19

; Cisco GSS Awesome Technologies Secondary Data Center Site (Syracuse, NY)

awetech-gss2 IN A 64.19.128.11

; End Delegation

So, I guess that answers that question... If you have any further questions, please drop up a line.

Henry Willcox
President / CEO
Awesome Technologies Inc.