DHCPManager

Multi-Vendor DHCP Management for Network Provider

The operators benefit from the implementation of DHCP platforms as a consequence of managing addressing plans for their internal needs or for their customers. Through a graphical interface, DHCPManager runs complex DHCP architectures as well as heterogeneous DHCP servers —options, range, and lease— in a global way.

Centralization of DHCP management

The DHCP servers can be managed as soon as they are imported in the DHCPManager database. Either simple or complex operations —such as modifications— are available from the server properties. Configuration assistants help the administrators to configure their resources and also avoid lapses or configuration mistakes.

Monitoring DHCP performance

In order to permit the operators a quick check of the performance of their DHCP service, statistics and dash-boards are available in DNSManager. These statistics enable to monitor the supply of the DHCP service, to get information about performances and to anticipate the filling up the dynamic addresses ranges —number of allocated leases—. DNSManager offers the possibility to export configuration reports by using XML, HTML or CSV formats.    

Scalable platform

By managing DHCP servers in an optimal way, DHCPManager provides a high performance solution to the operators. DHCPManager can administrate several million of leases and ensure the instant integration of several hundred DHCP servers.

DHCPManager is standardly delivered with the IPMDHCP server; that includes failover management and load-balancing algorithm. Thus, DHCPManager ensures a high availability and a strong scalability of the DHCP service.

Processes integration and IT matching

In order to improve the exploitation costs and the quality of the service, the operators define processes —Provisioning, SLA, and Billing— through an OSS tool. EfficientIP proposes to integrate DNSManager to existing processes in order to deploy and manage DHCP services.

This integration requests the communication between DHCPManager tool and third applications from the operator as network inventory or workflow. It is carried out through Application Program Interface (API) based on XML or Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) services.

Capabilities management

Used with IPRegistry, DHCPManager allows the operators to apply schemes of addresses’ range provisions depending on technical constraints or on marketing strategy —Point Of Presence (POP) location, type of interconnection, equipment model, and sale offers—. Thus, DHCPManager helps the operators to optimize the consumption of IP resources by keeping their processes of management.