SP 2010 Install - DNS

Hello SP Gurus,
I am preparing for a SP2010 Enterprise deployment and I am unclear on how a DNS server might tie in. When I installed SP farm in the past I simply named the top level with no consideration for the naming scheme and how it would relate to the DNS server since
it was just intended as an intranet site accessed internally. Now I need to deploy an enterprise farm for an intranet but will eventually utilize a client portal (extranet) and I am not sure what DNS considerations I need for this.
When I install SP2010 when\where do I tie it in with a DNS server so I can deploy an extranet eventually that is accessible from outside of our network?
Any step by step documentation specific to SP2010 install that considers extranet deploy?
I really appreciate your advice.
Thanks,
Jim

Strictly speaking, there is no "tie in" to DNS with SharePoint. DNS is handled completely outside of SharePoint with no impact on the Farm (strictly speaking). Where DNS comes into play is, you want a vanity URL to point to your SharePoint farm.
In this case you would add an Alternate Access Mapping (AAM) so SharePoint knows the vanity URL is something that content should be served from, then configure your DNS/Load Balancers/Network/Etc to point to the SharePoint server.
Check this post for more information on AAM:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sharepoint_strategery/archive/2013/05/27/alternate-access-mappings-explained.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263208.aspx
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