Setting up a new xserve

I want to install a new xserve in our network be be able to use the podcasting and directory services. I don't need a DNS server since we have one already. How to I setup the serve to work with the DNS serve and and to have the directory servive work too?

With Snow Leopard Server, you need DNS services. Where that DNS is running matters not.
Here, specify your existing DNS server(s) during the Mac OS X Server set-up process. Alternatively, specify one or more DNS servers (afterwords) using System Preferences > Network settings; use this to add your DNS servers just like you'd do on a (manually-configured network) client box.
Using Server Admin, ensure that DNS is not started.

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