Scenario: A Citrix Administrator configured a global server load balancing (GSLB) setup for internal and external users using the same host name. For internal users, cvad.citrite.net should go to…

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Options

• ADNS Proxy
• BDNS view
• CDNS Record
• DDNS Preferred Location

• A
  5% (3)
• B
  85% (50)
• C
  8% (5)
• D
  2% (1)

Explanation

DNS View is correct because it enables split-horizon DNS on the Citrix ADC - the same hostname returns different IP addresses depending on the source of the DNS query. By creating two views (one for internal IP ranges resolving to StoreFront, one for external IPs resolving to the ADC Gateway), the administrator achieves location-aware resolution under a single FQDN.

A (DNS Proxy) is wrong because proxy mode simply forwards DNS queries to backend servers - it doesn't provide logic to differentiate responses by client source network. C (DNS Record) is wrong because a record is a static mapping; one record cannot return different answers to different callers without a view-based policy controlling which record is served. D (DNS Preferred Location) is a distractor - no such feature exists by that name in Citrix ADC; location-based GSLB policies exist, but the specific mechanism for split-horizon resolution is DNS View.

Memory tip: Think of a "view" as a perspective - internal users get one view of the hostname (StoreFront), external users get another view (Gateway). Same window, different scenery depending on where you're standing.

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