VitalQIP Product Description
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VitalQIP Administration
One of the most powerful features of the VitalQIP software is the ability to distribute IP management
responsibilities within divisions and departments of a company.
The administrator policies establish the individuals who will manage the network or portions of the
network and what impact they will have on their assigned portions. Alcatel-Lucent provides multiple
levels of administration.
Multiple User Interfaces- Network managers and administrators can utilize their tools of choice to
work with VitalQIP software. Comprehensive graphical user interfaces running on either Windows
NT/95/98/2000 or UNIX Motif may be selected. Alternatively, VitalQIP software‟s customizable web
interface may be used as the preferred interface for ubiquitous, secure access to the software.
3.1
Additional Product Features
Historically VitalQIP has offered a number of different modules that were separate from the core
product. With VitalQIP 7.3, a number of those modules have been packaged with the core product –
such as AutoDiscovery and Address Allocation to provide more value-add functionality. A few modules
are still kept separate. This section describes these additional modules add-on applications that are
available with VitalQIP. These add-ons are certified to operate in conjunction with VitalQIP.
3.1.1
VitalQIP Audit Manager Module
Audit Manager is an application that tracks DHCP lease information, VitalQIP static and dynamic
object definitions, and Domain Controller login/logout information. (A domain controller is a system
dedicated to processing user authentication for Windows domains) The information captured and
collected can be audited using the graphical user interface. Audit Manager also has the capability to
generate alerts when an IP address, Media Access Control (MAC) address, and/or hostname have been
used. Audit Manager is not dependent upon VitalQIP, but it does rely on VitalQIP for information about
static and dynamic objects. It can be used with other DHCP Servers and messaging devices, such as
the Windows Primary Domain Controller (refer to Microsoft's web site, http
://www.microsoft.com/
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for more information). Components of Audit Manager can run on both UNIX and Windows platforms,
except the Audit Manager graphical user interface and the VitalQIP Domain Controller Logon Audit
Service. The graphical user interface runs on Windows 2000/2003/XP, and the VitalQIP Domain
Controller Logon Audit Service naturally runs only on a Domain Controller, i.e., Windows 2000/2003.
Audit Manager collects, accesses, and manages data from VitalQIP, DHCP Servers, and Domain
Controllers by:
Collecting and auditing DHCP lease information; such as an IP address a DHCP lease has given.
Collecting and auditing VitalQIP ® static and dynamic object definitions. Object definitions
include user information, billing information, and other types of information associated with
an object.
Collecting and auditing Domain Controller login/logout information.
Generating alerts when an IP address, hostname, of MAC address has been used.
Searching a database for data that has been collected and/or archived.
