In today’s environment, where DHCP and DNS software is commonly installed on general-purpose hardware with commercial operating systems, there are still many shortcomings and manual processes involved in effectively managing a number of distributed DHCP and
DNS servers. Software-based approaches generally lend themselves well to redundancy and site diversity, but are less comprehensive in terms of security configuration, cross-server configuration, upgrade management, and monitoring capabilities.
IPControl
IP address management software and IPControl Sapphire appliances are a new approach to solve these DHCP/DNS and IP management issues. IPControl software enables centralized configuration, deployment, management, and monitoring for multivendor DHCP and DNS servers, including support of Sapphire appliances. Sapphire appliances provide extensive security features to minimize vulnerabilities, an additional high-availability option, services monitoring, and more.
IPControl Sapphire appliances provide DNS and/or
DHCP services with a prebundled, hardened Linux operating system on a 1U rack-mountable hardware platform. The operating system and associated file system and services are purpose-built, and restricted to those services and functions required to support the appliance’s DHCP and DNS operation in a secure environment. The Sapphire appliance’s rack-mountable hardware configuration enables deployment as a standalone unit or in a TwinMirror™ configuration with dual back-to-back servers for hardware redundancy. Sapphire appliances provide a common look and feel with sibling IPControl products, and are centrally managed with IPControl.
IPControl Sapphire appliances provide the added benefit of simple deployment – just plug them in and configure them from IPControl. Upgrades are also a snap with the EasyUpdate™ feature, which enables staging and selective deploying of the operating system, IPControl, and DHCP and DNS software updates as they become available. This feature enables lights-out configuration, management, and upgrades to streamline your processes and operations costs.
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BT Diamond IP, the market leaders in
IP Management Software offer unsurpassed reliability, scalability and visibility for exceptional control over complex IP networks. We also provide comprehensive, scalable DNS AND DHCP management solutions along with
Dhcp appliances, DNS appliances and
IP address tracking to companies worldwide.
