Cisco Cisco Prime Network Registrar Jumpstart 8.0 Information Guide
Q&A
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Cisco Prime Network Registrar Jumpstart
Q. What is Cisco Prime
™
Network Registrar Jumpstart?
A. Cisco Prime Network Registrar Jumpstart is a high-performing hardware appliance for Domain Name System
(DNS) and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) services. The appliance combines the speed,
scalability, and reliability of Cisco Prime Network Registrar, and its robust, world-class DHCP and DNS
servers, with the ease of deployment of an appliance format and the high performance of Cisco
®
server
hardware. The solution includes the following:
●
Cisco Prime Network Registrar DNS, Cisco Prime Network Registrar DHCP, CentOS 5.4 and VMware
ESXi 4.1 - all preinstalled on the server
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Cisco Unified Computing System
™
(Cisco UCS
™
) C200 M2 (one rack-unit [RU] rack-mount server) with an
Intel 2.66 GHz 6 core processor, 24 GB RAM, two 300 GB 15K disk drives (RAID 1, yielding 300 GB total
space), and dual power supplies
Q. What are the benefits of Cisco Prime Network Registrar Jumpstart?
A. Cisco Prime Network Registrar Jumpstart is designed to help network operators address the challenges of
network and device growth, the transition to IPv6, and the reduction of operating expenses (OpEx). The
solution is fast and easy to implement with low startup costs. DHCP and DNS services can be immediately
turned on, configured, and integrated into the network service for fast time to value. The Cisco UCS C200 M2
server provides superior scale and performance in a compact form factor, and the application is preinstalled as
a virtual machine, providing support for virtualized data centers. The solution grows with the business; the
appliance ships with 1000 permanent IP node licenses, and customers may buy additional licenses to support
up to 500,000 IP nodes with this single Cisco UCS server. Finally, Cisco Prime Network Registrar Jumpstart is
an integrated solution from one vendor, on one box - all supported by Cisco.
Q. How many IP nodes are included with Cisco Prime Network Registrar Jumpstart?
A. Cisco Prime Network Registrar Jumpstart includes a base li
cense of 1000 IP nodes. This means that “out of
the box,” users can assign up to 1000 DHCP leases and 1000 DNS resource records.
Q. Can additional IP nodes be added to the 1000 count base license that is shipped with Cisco Prime Network
Registrar Jumpstart?
A. Yes. If a network has more than 1000 IP nodes, operators can order additional licenses to cover the remaining
IP nodes. Cisco recommends running up to 500,000 active IP nodes for the standard configuration and not to
exceed a 1,000,000 active IP node count on a single Cisco UCS server. For networks with greater than
500,000 IP nodes, Cisco recommends deploying additional appliances for optimized performance. Cisco also
recommends that customers purchase additional appliances for failover situations.
Network settings (lease duration and other lease settings) and performance requirements may affect the total
IP node count.