IP Address Management Solutions

Unified Management of IP Plan and Multi-Vendor DNS and DHCP Services

SOLIDserver stores all information concerning the overall IP address and VLAN plans (IP addresses, IP pools, subnets) as well as DNS and DHCP server configurations in a centralized repository. It provides a single, comprehensive and real-time view of the entire address space deployed over multiple networks, and with address pools and DNS information deployed on multiple DHCP and DNS servers throughout the network. SOLIDserver enables comprehensive access to data across an overall network at a glance, based on user-defined or standard search criteria. Several powerful search engines enable simple or complex searches based on multiple criteria, not only within a server or a subnet but across all data networks. This unique approach allows us to drill into the embedded database using customized criteria in order to select specifically requested information, ensuring efficient management aligned with operational needs.

Multiple and Overlapping IP Addressing Plan Management

SOLIDserver enables you to manage an unlimited number of overlapping identical IP addressing plans. Each IP plan can be seen and managed independently from the others in a dedicated IP space. The coherency, integrity and uniqueness of IP resources are ensured within an IP space. It is also possible to create links among IP Spaces to simplify NAT management among networks. DNS and DHCP servers are image file nameassociated with one specific IP space and are thus managed with a comprehensive consistency control with the IP plan. This is an important functionality especially following an acquisition or merger of companies with identical IP addressing plans. In that situation, it is mandatory to manage all IP spaces of the global network from the same centralized point. This is possible with SOLIDserver IP Spaces.

DDI Data Consistency, Integrity and Uniqueness Control

SOLIDserver ensures the consistency of user-established configurations by verifying the entered data and its coherence in your network. SOLIDserver eliminates IP address conflicts such as duplicate IP addresses, subnet overlapping, naming errors or overlaps between DHCP services. Thus, helping to prevent configuration errors and guarantees the integrity and the reliability of DNS and DHCP servers.

Flexible and Scalable IP Plan Modeling

The IP addressing plan is the foundation of the network upon which network services are organized and deployed. The IP addressing structure can be defined according to one or several criteria which can be technical, administrative or organizational. As a consequence, one of the fundamental requirements for an efficient IPAM solution is to ensure the possibility to model existing and future IP plan organizations according to your needs and criteria.

Flexibility and Scalability: SOLIDserver enables you to model an IP addressing plan precisely and easily, according to multiple criteria. It is possible to mix and match models to construct a tailor-made address structure for your company. There is no limitation on the number of levels and depth that can be defined in the IP plan. All branches of this tailor-made tree structure can be independent if needed. This makes it fast and easy to design and manage VLSM subnets (Variable Length Subnet Masking). The flexibility of hierarchical tree structures certifies the ease of modifications. It is possible to reorganize, extend, and migrate IP addressing plans according to the evolution of your enterprise.

Engineering Rules applied on the IP Addressing Plan: Hierarchical IP structures enable you to define specific properties, attributes and constraints to be applied to resources and objects, such as name and size, for each level of the IP addressing plan. Properties of the resources can be inherited from a level to a sub-level, to be included in a hierarchical organization of engineering rules mapped on the hierarchical IP plan structure.

This unique and unequaled approach allows you to adapt your IPAM tool not only to your specific IP plan structure but also to your engineering rules of resource deployment, applied to each level of your IP plan.

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Unified Management of IP-VLAN Plans with DHCP-DNS Services

SOLIDserver is a unified DDI management solution that enables you to manage and deploy IP addressing plans and VLANs with DNS and DHCP services from a single tool and in one operation. For example, It is possible to create, in one operation, a /24 subnet with a range of IP addresses allocated through DHCP service. All configurations will be automatically carried out by SOLIDserver on remote defined DNS and DHCP servers and will configure DNS and DHCP services according to specified options. The SOLIDserver GUI displays all information in a single view for immediate access. DNS, DHCP, VLAN and IP plan data are easily consolidated. Similarly, the manual allocation or deletion of an IP address in the subnet will automatically update DNS service configurations by creating or deleting A, PTR and CNAME records on the appropriate DNS server(s).

Mass Updates Across All Networks and Servers

Manage services, not servers: EfficientIP developed a unique approach to IPAM by changing the way IP plan and DNS & DHCP services are managed. Based on a centralized repository and cross-browsing capability to access data across the entire infrastructure, EfficientIP has eliminated hierarchical arborescence dependencies which limit the management of a network to a branch-by-branch and server-by-server basis. It is possible to simultaneously browse, select and manage all subnets dedicated to VoIP on several networks and DHCP servers and change their options in one operation. It is now one easy step to identify all resource records of all DNS zones of all DNS servers for which a TTL must be changed. For example, in just a few seconds, all IP addresses allocated to HP printers can be identified and selected to modify their names. This unique and powerful approach is a fundamental feature to ensure easiness to find and manage network infrastructures as a single system or unit per unit.

IPAM Web Portal «On Demand» to Match with Relevant Operational Criteria

Efficiency of administration relies upon the capability to browse, list and select resources across the entire database. As a consequence this efficiency is directly linked with the flexibility of the interface of administration tools in order to display appropriate information. The SOLIDserver web interface can be fully adapted to customized needs in order to list relevant information from IP resources. Each user-defined attribute of a resource, such as phone number, serial number or location, can be displayed with the listing of IP data. An administrator can add or remove displayed attributes for each type of object: subnets, zones, scopes, addresses etc… For example, it is possible to list administrative information associated with a list of IP addresses such as the building and floor number or support phone number of a network for each subnet of the subnets list. Each attribute has an autonomous search engine. The search criteria can be refined by using functions such as “match strictly”, “different from”, or “strictly over. It is possible to easily identify all IP addresses allocated to printer objects with a name that starts with “pr-us-ny” across all networks. The unrestricted browsing capabilities across the entire server architecture associated with the user defined web portal are fundamental and necessary features which bring flexibility and simplicity to services deployment according to operational needs. The IPAM Web portal builder warranties the adaptability and scalability of our solution and therefore ensures the durability of your investments.

Templates of Networks for Automating Subnet Creations

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Network Organization with Templates

SOLIDserver enables you to create templates of networks for automating and streamlining subnet creations. When creating a new subnet, the administrator can select a template to apply and all specific properties of the template will be applied to the subnet and objects inside the subnet. It is possible to restrict access to only authorized IP address templates for each IP range of the subnet. For instance, authorize only the use of a Printer template for IP addresses within a printer range. Similarly, it is possible to create dedicated templates for VoIP subnets with specific predefined options, size, naming conventions or DNS templates for internal or external zones.

Control Resource Qualification Thanks to Object Templates

Daily network operations require deployments of IPAM resources with both speed and coherency. One of the most important issues of collaborative tools is to ensure that everybody respects defined methods.

Customizable Forms for Resource Qualification: SOLIDserver delivers a unique solution enabling you to graphically create unlimited numbers of partially or fully customized templates of forms for network objects. Each template, known as “Class”, can have a specific list of fields such as a MAC address, phone number or whatever has to be qualified by the user according to your company’s needs.

GUI Studio: Drag and Drop Tool for Creating Resource Templates

The GUI Studio module has powerful Drag and Drop tools to allow you to create specific templates of forms for your IP resources in only a few minutes. SOLIDserver streamlines your IP addressing & naming plan by controlling the qualification of the registered data according to tailored rules. Each partition of the addressing plan can have its own rules of documentation and its own methods of organization. It is then possible to ensure a uniform working method with all administrative teams.

Disaster Recovery Processes

Multi-Vendors DNS and DHCP Disaster Recovery Processes: SOLIDserver enables simple, fast and secure disaster recovery processes. SOLIDserver stores all required information for multi-vendor DNS and DHCP services recovery in its embedded database. For example, in case of a Microsoft® DHCP server crash SOLIDserver can push the complete configuration of the crashed server onto a new server, with the exact configuration it had just before the crash. In a short period of time the DHCP service will be up without painful administration tasks. All risks of conflicting IP address allocation are eliminated.

Disaster Recovery Processes for Networks Using SOLIDserver:SOLIDserver has a local embedded database with integrity control mechanisms requiring no ongoing maintenance. The local database of all SOLIDserver appliances can be replicated in real-time on an appliance called SOLID Master. The database replication includes the entire service, network and system configurations of the appliances. This means that the DNS and DHCP architecture is its own backup architecture. Backups can also be done on an FTP server.