Migration Completed
Migration to the new IPControl devices was completed on November 15th, 2022.
The old IPControl servers will remain online through November, and systems querying these servers will be logged and IT staff notified to make required updates as seen in the DNS Configuration Standards.
Any issues can be directed to ServiceDesk@usgs.gov or gs_help_dns@usgs.gov.
Old Servers:
- ex.er.usgs.gov – 10.160.8.130
- ns.er.usgs.gov – 10.160.8.131
- ns.wr.usgs.gov – 130.118.4.2
- ns.cr.usgs.gov – 136.177.16.3
New Servers:
- ipcontrol.usgs.gov – 10.165.133.131
- dns.er.usgs.gov – 10.160.8.132
- dns.cr.usgs.gov – 10.165.133.130
- dns.wr.usgs.gov – 10.168.14.23
For more information, see: [UPDATE3] IPControl Device Upgrades – Completed .eml
IPControl Refresh Timing Updates
On the old IPControl server updates were pushed out every 20 minutes starting on the hour to Active Directory. The new IPControl server has been configured to send updates every 15 minutes starting on the hour.
It takes roughly 10 minutes for an update to propagate through the Active Directory forest. The default TTL (Time To Live) for IPControl DNS records is one hour, DNS record information may be cached on a server for up to this long.
The status of a DNS update can be tracked across all Active Directory servers from url: https://dns.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/ad-dns
