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  • Page 1: Product Description

    ® VitalQIP DNS/DHCP & IP Address Management Solution Product Description Next Generation Platform © Copyright 2009 Alcatel-Lucent Use pursuant to company instructions...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    2.2.4 New Web Services API ................ 11 2.2.5 API Toolkit ..................11 Features ..................12 3.1 VitalQIP 7.2 Next-Generation Web GUI ..........12 3.2 VitalQIP Client GUI – traditional “thick” client.........22 3.2.1 Thick Client Menus ................22 3.2.2 Flexibility in Supporting Mulit-Vendor Solution........... 24 3.3 VitalQIP Appliance-Based Solution ............25...
  • Page 3 Additional Product Features ............41 4.1 VitalQIP Audit Manager Module ............41 4.1.1 VitalQIP Services Manager Module ............42 4.2 VitalQIP Registration Manager Module ...........43 4.2.1 VitalQIP Workflow Manager Module ............43 © Copyright 2009 Alcatel-Lucent Page 3 Use pursuant to company instructions...

  • Page 4: Vitalqip Product Description Introduction

    SyStem performance and reliability...........46 Operations, administration and Maintenance ........46 6.1 Security..................47 6.2 Disaster Recovery ................47 What’s New in VitalQIP 7.2 .............47 7.1 Next Generation Architecture and New Web UI ........48 7.2 DNS Views ..................49 7.3 Report Enhancements ...............50 7.4 Managed Files .................51 7.5 MyView ..................51...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    IPv6, VoIP, or ENUM; or meeting the needs of our customers by introducing the Alcatel-Lucent Appliances; or providing tools, such as better reporting and Workflow Manager, and thereby continuing to provide automation and efficiencies in customers’ networks. The explosion of IP- enabled devices and networks, along with policies and procedures has further escalated customers’...

  • Page 6: Product Capabilities

    IPAM space today. © Copyright 2009 Alcatel-Lucent Page 6 Use pursuant to company instructions...

  • Page 7: Architecture

    Services Manager Servers DHCP Server Server DHCP/DNS Appliances Routers All Rights Reserved © Alcatel-Lucent 2006, ##### 2 | Presentation Title | Month 2006 2.1 Architecture 2.1.1 VitalQIP Components Enterprise Server and Database Components • VitalQIP Enterprise Server • VitalQIP Remote Server •...
  • Page 8 RDBMS repository. This database can be based on an Oracle or Sybase engine and can reside on a Sun Solaris, Windows, RedHat Linux or Alatel-Lucent Appliance. Alcatel-Lucent Technologies currently ships VitalQIP software with a run-time version of Sybase. Alcatel-Lucent Technologies does not resell or embed Oracle, which must be licensed separately by the customer.

  • Page 9: Core Product

    The VitalQIP Product has matured over the years from offering multiple interfaces to now focusing on the next generation platform offering a new web based GUI. In the VitalQIP 7.2 release, the traditional Motif GUI interface for UNIX systems, Command Line Interface and the C/C++ API (VitalQIP API Toolkit) all remain the same.
  • Page 10 Address Reclaims • Active Lease Viewing/Management • Administrative Permissions The 7.2 Web GUI is fully explained in the VitalQIP 7.2 Web Client User’s Guide. Below is a sample screenshot of the QIP 7.2 GUI main screen: © Copyright 2009 Alcatel-Lucent...

  • Page 11: Command Line Interface

    VitalQIP DHCP Servers Customer Program Supplements: GUIs and Policies VitalQIP CLIs and User Exits Integrates with: Workflow Applications Network OA&M Applications DHCP DDNS All Rights Reserved © Alcatel-Lucent 2006, ##### © Copyright 2009 Alcatel-Lucent Page 11 Use pursuant to company instructions...

  • Page 12: Features

    Address Management tab – This tab allows for user to perform IP Address Management for IPv4, IPv6 networks as well as manage or set up nodes in the VitalQIP 7.2 Web GUI. This tab consists of three sub tabs IPV4, IPV6 and Node •...
  • Page 13 The Address Allocation tab has four sub-tabs shown below: • Pool Hierarchy – Allows for configuration and management of address allocation pools for IPV4 and IPV6. Below is a view of this screen: © Copyright 2009 Alcatel-Lucent Page 13 Use pursuant to company instructions...
  • Page 14 QIP supports ARIN, Ripe, APNIC and AFRINIC. All changes in address space that need to be communicated with the local internet registry are configured here for automatic communication. See the view below: © Copyright 2009 Alcatel-Lucent Page 14 Use pursuant to company instructions...
  • Page 15 Allocation, Address Management and DNS and DHCP infrastructure into your corporate processes. For example, you can associate an employee’s badge number of cost center with a subnet. There are three components to attributes. The attributes themselves and attribute groups. © Copyright 2009 Alcatel-Lucent Page 15 Use pursuant to company instructions...
  • Page 16 Printer, router, wiring HUB… and the same for object classes. • Global Policies – Allows the management of global policies directly in the tab. Below is a sample view. © Copyright 2009 Alcatel-Lucent Page 16 Use pursuant to company instructions...
  • Page 17 QIP. QIP does not support the same address space in one organization. A duplicate address space must be separated between organizations. • Switch Organization – Simply allows you to switch to another organization without logging out and in again. © Copyright 2009 Alcatel-Lucent Page 17 Use pursuant to company instructions...
  • Page 18 LDAP server to ensure all corporate security is enforced and then allows QIP to provide a login to QIP. Below is a view of the QIP security screen: © Copyright 2009 Alcatel-Lucent Page 18 Use pursuant to company instructions...
  • Page 19 Change Password – Standard change password screen is shown below: Reports tab – VitalQIP 7.2 has incorporated a new reporting package with the 7.x Platform. This includes a free-ware tool call Jasper Reporting. In 7.2, reports are accessed through the Web GUI and the traditional “Thick Client,: Reports provide the user with information to manage pools, blocks, IPv4...
  • Page 20 Creation of profiles allows the user to run the discovery in an “offline” mode even when it is not connected to VitalQIP database. The same profile information is then used to extract the corresponding data from VitalQIP. © Copyright 2009 Alcatel-Lucent Page 20 Use pursuant to company instructions...
  • Page 21 VitalQIP Data Extraction and Diff Report. It is responsible for determining when requested actions are allowed. Appliance Manager – This tab is used if the deployment includes the Alcatel-Lucent Integrated Appliances. It is accessed to manage all appliances in the architecture, including the Enterprise Server and/or the Remote DNS and DHCP appliances.

  • Page 22: Vitalqip Client Gui - Traditional "Thick" Client

    Features 3.2 VitalQIP Client GUI – traditional “thick” client Disclaimer. The thick client is provided in VitalQIP 7.2 as a transitional GUI for existing users of QIP. The thick client will not be delivered in VitalQIP 7.3. 3.2.1 Thick Client Menus Policies Menu –...
  • Page 23 Management Menu – The Management menu provides options to help manage objects, users, and subnets, on down to MAC addresses. • Hierarchy – This function displays the hierarchy of domains, networks, OSPF areas, subnet organizations and/or subnets. © Copyright 2009 Alcatel-Lucent Page 23 Use pursuant to company instructions...

  • Page 24: Flexibility In Supporting Mulit-Vendor Solution

    VitalQIP is a centralized IP management tool, which is also used to configure DNS and DHCP servers from a variety of vendors. This provides a tremendous amount of flexility to bring VitalQIP into existing environments and provide consolidated management of the existing infrastructure. © Copyright 2009 Alcatel-Lucent Page 24 Use pursuant to company instructions...

  • Page 25: Vitalqip Appliance-Based Solution

    IPAM market towards appliances, for increased reliability, manageability, scalability and security. The Alcatel-Lucent solution is the only solution purposely built to offer the industry leading IPAM software as an appliance solution. The VitalQIP Appliance Manager integrates...
  • Page 26 End to end feature rich appliance based DHCP/DNS management IPAM solution all from one single vendor functionality – Alcatel-Lucent Automate the deployment of critical IP name and address services Simplifies software upgrades and centralizes deployment and monitoring of DNS,DHCP, and other services...
  • Page 27 VitalQIP Appliance Management Software (AMS) – AMS is accessed through the a web based UI to manage all of the appliances. • Service Packages – Alcatel-Lucent provides the following service packages that permit the same time delivery of service fixes/patches between VitalQIP and AMS. The packages include: VitalQIP Enterprise Server...
  • Page 28 Powered by two 64-bit Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processors in a NEBS-3 compliant 1U form factor platform with mirrored RAID 1 and dual power supplies. The Alcatel-Lucent Appliance provides the best price/performance ratio in the industry. VitalQIP Appliance Manager Architecture Packages Import...

  • Page 29: The Ams Gui Explained By Tab

    Configuration History of each appliance. Packages tab – Allows you to view the properties of each package and also import new packages. Administration tab – Has two sub-tabs shown below: © Copyright 2009 Alcatel-Lucent Page 29 Use pursuant to company instructions...

  • Page 30: Application Programming Interfaces

    Selected transactions can be scheduled. This interface could also be leveraged should the need arise to integrate with other Alcatel- Lucent or non-Alcatel-Lucent software products, such as billing, radius, network access security, trouble ticketing, etc.

  • Page 31: Data Viewing And Filtering Capability

    Jasper Reports and Database schema information is also available should customers wish to customize reports with an SQL report writer. In the VitalQIP 7.2 application, reports can be obtained from the new Web GUI or the Thick Client. The Web GUI contains a subset of reports as follows: •...

  • Page 32: User Configurable Capability

    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 © Copyright 2009 Alcatel-Lucent Page 32 Use pursuant to company instructions...

  • Page 33: Flexible Subnet Management

    This makes database administration and upgrades simpler, as well as reduce the security risk associated with people having access to the database through tools supplied from the database vendors. © Copyright 2009 Alcatel-Lucent Page 33 Use pursuant to company instructions...

  • Page 34: Ability To Change Dns Options On Multiple Domains Simultaneously

    VitalQIP the services and the user interfaces can provide failover to replicated databases without administrative intervention. This feature also allows for the ability to prevent user and service access to the database during planned maintenance by setting a global database state. © Copyright 2009 Alcatel-Lucent Page 34 Use pursuant to company instructions...

  • Page 35: Job Scheduler

    DNSUpdateProxy. Objects created by members of the DNSUpdateProxy group have no security; therefore, any authenticated user can take ownership of the objects. © Copyright 2009 Alcatel-Lucent Page 35 Use pursuant to company instructions...

  • Page 36: Changed Records Push

    This feature provides the high availability and reliability required for IP address services. 3.30 DNS – Domain Name Server and Dynamic DNS Alcatel-Lucent Technologies has taken an open, non-proprietary approach to DNS management. Alcatel- Lucent’s focus is on integrating and supporting the latest commercial releases of Internet Software Consortium - BIND (ISC BIND) code across multiple platforms.

  • Page 37: Configuring Remote Dns Servers

    • VitalQIP software currently supports both BIND 8 and 9 on servers as well as the Alcatel- Lucent Appliances. By concurrently supporting multiple releases of BIND, the software allows customers to have an orderly migration to new releases •...

  • Page 38: Dynamic Dns

    VitalQIP software performs a complete generation of all named.conf and zone data files. Alcatel-Lucent Technologies will implement an incremental primary update in which only changes within the database will be updated to zone files. Incremental Zone Transfers (IXFRs) are supported by Alcatel-Lucent as an extension to BIND 8.x.

  • Page 39: Configuring Dhcp Servers

    Alcatel-Lucent has implemented several new policies that are included in the VitalQIP software release. 3.35 DHCP Intelligent Templates By re-using infrastructure configuration data and object class types such as routers or servers, Alcatel- Lucent facilitates the managing and configuration of DHCP templates. (DHCP templates define what DHCP options are passed to a client when assigning leases.) Most DHCP server vendors require that...

  • Page 40: Dhcp Failover

    Features 3.37 DHCP Failover Alcatel-Lucent’s VitalQIP supports configuration of failover servers. Failover of this server is provided as many-to-one failover server (one backup for many primaries). ALU DHCP failover uses a heartbeat mechanism to detect if a server goes down.

  • Page 41: Myview

    Historically, VitalQIP has offered a number of different modules that were sperate from the core product. With VitalQIP 7.2, 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.

  • Page 42: Vitalqip Services Manager Module

    The Director View is the whole "pie" of servers and services that you plan to manage using Services Manager © Copyright 2009 Alcatel-Lucent Page 42 Use pursuant to company instructions...

  • Page 43: Vitalqip Registration Manager Module

    100 orders/day to 700,000 order/day using the same code base of the product. It is developed on an object-oriented platform that provides robust interfacing options. © Copyright 2009 Alcatel-Lucent Page 43 Use pursuant to company instructions...

  • Page 44: Vitalqip Alcatel-Lucent Dhcp Rules Manager

    4.3 VitalQIP Alcatel-Lucent DHCP Rules Manager Alcatel-Lucent DHCP Rules Manager (LDRM), a VitalQIP service, used as an extension to the Alcatel- Lucent DHCP, provides the ability to override most DHCP packet values, and to do so conditionally, that is, based on other DHCP packet values. LDRM enables VitalQIP users to author custom rules for...

  • Page 45: Vitalqip Enum Manager

    4.4 Computing Platform Requirements and Options 4.4.1 Supported Platforms VitalQIP is supported on a number on traditional server as well as Alcatel-Lucent Appliances. On a traditional server, VitalQIP supports Sun Sun Solaris, Windows and Redhat Linux for the Enterprise server. On the Alcatel-Lucent Appliance, RedHat Linux is supported.

  • Page 46: System Performance And Reliability

    Performance of other components such as administrative clients and the database can be engineered and configured according with specifications especially with respect to memory. The Alcatel-Lucent Appliance follows in the same path by providing the best price performance solution in the market today. Model 1000 Appliance ®...

  • Page 47: Security

    VitalQIP Product Description What’s New in VitalQIP 7.2 6.1 Security VitalQIP uses the Administrator Profile to define the administrative policies, privileges, and roles of those individuals who are expected to manage the network or portions of the network, and to define what impact they have on their assigned portions.

  • Page 48: Next Generation Architecture And New Web Ui

    7.1 Next Generation Architecture and New Web UI The introduction of VitalQIP 7.2 continues to expand what began in VitalQIP7.1 and continues to take the product to a new architecture level. Given the maturity of the application, as the market leader, and the extensive customer deployments, Alcatel-Lucent saw the need to create a more flexible platform that allows users to leverage web based technology for the more mobile environment.

  • Page 49: Dns Views

    VitalQIP Product Description What’s New in VitalQIP 7.2 7.2 DNS Views VitalQIP continues to incorporate support in the centralized management system for BIND DNS like capabilities. DNS Views inherently provides the ability for a name server to present a different configuration to each of multiple sets of clients.

  • Page 50: Report Enhancements

    VitalQIP Product Description What’s New in VitalQIP 7.2 VitalQIP configures zones for DNS Views through one of these methods: • Sharing existing global zone data into a DNS View. Any subsequent changes made to the data in the global zone, except the SOA MNAME and NS records, comprise the zone data in the DNS View.

  • Page 51: Managed Files

    VitalQIP Product Description What’s New in VitalQIP 7.2 • DHCP Utilization Report 7.4 Managed Files VitalQIP provides a new feature called Managed Files as a mechanism to centrally manage files distributed to remote servers. Managed Files can be used to distribute callouts, scripts, zone files, and BIND include files, or any other text-based files to remote servers.
  • Page 52 VitalQIP Product Description What’s New in VitalQIP 7.2 Customize Administrators view with the MyView feature Normal administrator logged in with a custom view that allows them to view only what they need to see. Many tabs are missing The view can be customized further by the normal administrator.

  • Page 53: What's New In Qip Appliances For Qip 7.2

    VitalQIP Product Description What’s New in VitalQIP 7.2 7.6 What’s New in QIP Appliances for QIP 7.2 VitalQIP Anycast DNS Why Anycast? Multiple Servers share same IP Address Client Transparency DNS Server Reliability (Failover) Distributed Response to DoS attacks DNS Service Load Balancing 10.0.0.1 (lo)

  • Page 54: Standard Compliance - Rfc's Supported

    Using the Internet DNS to Distribute MIXER Conformant Global Address Mapping (MCGAM) RFC2168 Resolution of Uniform Resource Identifiers using the Domain Name System RFC2181 Clarifications to the DNS Specification © Copyright 2009 Alcatel-Lucent Page 54 Use pursuant to company instructions...
  • Page 55 Applicability Statement for DNS MIB Extensions RFC3225 Indicating Resolver Support of DNSSEC RFC3226 DNSSEC and IPv6 A6 aware server/resolver message size requirements RFC3258 Distributing Authoritative Name Servers via Shared Unicast Addresses © Copyright 2009 Alcatel-Lucent Page 55 Use pursuant to company instructions...

  • Page 56: Dhcp Rfcs

    RFC2132 DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor Extensions RFC2241 DHCP Options for Novell Directory Services RFC2242 Netware/IP Domain Name and Information RFC2485 DHCP Option for The Open Group's User Authentication © Copyright 2009 Alcatel-Lucent Page 56 Use pursuant to company instructions...

  • Page 57: Implementation, Configuration, And Testing (Software Integration Services)57

    VitalQIP Integration – In-depth course for integrating VitalQIP into an existing environment. 11 FUTURE ENHANCEMENTS The VitalQIP organization within Alcatel-Lucent has a customer accessible web site, where requests for enhancements (RFEs) can be entered. Product management periodically reviews the outstanding RFEs and assigns a disposition regarding release planned or rejection of the request.
  • Page 58 IP traffic monitoring and reporting. Transmission Control Protocol, connection oriented transport layer protocol of the TCP/IP suite. Uniform Resource Locator; e.g., http://www.Alcatel-Lucent.com APPENDIX II: AVAILABILITY AND ORDERING VitalQIP is available today. Please see contact the local sales or partner for pricing and additional information.

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