Cisco Cisco Prime Network Registrar 8.0 Data Sheet

 

 

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Cisco Prime Network Registrar supports the IPv4 to IPv6 transition and allows dual-stack deployments on a single 

server. See Figure 1. The solution includes the following integrated components and their respective services - all 

supporting both IPv4 and IPv6: 

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A single DHCP server for device network access 

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A single DNS server for IP address translation and service delivery 

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A DNS caching server that supports DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) and is designed to prevent cache 

poisoning and other attacks 

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A powerful, comprehensive IPAM system to automate and manage all IP address requirements 

Figure 1.    Cisco Prime Network Registrar IPv4 and IPv6 Management 

 

Features and Capabilities 

Cisco Prime Network Registrar provides the following features: 

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Fast and scalable: A blazingly fast DHCP server, Cisco Prime Network Registrar has the ability to assign 

more than 47,000 DHCP leases per second. The solution is also the industry's most scalable DHCP server 

- supporting 50 million-plus devices in a single customer deployment. The recursive, extremely fast, Cisco 

Prime Network Registrar DNS caching server offers significant acceleration of DNS query throughput. 

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Reliable: Cisco Prime Network Registrar helps address unique challenges in large-scale deployments of 

DHCP and DNS by offering multiple levels of redundancy with DHCPv4 and DPCHv6 simple failover, 

support for High-Availability DNS (HA-DNS), and IPAM database replication for backup of IPAM data. A 

patent-pending discriminating rate limiter provides unsurpassed DHCP avalanche prevention to reduce 

downtime after network outages.