Centralize DNS, DHCP, and IPAM Management
Stop juggling multiple tools and spreadsheets. SolarWinds® IP Address Manager consolidates DNS, DHCP, and IP address management into one intuitive platform—so you can monitor your DDI environment, identify conflicts, and troubleshoot issues more quickly.
Automate DNS, DHCP, and IPAM Operations
Consolidate DNS, DHCP, and IPAM Tools in One Platform
Managing DNS, DHCP, and IP address management separately means constant context switching, manual cross-referencing, and a higher risk of costly errors. SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM) consolidates these critical functions into a single, feature-rich platform built for multi-vendor environments. Monitor Microsoft, Cisco, ISC, and Infoblox DHCP servers alongside BIND and Microsoft DNS servers—all from a unified web console. IPAM works with your existing infrastructure, so you can manage DNS zones, DHCP scopes, and IP address blocks without replacing the servers you already run. Give network operations (NetOps) teams a centralized view of DDI services, with network automation for IP discovery and scanning.
- Organize address space into groups, supernets, and subnets that reflect your network structure
- Add custom properties—such as building, room, asset tag, or serial number—to make address records more useful to operations teams
- Eliminate spreadsheet-based IP tracking with automated discovery and scanning
- Connect IP address records to user and switch-port details through the SolarWinds User Device Tracker integration
- Monitor supported Amazon Route 53 zones and records in AWS alongside Azure DNS zones and records
Manage DNS, DHCP, and IPAM With Greater Confidence
With the SolarWinds IPAM DHCP and DNS Management view, you get a dynamic breakdown of your servers, scopes, and zones in one clean interface. Toggle through management views filtered by location, server type, status, or VLAN ID to assess what matters most. View all supernets or subnets in a group, automatically create DNS PTR records when registering new devices, and propagate DHCP and DNS changes directly to the respective servers—all without logging into each one individually. SolarWinds IP Address Manager automatically detects mismatches in DNS forward and reverse record entries and flags them for quick resolution. Manage your multi-vendor DDI environment with more control and more confidence.
- Create an IP reservation together with its associated DHCP reservation and DNS entry from a single screen
- Use custom roles and subnet-level permissions to delegate IPAM tasks to the appropriate teams
- Check scan-job status, last discovery, and scheduled scans when validating how recently subnet data was collected
- Validate BIND configuration syntax during supported DNS management operations
- Support DHCP redundancy by setting up and monitoring Windows DHCP server failover from IP Address Manager
Centralize Network Visibility Across DNS, DHCP, and IP Resources
Stop switching between consoles to piece together your network's IP health. SolarWinds IP Address Manager gives you a centralized management console that replaces fragmented, multi-vendor monitoring with a single view. Track IP address usage in real time, monitor top-ten DHCP subnets and scopes by utilization, and surface IP conflicts the moment they occur. Automatically identify mismatches in DNS forward and reverse record entries and resolve them before they cause disruption. IPAM scales effortlessly across hybrid, on-premises and cloud environments—so whether you oversee hundreds of IPs or millions, you always know what's available, what's in use, and what needs attention.
- Distinguish available, used, transient, and reserved addresses when reviewing address capacity
- Set warning and critical utilization thresholds for subnets and supernets
- Add custom properties to organize network objects by business context, such as country, building, or asset tag
- Review discovered cloud instances and virtual machines alongside managed IP address data
Reduce the Complexity of DNS, DHCP, and IPAM Management
Managing BIND DNS through command-line interfaces or bouncing between separate tools for each vendor adds unnecessary complexity to your day. SolarWinds IP Address Manager removes that overhead with built-in capabilities that let you configure DNS zones and zone transfers to support DNS availability and recovery workflows. Facilitate DNS troubleshooting with automatic record mismatch detection, and apply permissions to manage access to supported DNS/DHCP workflows. Advanced DHCP configuration options let you directly configure standard DHCP options for multi-vendor servers without logging into each server or dealing with complicated CLI commands. This network automation syncs changes to the respective server, saving NetOps teams time and reducing human error. These integrated capabilities help you reduce network management complexity and oversee your DDI environment with confidence—no specialized appliance required.
- Import IP address data to seed or update an inventory without entering each address individually
- Discover devices through Active Directory domain controllers and add the results to IPAM
- Use the subnet allocation workflow to plan and create address-space assignments
- Tune scanning intervals at the subnet level to fit network requirements
- Add polling engines to distribute scanning work when managing larger subnet inventories
Streamline DNS, DHCP, and IPAM Troubleshooting
Network downtime costs time and money. SolarWinds IP Address Manager helps you stay ahead of issues with alerts on detected conflicts, subnet thresholds, and DNS mismatches. When a conflict is detected, the IP Address Conflicts widget displays the IP address, conflict type, subnet, and MAC addresses in a single, detailed view. No more hunting across tools or switching between consoles to resolve connectivity issues. IPAM also records detailed event logs showing what changed and when, so you can retrace the steps that led to the problem and prevent it from happening again. Access historical IP data to review past usage patterns and support faster, more informed troubleshooting decisions. Resolve conflicts, restore connectivity, and deliver faster root-cause analysis.
- Use neighbor scanning to check a router’s ARP table for active addresses when a device does not respond to ICMP
- Review the last-discovery time and scan status before treating an address record as current
- Access historical IP usage data and detailed event logs for faster root-cause analysis
- Search IPAM records to narrow an investigation to a specific address or subnet
- Use historical address data to compare past and current IP usage during an investigation
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- Detect IP address conflicts across multi-vendor environments
- Monitor and manage supported DNS and DHCP services alongside IP address data
- Review IP assignment history to investigate address changes