VitalQIP Product Description
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services and distributed administrators using an intuitive GUI. The Knowledgebase then extends itself
for the management and maintenance of DNS and DHCP operations.
All DNS/DHCP servers communicate to the centralized database only for initial configuration or
updates, as configuration files or boot files are modified or removed. Servers can be configured to
send update information to the database as IP addresses are leased, renewed, or re-leased for DHCP
and for external dynamic DNS updates, say from Windows clients, for DNS.
Each enterprise server consists of additional daemons/services that control scheduling, remote
connections, and message queuing.
Alcatel-Lucent provides a full database schema to customers that define table/field relationships, so
that custom APIs and interfaces can be developed to extract or update information from third-party
or corporate applications.
As a planning and reporting tool, the Enterprise Server includes sophisticated utilities for importing
and validating network information, extensive reporting capabilities, and a flexible interface for
routine and ad hoc inquiries that allows users to view audit trails by device or administrator.
Innovative Profiling Capabilities
With VitalQIP software, customers can easily create a base of network and customer information that
allows defining and managing subnets and network services. The Lucent DHCP and DNS Servers allow
leveraging key information across a common centralized database, streamlining administration and
improving the integration of multiple applications.
Flexible Subnet Management
Today‟s networks must be updated constantly to keep up with frequent moves, mergers, and
reorganizations that cause address space to become fragmented. VitalQIP software handles true
Variable Length Subnet Masking (VLSM), so subnets can be easily split up or joined with other
contiguous ones, eliminating the need for time-consuming manual spreadsheets. By providing a view
of the entire IP infrastructure, the software provides a customizable management framework that
allows assigning IP address space to specific administrators or groups of administrators across
domains, networks, and subnets. VitalQIP software makes changes and implements reconfigurations
quickly and seamlessly, allowing copying an existing subnet‟s information, such as the mask, to the
newly created subnet. It allows also setting thresholds that, if exceeded, automatically generate
warning messages.
Customized User Interface
VitalQIP software delivers a user interface that streamlines operations and allows planning, modeling,
and building an IP network that truly reflects the organization‟s structure and goals. For instance, the
user-definable attributes capability can be used to track information within the VitalQIP software.
