3.3.1 Abstract Data Model

This section describes a conceptual model of possible data organization that an implementation maintains to participate in this protocol. The organization is provided to explain how the protocol behaves. This document does not mandate that implementations adhere to this model as long as their external behavior is consistent with that described in this document. The following state MUST be maintained at the DFS server running on a DC:

SelfFirst: Indicates whether or not this DC returns itself as the first target in DC and sysvol referrals made to it. The default is false (the DC does not return itself as the first target).