Split-scope configuration

- Next, I want to look at Split Scopes.…Split Scopes are where two servers support the same scope.…Usually one server will support 80% of the scope…and the other server will support 20% of the scope.…This is the default setup in Server 2012…when two servers support one scope.…This is also how previous versions of Windows,…before Server 2012 supported high availability…by splitting the Scope.…

The way we do it now with the Server 2012…is a much more efficient way of doing this.…When sent to Split Scope,…the first server has to have the scope fully configured.…The second server has to only have the DHCP role,…but not DHCP configured.…Again, this is the same kind of configuration…we had to have when we set up failover.…We had to have a DHCP server set up…and fully configured and then we had…to have a second DHCP server,…which I was using the demand controller for,…to have the DHCP role but not the DHCP fully configured.…

To make a Split Scope work you need…to go to the first computer and then go into…the DHCP management tool and then…