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Summary of Contents for Alcatel-Lucent VitalQIP 7.3
- Page 1 ® VitalQIP DNS/DHCP & IP Address Management Solution Product Description guide...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
2.1 Core Product ......................11 2.1.1 User interface ......................11 2.1.2 Features ........................ 12 2.1.3 VitalQIP 7.3 Next Generation Web GUI ..............14 2.1.4 Flexibility in Supporting Mulit-Vendor Solution............18 2.1.5 VitalQIP Appliance Based Solution ................. 19 2.1.6 Application Programming Interfaces ..............20 2.1.7... - Page 3 SyStem performance and reliability ..............42 Operations and administration ................43 5.1 Security ........................43 5.2 Disaster Recovery ....................44 VitalQIP 7.3 new Features .................. 44 6.1.1 New next generation web based GUI: ..............44 6.1.2 Global Search Engine .................... 45 6.1.3...
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Page 4: Introduction
IP management; the business needs and value proposition, and an overview of the product itself, including the latest release 7.3 features. This document should be used and view in conjunction with the most current release notes “VitalQIP 7.3 Release Notes” as well as the User Guide. -
Page 5: Configuring Network Nodes And Ip Enabled Devices With Ip Information
Believe it or not, this was actually done by hard-coding a text file, hosts.txt, into each and every node. When the user of the computer wanted to access another node, say Alcatel-Lucent.com, the computer would look in the hosts.txt file for the IP address of Alcatel-Lucent.com. -
Page 6: Configuring Host Name To Ip Address Lookup Facilities
Network Solutions, for the domain name "Alcatel-Lucent.com." Network Solutions noted that no one else reserved that name, so replied, "OK, you can have Alcatel- Lucent.com, and everything 'beneath' it, but just tell me where to send folks looking for Alcatel-Lucent.com or what's beneath."... -
Page 7: Auditing And Tracking Changes In The Ip Address Space
VitalQIP Product Description Lucent.com, hr.ion.Alcatel-Lucent.com, etc. to IP addresses or at least knew who else to ask down its own delegation chain. This historical context helps summarize how IP address and IP naming services evolved from being so simple that purely manual tracking methods were perfectly suitable, to becoming very, very complex. -
Page 8: What"S New With The Vitalqip Next Generation Platform
Now, throw IPv6 into the network environments, even the most seasoned and experience professionals and organizations are facing significant challenges. Alcatel-Lucent is focused on not only staying current with the latest technologies and trends but also continuing to provide tools and features focused on enhancing the overall user experience. -
Page 9: Benefits
DNSSEC support is planned for May 2007. Scalability Carrier class with proven scalability (millions of IP addresses). Standards-based software designed under strict quality management and best Quality practices. Copyright © 2011 Alcatel-Lucent Technologies USE PURSUANT TO COMPANY INSTRUCTIONS Page 9 of 50... -
Page 10: Product Capabilities
IP Address Management, DNS and DHCP to extend its reach and offer support and functionality to our customers responding to significant market trends. The following diagram shows the functional components. Copyright © 2011 Alcatel-Lucent Technologies USE PURSUANT TO COMPANY INSTRUCTIONS Page 10 of 50... -
Page 11: Core Product
Historically VitalQIP has maintained both a windows and motif GUI or the „Thick Client‟ as well as a Web GUI. The 7.3 Web GUI is explained in the VitalQIP Web Client User‟s Guide. Copyright © 2011 Alcatel-Lucent Technologies USE PURSUANT TO COMPANY INSTRUCTIONS Page 11 of 50... -
Page 12: Features
DNS and Command Line Interfaces - DHCP services across the entire (CLI‟s) are critical for integrating network - locally or globally Copyright © 2011 Alcatel-Lucent Technologies USE PURSUANT TO COMPANY INSTRUCTIONS Page 12 of 50... - Page 13 Active Directory DNS/DHCP. and deletes. Appliance Management – Optional appliance offering allows full automated VitalQIP software management upgrade, roll back and history versioning stored in a MySQL database Copyright © 2011 Alcatel-Lucent Technologies USE PURSUANT TO COMPANY INSTRUCTIONS Page 13 of 50...
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Page 14: Vitalqip 7.3 Next Generation Web Gui
VitalQIP DHCP. Asses, Quarantine, remediate and report dhcp based endpoints. 2.1.3 VitalQIP 7.3 Next Generation Web GUI The web GUI was designed from QIP customers representing the worldwide customer‟s base and VitalQIP Customer Advisory board.. It is modeled after the proven VitalQIP thick Client which has been a customer favorite for over ten years. - Page 15 Access Control: Allows management of a third level of authentication MAC address. This tab manages the mapping of individual users to multiple devices via MAC address Copyright © 2011 Alcatel-Lucent Technologies USE PURSUANT TO COMPANY INSTRUCTIONS Page 15 of 50...
- Page 16 You can reports from the following locations: From the Reports Tab From the Reports icon on the toolbar Copyright © 2011 Alcatel-Lucent Technologies USE PURSUANT TO COMPANY INSTRUCTIONS Page 16 of 50...
- Page 17 Extractor uses the same Request Profiles as the Network Data Extractor to determine the VitalQIP Organization and list of subnets from which to extract the object data. Copyright © 2011 Alcatel-Lucent Technologies USE PURSUANT TO COMPANY INSTRUCTIONS Page 17 of 50...
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Page 18: Flexibility In Supporting Mulit-Vendor Solution
Alcatel-Lucent Appliances Alcatel-Lucent Software Appliances in Alcatel-Lucent Software Appliances a Virtual environment Alcatel-Lucent DNS and DHCP on Riverbed Wan Optimizer End user PCs, broadband devices, etc. utilize RFC compliant DHCP or DNS transactions to interface with these servers. Please see release notes for the latest releases of software supported. -
Page 19: Vitalqip Appliance Based Solution
VitalQIP Product Description 2.1.5 VitalQIP Appliance Based Solution Copyright © 2011 Alcatel-Lucent Technologies USE PURSUANT TO COMPANY INSTRUCTIONS Page 19 of 50... -
Page 20: Application Programming Interfaces
Selected transactions can be scheduled. This interface could also be leverage 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 21: Data Export/Import Capabilities
SQL report writer. IN the VitalQIP 7.3 application reports can be obtained from the new Web GUI or the Thick Client. The Web GUI contains a subset of reports as follows: Address Allocator Reports –... -
Page 22: 2.1.10 User Configurable Capability
In addition, the full set of Command Line Interfaces (CLI‟s) and APIs provide integration configurability with other customer systems. Copyright © 2011 Alcatel-Lucent Technologies USE PURSUANT TO COMPANY INSTRUCTIONS Page 22 of 50... -
Page 23: Architecture
Automates IP name and address services Information is maintained and manipulated through the next generation user interface. Offers the flexibility of deploying on a Server or Alcatel-Lucent Appliance Solution. The user interface delivers a true Windows look and feel. An icon-driven hierarchy makes for... - Page 24 RDBMS repository. This database can be based on an Oracle or Sybase engine and can reside on a Sun Solaris, Windows, Redhat Linux or Alcatel-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 25 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.
- Page 26 Remote Server. This new functionality reduces overall traffic and improves file generation times for the remote servers. Configuration options are added to allow for data compression, encryption, and authentication. Enhanced Go To/Search For Fully Qualified Domain Names Copyright © 2011 Alcatel-Lucent Technologies USE PURSUANT TO COMPANY INSTRUCTIONS Page 26 of 50...
- Page 27 In addition, VitalQIP supports the ability to change the DHCP server debug level, stop debug, or clear the debug log from the VitalQIP GUI. This enhanced debug control is induced via the Network Services -> DHCP Generation screen. Windows Support Copyright © 2011 Alcatel-Lucent Technologies USE PURSUANT TO COMPANY INSTRUCTIONS Page 27 of 50...
- Page 28 QIP will use the Strong user context to do the updates, thus locking any other users out of being able to modify the information. The screen shot below gives an example of the configuration of these user types for secure zones. Changed Records Push Copyright © 2011 Alcatel-Lucent Technologies USE PURSUANT TO COMPANY INSTRUCTIONS Page 28 of 50...
- Page 29 VitalQIP software currently supports 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 Copyright ©...
- Page 30 VitalQIP Product Description Alcatel-Lucent enhances the ISC BIND code, as needed, with coding extensions to accelerate adoption of key RFCs demanded by the market. As updated versions of BIND become available, Alcatel-Lucent Technologies adopts the new ISC BIND and extends it with any critical features not yet incorporated.
- Page 31 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 32 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 templates be created and that information such as default routers, which typically change per subnet, be statically defined in the template.
- Page 33 By integrating the DHCP process with the enterprise server and DNS servers, DHCP provides real-time updates to the VitalQIP database and dynamic DNS servers. Alcatel-Lucent also provides a message queue that handles these updates and guarantees message delivery to the database or DNS servers.
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Page 34: Additional Product Features
Historically VitalQIP has offered a number of different modules that were separate from the core product. With VitalQIP 7.3, 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 35: Vitalqip Services Manager Module
Agent Manager to the Interface. There is only ever one Director, and it can reside on either a UNIX or a Windows system. Copyright © 2011 Alcatel-Lucent Technologies USE PURSUANT TO COMPANY INSTRUCTIONS Page 35 of 50... -
Page 36: Vitalqip Access Control
® Using an XML/SOAP interface, E.164 records can be loaded from a variety of sources into VitalQIP The interface supports dynamic loading of new records from provisioning systems, such as Alcatel- Copyright © 2011 Alcatel-Lucent Technologies USE PURSUANT TO COMPANY INSTRUCTIONS... -
Page 37: Vitalqip Appliance Manager
The ability for an administrator to search the ENUM database is an essential component of effective ENUM record management 3.1.5 VitalQIP Appliance manager VitalQIP is available in off the shelf software Or one of three appliance offerings below Copyright © 2011 Alcatel-Lucent Technologies USE PURSUANT TO COMPANY INSTRUCTIONS Page 37 of 50... - Page 38 VitalQIP Product Description The VitalQIP Appliance Manager (AM) solution is Alcatel-Lucent‟s answer to today‟s complex networks critical need for reliable, secure and low cost address allocation and management. The AM solution also addresses the shift in the IPAM market towards appliances, for increased reliability, manageability, scalability and security.
- Page 39 VitalQIP Appliance Management Software (AMS) – AMS is accessed through the 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: ...
- Page 40 The monitoring section of the AMS gives an administrator a centralized view of the health of the entire appliance network on one GUI view. Copyright © 2011 Alcatel-Lucent Technologies USE PURSUANT TO COMPANY INSTRUCTIONS Page 40 of 50...
- Page 41 Ideal for Retail and/or Small Office applications. Powered by the 64-bit Intel Atom 230 Processor on a compact, quiet Desktop platform. • DNS 93,000 Queries per Second • DHCP 6,400 Leases per Second Copyright © 2011 Alcatel-Lucent Technologies USE PURSUANT TO COMPANY INSTRUCTIONS Page 41 of 50...
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Page 42: Computing Platform Requirements And Options
3.2.1 Supported Platforms VitalQIP is supported on a number on traditional server as well as Alcatel-Lucent Appliances. On a traditional server, VitalQIP supports Sun Solaris, Window and Redhat Linux for the Enterprise server. On the Alcatel-Lucent Appliance, Redhat Linux is supported. -
Page 43: Operations And Administration
DHCP service to clients via hot sparing type functionality. The DNS architecture is inherently redundant, and Alcatel-Lucent fully supports this. Other VitalQIP services can be distributed for high reliability. The use of database add-ons such as Oracles' Transaction Application Failover (TAF) can also be employed to support a highly available system. -
Page 44: Disaster Recovery
VitalQIP are running on UNIX high availability platforms that conceivably could be remotely housed and many cases customers use third party appliances to support this. In the appliance architecture many-to-one DHCP server functionality is supported as well as DNS failover. VITALQIP 7.3 NEW FEATURES 6.1.1 New next generation web based GUI: The new web GUI was designed based on input from the VitalQIP Customer Advisory Board and VitalQIP customers representing the worldwide customer base. -
Page 45: Global Search Engine
Users have the ability to create new search profiles, save them for later use, and export search results. The new search control will be located in the upper right corner of the VitalQIP web UI as shown here: Copyright © 2011 Alcatel-Lucent Technologies USE PURSUANT TO COMPANY INSTRUCTIONS Page 45 of 50... -
Page 46: Visualip Space
VitalQIP Product Description Export searches in CSV format From any search result tab VitalQIP 7.3 allows administrators to export their searches content into csv file that could be worked with other Microsoft Excel. 6.1.3 VisualIP space: Visual IP Space will allow administrators to quickly add, modify and delete objects as well as review status of all objects on each subnet. -
Page 47: Vitalqip Am 1.7 Appliance New Features
QIP DB Import/Export VIA AMS QIP DB Import/Export VIA AMS - will allow authorized users to perform VitalQIP database export/import operations from the AMS web interface. Copyright © 2011 Alcatel-Lucent Technologies USE PURSUANT TO COMPANY INSTRUCTIONS Page 47 of 50... -
Page 48: Multiple Syslog Servers
Multiple Syslog Servers - enable AMS GUI users to define up to a maximum of 10 remote logging servers for each individual appliance from AM 1.7 onwards. IMPLEMENTATION, CONFIGURATION, AND TESTING (SOFTWARE INTEGRATION SERVICES) Implementation and integration services for VitalQIP are available from Alcatel-Lucent Professional Services and VitalQIP certified business partners. Copyright © 2011 Alcatel-Lucent Technologies... -
Page 49: Product Education And Training
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. The VitalQIP roadmap is updated monthly and is available internally at http://insolutions.web.Alcatel-... -
Page 50: Appendix Ii: Availability And Ordering
VitalQIP is available today. Please see contact the local sales or partner for pricing and additional information. Trademark and copyright boilerplate follows below. Delete any trademarks not used in the document. VitalQIP ® are trademarks of Alcatel-Lucent Technologies. All trademarks and registered trademarks are properties of their respective holders. Copyright 2011 Alcatel-Lucent Technologies Inc.