13. Step C1: Create the Site Design
The site design is the mapping of the physical network to the logical site construct within Active Directory. A site within Active Directory is a logical collection of one or more well-connected TCP/IP subnets. Sites are used to control directory replication by setting a schedule for inter-site replication. Sites also are used to direct client systems to network resources that are Active Directory–aware, and thus can be logically placed closest to these resources.
The following decisions need to be made:
Should a physical location be directly correlated to a site?
Can a physical location be grouped with other locations into a site?
Once the sites have been identified, the final tasks will be to map the TCP/IP ...
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