About IP Address Management

IPAM is the allocation, administration, reporting, and tracking of public and private IP spaces, network devices, and their associated data. It comprises the deployment of DNS and DHCP services and the monitoring of network devices and performance to ensure data integrity and security of your networks.

The Infoblox IPAM implementation is a feature-rich and easy-to-use solution that encompasses support for IPv4, IPv6, network discovery, and automated monitoring. Infoblox IPAM provides tools that integrate the allocation, administration, reporting, and tracking of your entire network space. The below figure highlights the Infoblox IPAM implementation.

Infoblox IPAM Features

You can perform the following IPAM tasks to effectively manage and control your network:

• Create host records. Host records integrate the DNS records and DHCP data of a network device. You can use a host record to manage a network device from one central point. For more information, see About Host Records.

• Create IPv4 and IPv6 networks. For information, see About Network Containers.

• Discover devices in IPv4 and IPv6 networks and other Objects created in IPAM. For more information about Adding IPv4 and IPv6 Network Containers and Networks and Adding Host Records, see About Host Records. View your IPv4 network and address utilization in a graphical mode. For information, see IPv4 Network Map and IP Map.

• When necessary, resize, join, or split networks. For information about Resizing IPv4 Networks, Splitting IPv4 Networks into Subnets, Joining IPv4 Networks see, Managing IPv4 Networks. For information about Splitting IPv6 Networks into Subnets, and Joining IPv6 Networks, see Managing IPv6 Networks.

• Manage IPv4 and IPv6 address data. For information, see Viewing and Managing IPv4 Addresses, Viewing IPv6 Data , and Managing IPv4 and IPv6 Addresses.

• Add and manage DNS resource records associated with IP addresses. For information, see Configuring DNS Resource Records.

• Monitor your core service network data using the Dashboard, audit log, syslog, and reports. For information, see Infoblox Reporting and Analytics.

• Discover and track network devices. For information, see IP Discovery and vDiscovery and DHCP Fingerprint Detection.