Your company has a main office and two branch offices. The main office is located in Seattle. The two branch offices are located in Montreal and Miami. Each office is configured as an Active Directory site. The network contains an Active Directory domain named contoso.com. Network traffic is not routed between the Montreal office and the Miami office.
You implement a Distributed File System (DFS) namespace named \contoso.compublic. The namespace contains a folder named Folder1. Folder1 has a folder target in each office.
You need to configure DFS to ensure that users in the branch offices only receive referrals to the target in their respective office or to the target in the main office.
Which two actions should you perform? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose two.)
A . Set the Ordering method of \contoso.compublic to Random order.
B . Set the Advanced properties of the folder target in the Seattle office to Last among all targets.
C . Set the Advanced properties of the folder target in the Seattle office to First among targets of equal cost.
D . Set the Ordering method of \contoso.compublic to Exclude targets outside of the client’s site.
E . Set the Advanced properties of the folder target in the Seattle office to Last among targets of equal cost.
F . Set the Ordering method of \contoso.compublic to Lowest cost.
Answer: C, D
Explanation:
Exclude targets outside of the client’s site
In this method, the referral contains only the targets that are in the same site as the client. These same-site targets are listed in random order. If no same-site targets exist, the client does not receive a referral and cannot access that portion of the namespace.
Note: Targets that have target priority set to "First among all targets" or "Last among all targets" are still listed in the referral, even if the ordering method is set to Exclude targets outside of the client’s site.
Note 2: Set the Ordering Method for Targets in Referrals
A referral is an ordered list of targets that a client computer receives from a domain controller or namespace server when the user accesses a namespace root or folder with targets. After the client receives the referral, the client attempts to access the first target in the list. If the target is not available, the client attempts to access the next target.