VitalQIP
®
IP Address Management Software
Provides a Helicopter View of IP Services
for Ministry of Defense, The Netherlands
HIGHLIGHTS
Goal:
For DTO, the IT group of
the Netherlands Department of
Defense, to improve the reliability
and stability of its 65,000-node
IP network, centralize IP, DHCP,
and DNS management and
control, and future-proof its
network.
Solution:
Alcatel-Lucent’s
VitalQIP
®
DNS/DHCP IP manage-
ment software for configuring,
automating, integrating, and
administering IP services across
the network.
Results:
Significant improvement
in network reliability and avail-
ability; reduced downtime due
to IP conflicts; more efficient
troubleshooting; centralized
oversight and management of
IP and DNS; a platform capable
of supporting new applications;
and a more flexible network able
to support multiple platforms.
With VitalQIP
®
, DTO is on the
road to providing 100% network
uptime.
DTO, the Netherlands Defense Department’s IT organization, is responsible for
running and maintaining the network which forms the backbone of the Defense
Department’s entire organizational and administrative infrastructure. Until the
late 1990s, the network was highly decentralized and managed locally rather
than on a centralized basis — for example, DNS was tracked in a variety of
ways by different departments, including using Word documents and Excel
spreadsheets. This caused reliability problems, and did not allow the DTO to
easily introduce new applications. To solve the problem, it turned to Alcatel-
Lucent’s VitalQIP
®
DNS/DHCP IP management software for configuring,
automating, integrating, and administering IP services across the network.
As a result, network uptime and reliability has been significantly improved,
vital defense applications are much more available, the time to troubleshoot
problems has been drastically cut, and the network is capable of handling new
applications and capabilities. The DTO is on the road to providing 100%
network uptime.
Benefits
OBJECTIVE
BENEFITS ACHIEVED
Centralize control of a
With VitalQIP
®
, IP, DNS, and DHCP are managed centrally, rather than
65,000-node network
locally using Word documents and Excel spreadsheets. The DTO
network has been consolidated from 250 server farms to three data
centers, with VitalQIP
®
providing centralized IP management.
Improve network and
The network and applications are much more highly available than
application reliability
previously, because VitalQIP
®
has eliminated IP and DNS conflicts.
and uptime
Improve network
With VitalQIP
®
, when there are DNS or DHCP problems, DTO is able
resiliency
to quickly resolve them and keep the network up and running.
Improve flexibility
By using VitalQIP
®
to move to a standards-based network, DTO can
be more flexible in the applications and services it offers.
“Future-proof” the
Because DNS, DHCP, and IP are stable and centrally managed by DTO,
network
the Defense Department’s IT group, has a stable platform on which
it can add new technologies and build new projects and applications.
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