DNSBOX400 master

Use your IP space more efficiently

• Automated synchronization with live DNS and DHCP data
• Calculate possible values for new blocks and individual IP addresses automatically
• Extensive reporting on IP space usage
• Freely definable IPAM information fields
• Import/export functionality supporting CSV format so you can re-use information in existing spreadsheets and databases
• Two Command Line Interfaces for scripting large or complex tasks. One for IPAM and one for DNS data
• Rich XML-RPC API allowing you to integrate with a variety of other systems

Simplify DNS administration

• Built in automation and RFC compliant data validation
• Support for DNS Views. Administer an unlimited number of discrete copies of the same zone(s)
• Support for DNSSEC
• Support for non-Latin scripts eg Arabic
• ENUM support for mapping telephone numbers to IP addresses
• Manage other DNS and DHCP servers from one interface
• Support for IPv4 and IPv6 records
• Support for an unlimited number of remote secondary servers

Control multiple users and delegate tasks

• Built-in user authentication
• 'User Groups' feature lets an administrator maintain tight control over the rights of delegated users
• Support for an unlimited number of concurrent administrators
• Transaction log with audit trail (who, what, when); unlimited undo and redo
• Host and zones templates can be assigned to individual administrators to simplify host/zone creation

Purpose-built for maximum security, reliability and ease of use

• Security built-in from the ground up
  • Web administration via secure SSL web interface
  • Custom Linux OS
  • Operating system runs from read only CompactFlash
  • Runs current BIND version
• No built-in limits for scalability. High Availability and Load Balancing options
• Simple upgrade facility: performance, feature and security updates packaged as a single file
• Reporting tools for monitoring the health of the server
• SNMP support allows the box to be monitored by standard networking tools
• Supports Syslog output to remote Syslog server
• Failover support for all DNS and DHCP data to a standby unit

 

DNSBOX400 integrates particularly closely with the ApplianSys DNSBOX200 slave but is also compatible with any other RFC-compliant DNS server and can be used to manage IPAM, DNS and DHCP in most networks.

 

 

1. DNSBOX400 master remotely administers DNS slaves/DHCP server. Live DNS and DHCP data recorded in IPAM database
2. DDI data synchronised with DNSBOX400 failover
3. DNSBOX400 manages active directory data from an internal Windows server