Virtualize Data Centers and Build Clouds
Virtualization and cloud computing platforms promise greater IT agility and flexibility, but ineffective automation and manual IP address management processes can hold back performance and add to the cost of every workload. To make the most of your virtualization and cloud investments, you need to deploy cost-effective virtual DNS and DHCP core services and automate the allocation of an IP address and DNS name to every workload.
BlueCat Networks' complete IPAM, DNS and DHCP solution automates network provisioning for virtual environments and clouds, allowing you to make better use of your valuable IP address space. Our solutions fully automate IP address and DNS allocation for workload activation and allow you to monitor and reclaim unused IP addresses to accommodate the growth of virtual machines and workloads. The result is a dynamic, automated and scalable environment that is more cost-effective and easier to manage.
Solution Highlights
- Automatically activate and deactivate workloads with zero IT intervention
- Automate DNS and DHCP core services provisioning for virtual servers and clients
- Avoid delays in provisioning VMs by dynamically allocating additional IP space based on pre-defined policies and proactively monitoring and reclaiming unused IP addresses
- Accelerate the rollout of virtual servers and desktop-as-a-service initiatives by eliminating manual spreadsheet lookups and individual DNS/DHCP configuration updates
- Monitor all registered devices to control access to a desktop-as-a-service and prevent misuse
- Right-size networks and reduce DNS/DHCP management costs
- Future-proof your investment with out-of-the-box support for IPv6 and DNSSEC
Features
On-Demand Scalability and Capacity Planning
With the BlueCat Networks IPAM solution, you can automatically adjust core services capacity based on demand. You can monitor scope utilization with a live view and easily make adjustments to DHCP scopes as needed. Create and partition blocks to adapt to dynamic changes in capacity demand. The solution also allows you to create multiple networks and to easily and transparently "spill-over" from one network to the next once a network has reached its full capacity.Reliable Virtual DNS and DHCP
BlueCat Networks' IP Address Management and core network services software is VMware-Ready certified and also supports Microsoft Hyper-V. Easy to deploy and maintain, BlueCat Networks' virtual appliances combine a secure, hardened operating system with tightly integrated and resilient IPAM, DNS and DHCP. Extensive disaster recovery and failover capabilities ensure the reliability of core network services and the critical business applications they support. Organizations can leverage their existing virtual infrastructure investments to rapidly provision DNS and DHCP for capacity handling and relocate services from one server to another for enhanced disaster recoveryEnd-to-End Workload Lifecycle Automation
Automated workload provisioning allows you to completely automate service requests. Business users simply request a workload via a self-service portal that generates a new virtual machine (VM) and automatically assigns an IP address and DNS name to the VM. By automating IP address assignment and DNS, you can maximize virtualization and cloud usage without the management burden of having to manually configure critical DNS/DHCP core services and update spreadsheets. A Web services API enables integration into self-service portals for seamless workload lifecycle automation.Future-Ready Support for IPv6
The BlueCat Networks IPAM solution offers full support for IPv6 and dual-stacked IPv4/IPv6 environments. Our solution allows you to manage both IPv4 and IPv6 networks from a single interface, so you centrally manage and control networks of all types from a single pane of glass.DNSSEC for Cloud Security
Because cloud computing involves machine-to-machine interaction, secure DNS resolution is needed to ensure true end-to-end security. DNS security extensions (DNSSEC) offer enhanced security, but require advanced management solutions. BlueCat Networks' IPAM, DNS and DHCP solutions provide a compliant, secure and easy-to-manage infrastructure for virtualization and cloud initiatives with full support for DNSSEC. You can automate the implementation of DNSSEC through policy definition: simply apply a user-defined security policy to a zone to immediately enable DNSSEC with automatic key rotation.Flexible Deployment Options and Multi-Platform Support
BlueCat Networks offers flexible options for deploying its IPAM, DNS and DHCP products. Physical appliances, virtual appliances and even a cloud-based managed service can be mixed and matched as needed to suit your scale, needs and budget. With industry-leading support for virtual infrastructures (VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V), as well as for hybrid physical/virtual environments, BlueCat Networks IPAM solution can centrally manage "everything IP" across your organization with unprecedented flexibility.Cloud-Ready Scalability
To accommodate the growth of virtual machines and expansion into the cloud, BlueCat Networks provides the industry's most scalable solution for centrally managing IPAM, DNS and DHCP across dynamic virtual environments. A single BlueCat Networks IPAM solution is being used by customers today to handle millions of IP addresses, hundreds of thousands of networks and DNS zones and hundreds of data centers and DNS/DHCP appliances.Device Registration
An integrated MAC Registration Portal allows you to easily register and track all devices connecting to the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). Users must first register their devices using the self-service Web portal before they can access your network. The automated solution improves efficiency and reduces IT costs by effectively eliminating IT involvement in device registration. Easy to deploy and maintain, the MAC Registration Portal provides everything required to manage device registration as a single virtual machine. Administrators can discover and remove users and devices from the network and track and audit the relationship between IP address, MAC address and user for accountability and security.ITIL Support
The BlueCat Networks IPAM solution fully supports Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) standards and practices for service support and delivery. ITIL support ensures that service definition follows established processes and that BlueCat Networks' automated solutions integrate into your virtual or cloud environment with consistent and predictable results.Webinar Replay
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