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It ensures that the network manager has thorough visibility, precise control, and seamless coordination of these services.</p></div><div class="per60"><img src="https://cdn.manageengine.com/sites/meweb/images/dns-dhcp-ipam/what-is-ddi.png" alt="DDI Software " title="DDI Solutions"></div></div><div class="box-div"><div class="per30"><p><span class="box-heading"><strong>DNS</strong></span><br> Translates your service and host names into the numeric IP addresses and makes them easily accessible.</p></div><div class="per30"><p><span class="box-heading"><strong>DHCP</strong></span><br> Automates the process of assigning IP addresses and other network configuration parameters to devices within your network, ensuring smooth connections for any device joining your network.</p></div><div class="per30"><p><span class="box-heading"><strong>IPAM</strong></span> <br> Takes the hassle out of managing IP address space on your network, providing real-time tracking and control of used and unassigned IP addresses utilized by DNS and DHCP services.</p></div></div></div></div><div class="third-div"><div class="container clearfix"><div class="per40"><h2>What can a <br> DDI solution<br> do for you?</h2></div><div class="per60"><p>The DDI software expedites the connection procedures for hosts joining your network by automating essential IP name and address management services—from initial planning to deploying network configuration parameters, auditing IP address utilization, and effortlessly handling routine administrative functions. This enhances administrator productivity by reducing manual configuration efforts, ensuring efficient and consistent network management.</p></div></div><div class="container newdiv clearfix"><div class="per40"><h2>Why choose<br> DDI Central for<br> your Microsoft <br> DNS and DHCP servers?</h2></div><div class="per60"><ul><li>Agentless connection and management</li><li>Advanced DNS, DHCP and IP discovery</li><li>Centralized and contextualized visibility</li><li>Robust scalability for remote sites</li><li>Policy-based automations</li><li>Built-in failover support</li><li>Comprehensive reports and analytics</li><li>Defense-in-depth security</li></ul><p class="newdiva"><a href="/dns-dhcp-ipam/ddi-solution-for-microsoft-windows-servers.html">Learn more about DDI Central for Microsoft DNS and DHCP</a></p></div></div></div><div class="fourth-div"><h2>What can you do with DDI Central?</h2><p>Simplify DNS, DHCP, and IP address management for your network infrastructure with DDI Central.</p><div class="container-div container"><div class="content-div"><div class="per60"><h3>Discover and setup</h3></div><div class="per40"><p>Flexible DDI at your  fingertips</p></div></div><div class="img-div"><img src="https://cdn.manageengine.com/sites/meweb/images/dns-dhcp-ipam/index-fea-img.png" alt="Enterprise DDI" title="DDI Security"></div><div class="container-boxdiv"><div class="per30"><h4>DDI as an overlay</h4><p>Enable DDI to seamlessly scan and integrate your on-premises infrastructure's complete DNS-DHCP server configurations, including the entire IP address footprint, into the intuitive DDI console interface.</p></div><div class="per30"><h4>DDI as a DNS-DHCP-IPAM service provider</h4><p>Set up new servers, enabling DDI Central to implement, configure, and manage DNS, DHCP and IPAM services on your network infrastructure from scratch.</p></div><div class="per30"><h4>Core to periphery DDI</h4><p>Deploy DDI flexibly to manage both internal and external DNS-DHCP clusters that support Internet Systems Consortium (ISC)'s ISC DHCP and BIND9 DNS.</p></div></div></div></div><div class="fifth-div black-bg"><div class="container-div container"><div class="content-div"><div class="per60"><h3>Centralize and contextualize</h3></div><div class="per40"><p>Synchronized DNS-DHCP-IPAM  in one window</p></div></div><div class="img-div"><img src="https://cdn.manageengine.com/sites/meweb/images/dns-dhcp-ipam/index-fea-img1.png" alt="DDI Solution" title="DDI Central"></div><div class="container-boxdiv"><div class="per30"><h4>Centralized visibility</h4><p>Consolidate the configurations of your external and internal DNS-DHCP clusters, including their IPv4 and IPv6 address plan and inventory, onto a unified interface for centralized visibility to ensure network-wide consistency and accuracy of managed data.</p></div><div class="per30"><h4>Single source of truth</h4><p>Embrace a more streamlined network management system by centralizing the planning and administration of DNS, DHCP, and IP address space, eliminating the need for complex interfaces or disparate tools. Synchronize data across the three critical network services, positioning IPAM as the singular authoritative source of truth, to ensure effective data validation and cohesive network operation.</p></div><div class="per30"><h4>Holistic problem management</h4><p>Enable administrators to make informed decisions and troubleshoot comprehensively by mapping dependencies among DHCP scopes provisioning addresses and host names for hosts entering your network.</p></div></div></div></div><div class="sixth-div"><div class="container-div container"><div class="content-div"><div class="per60"><h3>Visualize, monitor, and adapt</h3></div><div class="per40"><p>Detect sooner  and act faster</p></div></div><div class="img-div"><img src="https://cdn.manageengine.com/sites/meweb/images/dns-dhcp-ipam/index-fea-img2.png" alt="DNS, DHCP, & IPAM" title="Enterprise DDI Platform "></div><div class="container-boxdiv"><div class="per30"><h4>Core services monitoring</h4><p>Monitor your DNS or DHCP server's load and performance with an intuitive server dashboard that depicts the servers' state in real time including stats like server鈥檚 network, IP, memory, disk and CPU utilization.</p></div><div class="per30"><h4>Instant network overview</h4><p>Gain real-time visual insights into IP allocations, DNS resolutions, and DHCP lease statuses, facilitating better decision-making and network planning with up-to-date information.</p></div><div class="per30"><h4>DHCP scope visualizations</h4><p>Assist administrators by providing hierarchical visuals that show how different scopes relate to one another within the network. The DHCP scope tree view enabling admins to quickly locate and access specific scopes, subnets, to manage configurations and troubleshooting tasks for a specific scope.</p></div></div><div class="container-boxdiv"><div class="per30"><h4>DHCP scope monitoring</h4><p>Gain deeper visibility into individual DHCP scopes for both IPv4 and IPv6address spaces to effectively monitor the IP address utilization, availability, and track the reserved, and abandoned addresses, enabling effective capacity planning and management.</p></div><div class="per30"><h4>Domain monitoring</h4><p>Visualize and monitor the query and response traffic to measure the performance of your on-premises hosted domains.</p></div></div></div></div><div class="seventh-div black-bg"><div class="container-div container"><div class="content-div"><div class="per60"><h3>Customize, automate, and control</h3></div><div class="per40"><p>Make your network  work, your way</p></div></div><div class="img-div"><img src="https://cdn.manageengine.com/sites/meweb/images/dns-dhcp-ipam/index-fea-img3.png" alt="DDI DNS, DHCP, & IPAM Solutions" title="DDI (DNS-DHCP-IPAM)"></div><div class="container-boxdiv"><div class="per30"><h4>Effortless IP Allocation</h4><p>Efficiently allocate IP resources by automating the dynamic allocation of the four required IP parameters to each host on your network: IP address, network mask, switch address, and name server address.</p></div><div class="per30"><h4>Device-centric IP configurations</h4><p>Customize IP resource allocations by granularly identifying, categorizing, and controlling the various types of devices connecting to your network. Provide targeted configurations, enforce tailored compliance policies and access privileges, and streamline troubleshooting based on the device's type, OS, and manufacturer.</p></div><div class="per30"><h4>Efficient PXE Booting</h4><p>Automate devices to autonomously discover IP addresses, initiate boot processes, and seamlessly integrate into your network with Preboot EXecution Environment booting.</p></div></div></div></div><div class="eight-div"><div class="container-div container"><div class="content-div"><div class="per60"><h3>Secure and stabilize</h3></div><div class="per40"><p>Fortify your critical  network infrastructure</p></div></div><div class="img-div"><img src="https://cdn.manageengine.com/sites/meweb/images/dns-dhcp-ipam/index-fea-img4.png" alt="What is DDI" title="Enterprise DDI Solutions"></div><div class="container-boxdiv"><div class="per30"><h4>DNSSEC with TSIG support</h4><p>Enhance DNS security with <a href="https://www.manageengine.com/clouddns/features.html" target="_blank">Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC)</a> to ensure data integrity and authenticity, complemented by Transaction Signature (TSIG) for secure communications. Deploy TSIG for authenticated and secure interactions between DNS entities.</p></div><div class="per30"><h4>Named ACLs</h4><p>Ensure precise control over DNS access with access control lists to enable network admins to define and enforce specific permissions for improved security.</p></div><div class="per30"><h4>DNS Firewall Response Policy Zones (DFW) (RPZ)</h4><p>Fortify your DNS infrastructure against cyberthreats with DNS Firewall Response Policy Zones to enable proactive blocking of specific malicious domains. Boost security by prohibiting access to recognized collections of undesirable domains and customize redirection using personalized IP settings.</p></div></div><div class="container-boxdiv"><div class="per30"><h4>Rogue detection: DHCP server</h4><p>Quickly identify and isolate rogue DHCP servers with timely email alerts to leverage real-time monitoring and automated IP inventory reconciliation and to ensure a secure and compliant network environment.</p></div><div class="per30"><h4>Built-in auditing and failover support</h4><p>Enhance network integrity with built-in auditing for both DNS and DHCP servers. Ensure uninterrupted service with built-in failover support for DHCPv4 servers.</p></div><div class="per30"><h4>Role based access controls</h4><p>Elevate security with precise permissions tailored for individual roles to ensure efficient and secure access management for your DNS and DHCP clusters.</p></div></div></div></div><div class="ninth-div black-bg"><div class="container-div container"><div class="content-div"><div class="per60"><h3>Analyze and optimize</h3></div><div class="per40"><p>Improve your network with  data driven actionable insights</p></div></div><div class="img-div"><img src="https://cdn.manageengine.com/sites/meweb/images/dns-dhcp-ipam/index-fea-img5.png" alt="Enterprise DDI Software" title="DDI Platform"></div><div class="container-boxdiv"><div class="per30"><h4>Lease history insights</h4><p>Evaluate the lease history records for a particular IP to find the IP's transitions over time, analyze the dependencies and resolve IP conflicts to resume connectivity as quickly as possible.</p></div><div class="per30"><h4>Query traffic insights</h4><p>Analyze patterns in query traffic to quickly identify trends in user behavior, popular domains, and potential areas for optimization. Detect and address issues promptly by identifying any anomalies or irregularities in the query and response patterns. Evaluate the demand for resources by understanding the frequency and nature of queries which helps with effective capacity planning.</p></div><div class="per30"><h4>Blocked domain surveillance</h4><p>Identify and analyze patterns in queries to blocked domains to enable the detection of potential security threats or unauthorized activities. Gain insights into user behavior by examining which blocked domains are being queried most to provide visibility into potential risks or policy violations.</p></div></div><div class="container-boxdiv"><div class="per30"><h4>Streamlined network analysis</h4><p>Empower administrators to examine essential data, including IP-host lease histories, IP-DNS resource record relationships, and query analytics for domains with leased IPs, all from a unified interface. This streamlined approach minimizes the time it takes to identify and resolve network problems.</p></div></div></div></div><div class="tenth-div"><div class="container-div container"><div class="content-div"><div class="per60"><h3>Grow and scale</h3></div><div class="per40"><p>Align your network  for the future</p></div></div><div class="img-div"><img src="https://cdn.manageengine.com/sites/meweb/images/dns-dhcp-ipam/index-fea-img6.png" alt="DDI Platform" title="ManageEngine DDI Central"></div><div class="container-boxdiv"><div class="per30"><h4>Cost effective scaling</h4><p>Opt for cost-effective scaling with DDI Central by selecting budget-friendly plans tailored to your specific resources and requirements.</p></div><div class="per30"><h4>Modular adaptability</h4><p>Easily extend DDI Central through its modular design, ensuring seamless adaptability and robust communication as your network grows.</p></div><div class="per30"><h4>IPv4-IPv6 coexistence strategy</h4><p>Establish a future-ready network infrastructure with the DNS64, ensuring smooth interoperability, seamless communication, preventing the isolation of IPv6 devices, addressing IPv4 address exhaustion, and efficiently utilizing IPv4 and IPv6 resources as you align your network towards the global migration to IPv6.</p></div></div></div><div class="strip-banner container"><p>Explore a broad array of easy to use yet powerful DDI features <a href="/dns-dhcp-ipam/features.html">here</a></p></div><div class="demobox container"><div class="per50"><div class="heading-area"><div class="per70"><p><a href="/dns-dhcp-ipam/download.html"><strong>Try us out </strong></a><br><a href="/dns-dhcp-ipam/download.html"><strong>for 30 days</strong></a></p></div><div class="per30"><a href="/dns-dhcp-ipam/download.html"><img src="https://cdn.manageengine.com/sites/meweb/images/dns-dhcp-ipam/arrow.png" alt=""></a></div></div><div class="img-area"><a href="/dns-dhcp-ipam/download.html"><img src="https://cdn.manageengine.com/sites/meweb/images/dns-dhcp-ipam/index-feature.png" alt=""></a></div></div><div class="per50"><div class="heading-area"><div class="per70"><p><a href="/dns-dhcp-ipam/demo-form.html"><strong>Request a personalized demo</strong></a></p></div><div class="per30"><a href="/dns-dhcp-ipam/demo-form.html"><img src="https://cdn.manageengine.com/sites/meweb/images/dns-dhcp-ipam/arrow.png" alt=""></a></div></div><div class="img-area"><a href="/dns-dhcp-ipam/demo-form.html"><img src="https://cdn.manageengine.com/sites/meweb/images/dns-dhcp-ipam/index-feature1.png" alt=""></a></div></div></div><div class="heading-div container"><h2>Transform your network holistically with <br> DDI Central triad <br> (DNS, DHCP, IPAM)</h2></div></div><div id="popup-container"><div id="popup-content"><button id="popup-close">Close</button><a href="https://www.manageengine.com/dns-dhcp-ipam/resources/webinars/ddi-solutions-for-data-centers.html" target="_blank"><img id="popup-image" src="https://cdn.manageengine.com/sites/meweb/images/dns-dhcp-ipam/images/webinar-banner-nov.jpg" alt="Live Webinar- How DDI solutions optimize data center networks"></a></div></div><footer id="meCommonFooterNew"></footer><script src="https://accounts.zoho.com/u/info" type="text/javascript"></script><script src="https://cdn.manageengine.com/sites/meweb/js/common/mweb-header.js"></script><script src="https://cdn.manageengine.com/sites/meweb/js/common/mweb-custom.js"></script><script src="https://cdn.manageengine.com/sites/meweb/js/product/dns-dhcp-ipam.js"></script><script src="https://cdn.manageengine.com/sites/meweb/js/node/dns-dhcp-ipam/6130-en.js"></script><script src="https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications_manager/style/swiper/swiper.min.js" charset="utf-8"></script><script> // Check if the pop-up has been shown in this session if (!sessionStorage.getItem('popupShown')) { // Show the pop-up when the page loads window.onload = function() { document.getElementById('popup-container').style.display = 'flex'; } // Mark the pop-up as shown in this session sessionStorage.setItem('popupShown', 'true'); } // Close the pop-up when the close button is clicked document.getElementById('popup-close').onclick = function() { document.getElementById('popup-container').style.display = 'none'; } </script></body></html>