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Alcatel-Lucent VitalQIP® DNS/DHCP IP Address Management Software

VitalQIP® DNS/DHCP IP Address Management Software for Enterprise helps enterprises efficiently configure, automate, integrate and administer IP services across a local or global network. Through proven performance in high-volume network environments, it has demonstrated its ability to support applications with millions of individual IP addresses and thousands of domains. That is why today's top IT organizations regard VitalQIP software as the market-leading IP address management product. The VitalQIP Appliance addresses the shift in the IP Address Management (IPAM) market towards appliances for increased reliability, manageability, scalability and security, and is the only appliance solution on the market that seamlessly integrates with VitalQIP DNS/DHCP & IP Address Management Software.

Benefits

Automate end-to-end management of IP addresses
Increase efficiency with centralized management
Seamlessly manage multi-vendor IP platforms
Safeguard critical data
Feature-rich appliance and VitalQIP deliver end-to-end IPAM solution all from Alcatel-Lucent

Features

High performance and scalability: supports millions of IP objects, unlimited DNS and DHCP servers, and unlimited administrators
DHCP Software Functions: Address allocation - dynamic, manual, automatic
DNS Software Functions: supports Incremental Zone File Transfer across UNIX and Windows platforms; supports any BIND-compliant DNS server
Optional Add-on Modules Available: Network Allocator, Registration Manager, Services Manager, Audit Manager, API Toolkit and more
Centralized appliance management data store to keep track of services and status of remote appliances

For additional Special Reports, Case Studies, ROI Calculators, and White Papers, visit the Vital CAM web site.

VitalQIP® helps enterprises gain centralized planning and administration for rapid address space provisioning and reliable services delivery.

Automate end-to-end management of IP names, addresses and services
Safeguard data with enhanced compression, encryption and authentication capabilities
Increase administrator efficiency with centralized management control and policy enforcement
Seamlessly manage multi-vendor IP platforms
Rapidly provision IP services with high-performance DHCP and DNS functionality
Enhance user satisfaction with high availability and reliability
Scale to manage millions of IP addresses, hundreds of thousands of domains
Cut labor costs by upgrading from manual to automated IP management
Extend management capabilities cost-effectively with optional add-on modules
Automates deployment of critical IP name and address services
Feature-rich appliance and VitalQIP deliver end-to-end IPAM solution all from Alcatel-Lucent
Simplifies software upgrades and centralizes deployment and monitoring of DNS, DHCP, and other services via Appliance solution
Secure services with hardened OS (RedHat Linux) preloaded onto appliance

VitalQIP® DNS/DHCP IP Address Management Software for Enterprise streamlines diverse management tasks with a comprehensive suite of integrated tools.

High Performance and Fully Scalable

Capacity to support millions of IP objects, unlimited DNS and DHCP servers, and unlimited administrators
Extensive reporting for management and audit tracking
Customizable Graphical User Interface (GUI) or Command Line Interface (CLI)
Top-rated server performance – DHCP Server exceeds 79,000 lease grants/min.¹ and DNS server supports over 3,500 queries/sec.²

¹ Benchmarked by Exodus Labs
² Test was performed using queryperf on a Sun Ultra 5 400MHz platform with 256 MB RAM running Solaris 7

End-to-end Feature Rich Appliance Solution

Centralized appliance management data store to keep track of services and status of remote appliances
Automated software upgrade capability with rollback options
Highly secure communication between AMS and appliances with unique appliance key generation
Logical grouping of appliances for ease of upgrades
Remote start/stop/initialize of services
High availability using heartbeat and virtual address mechanism

Enhanced DHCP Software Functions

Address allocation: supports dynamic, manual, automatic settings
DHCP option templates: supports standardized settings at server, client-class, subnet, scope level
Dynamic updates: transfers lease updates automatically to Lucent DNS servers for audit, reporting, recovery
RFC 2131 and 2132 compliance
High availability: provides multi-threaded, many-to-one failover
DHCP server support: IBM AIX/NT, Windows NT/2000, Lucent DHCP

Enhanced DNS Software Functions

Interoperability: supports Incremental Zone File Transfer across UNIX and Windows platforms; integrates with Lucent DHCP server to support Dynamic DNS per RFC 2136
Secure dynamic updates: captures from VitalQIP software with Kerberos authentication
Administration: changes DNS options on multiple domains simultaneously; specifies DNS options without opening each domain individually
Windows client capture: Lucent DNS server updates the VitalQIP database with Microsoft clients registering themselves in DNS for added consistency and accuracy of DNS information
High availability: supports primary and secondary servers
DNS server support: serves any BIND-compliant DNS server

Extensive Optional Add-on Modules

Network Allocator: automates network and subnet creation
Registration Manager: dynamically allocates IP addresses based on pre-designated user service levels
Services Manager: monitors and controls the status of DHCP, DNS, other services
Audit Manager: captures and reports on dynamic and static address activity
Usage Based Billing Module : associates IP addresses with users or user groups
SNMP Module: enables Lucent DNS and DHCP servers to collect and monitor statistics using SNMP MIB variables
API Toolkit: contains C++ routines for extension into other applications