Cisco Cisco Prime Network Registrar 8.0 Data Sheet

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Flexibility and control: A patented, flexible container mechanism helps enable a user to define topologies,

address spaces (including block allocations and subnets), domains, device types, and associated attributes. Users

are also able to fully manage, configure, and report on these user-defined elements with easy customization

capabilities across these functions. Granular, role-based IPAM delegation of functional and logical access, visibility,

and control allows multiple administrators to manage the system with different rights to the system. Extensive

APIs/command-line interfaces (CLIs) help enable integration with external systems for advanced automation that is

key for service providers.

Eases IPv4 to IPv6 transition: The solution allows dual-stack deployments on a single server, and the IPAM

system eases the transition from IPv4 to IPv6 (as well as IPv6 deployment planning) by providing:

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A single view into IPv4 and IPv6

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Options to integrate IPv4 and IPv6 and migrate seamlessly

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Automatic IP address and subnet discovery and network inventory for address planning and deployment of

IPv6

By helping to automate the transition from IPv4 to IPv6, Cisco Prime Network Registrar mitigates IP address

scarcity, facilitates deployment of new revenue-generating services, and lowers IP address management

overhead.

DNS:

Without a fast, reliable, and secure DNS service, subscribers’ broadband Internet access will be

compromised. In addition, many service providers have created a dynamic service delivery infrastructure based on

DNS to help ensure high service quality and competitive service delivery. Cisco Prime Network Registrar DNS is

standards compliant, supports both IPv4 and IPv6, and is reliable with support for high availability DNS. High

performance delivers query throughput that far exceeds competitive solutions.

DHCP: Cisco Prime Network Registrar DHCP is scalable, fast, and powerful to meet the demands of complex

networks and support millions of devices on those networks. Exceptional performance capabilities help ensure that

the DHCP server can handle particularly heavy loads, including the surge of demand that typically follows a power

failure. In addition, the solution includes support for DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 failover and a patent-pending

discriminating rate limiter for avalanche protection to limit downtime after network outages. The full-featured

DHCPv6 server provides support for address assignment, both stateless and stateful configuration, prefix

delegation, and prefix stability for full IPv6 address management. Powerful extension support for customizing

DHCP server processing allows providers to easily create new solutions for billing, security, lawful interception, and

other applications.

Multivendor support: The IPAM component supports multivendor DNS/DHCP servers - including Internet

Systems Consortium (ISC DHCP and BIND 9 DNS) and Microsoft.

DNSSEC: A separate, extremely fast caching-only server performs DNSSEC validation and helps to protect

resource records against common DNS vulnerabilities.

Cloud: Service providers can deliver Cisco Prime Network Registrar as a cloud-based or managed service to

business subscribers. Capabilities include a secure multitenant environment and a web-based self-service portal

for tenant administrators when configuring DHCP and DNS.

Operations integration: Given the requirement to assign at least one IP address per new subscriber, automation

of the IPAM process within the overall provisioning process can improve time to revenue while reducing

provisioning errors. Flexible APIs/CLIs facilitate intersystem provisioning and workflow automation.