HP Universal CMDB and BlueCat Networks™ Proteus

DNS, DHCP and IP Address Management

BlueCat Networks offers complete visibility into your naming and addressing infrastructures - for DNS, DHCP and IP Address Management - to streamline IT and provide up-to-date and accurate IP and naming information.

Networks continue to grow at an explosive rate - being able to accurately track and manage this network growth is critical to successful IT operations. BlueCat Networks offers complete visibility into your naming and addressing infrastructures - for DNS, DHCP and IP Address Management - to streamline IT and provide up-to-date and accurate IP and naming information.

Benefits of the BlueCat Solution and HP Universal CMDB Integration

The HP Universal Configuration Management Database (CMDB) integration with BlueCat Networks' Proteus™ reduces the administrative effort involved in managing today’s growing dynamic networks. The integration provides complete control over the naming and addressing infrastructure for an organization - centralizing all DNS, DHCP and IP Address Management (IPAM) data within HP Universal CMDB.

IT organizations now have a single console for reporting, viewing and troubleshooting, allowing information across all layers to be gathered and provided in a central location. Reports on IP address consumption can now include dynamic addresses to provide up-to-date and accurate details on IP usage. In addition to this, DNS and DHCP services can be incorporated into impact analysis reports to determine the effects of a potential outage.

Solution Benefits

• Centralizes visibility for all DNS, DHCP and IP Address data
• Easily identifies dependencies and relationships for service impact analysis
• Increases accuracy for IP usage reports that includes up-to-date dynamic data
• Decreases time to diagnose and troubleshoot network issues and problems
• Provides more accurate picture of network, combining comprehensive DNS, DHCP and IPAM data

How the Integration Works

Map dependencies, avoid name and IP conflicts and diagnose issues faster.

Using HP Universal CMDB, organizations can gather data from BlueCat Proteus to map address and name infrastructures, and their relationships to other services and objects within HP Universal CMDB. The integration provides a single source for all address and name data, allowing administrators to quickly and easily gain access to critical DNS, DHCP and IPAM information.

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