Cisco Cisco Prime IP Express 8.2 Data Sheet

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Features and Benefits

Cisco Prime IP Express provides:

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Comprehensive, automated, IP address management and visibility: Cisco Prime IP Express IPAM

provides easy, integrated management of IPv4 and IPv6 address space as well as multivendor DHCP and

DNS configurations - all in one solution. With the ability to discover, track, allocate, assign, and reclaim IP

addresses automatically and tools to model IP data, network administrations can significantly improve

operational efficiencies and shrink workloads from days and hours to minutes. In addition, automation of

these tasks helps eliminate IP conflicts and configuration errors, reducing downtime of DHCP and DNS

services and lowering network operating costs.

Dashboards provide real-time visibility into IPv4 and IPv6 networks and device connections for faster

troubleshooting. Network-operator-defined thresholds and alerts provide notification of impending address

depletion and other potential address space inventory issues.

Granular, role-based IPAM delegation of functional and logical access, visibility, and control allows tiered

administration, such that multiple administrators can manage the system with different rights and sign-off

privileges. In addition, IPAM support for (and seamless integration with) Microsoft DNS and DHCP services

reduces management complexity and allows enterprises to protect their existing investments.

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DNS: Cisco Prime IP Express 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. A separate, extremely fast caching-only server performs DNSSEC validation and helps to protect

resource records against common DNS vulnerabilities for enhanced security. Built-in support for domain

redirect and NXDomain redirect helps administ

rators optimize the user experience by helping avoid “risky”

websites and assist users when they query an invalid domain name.

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

networks and to support millions of devices. 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.

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BYOD and Microsoft AD support: Cisco Prime IP Express provides an integrated, easy-to-use BYOD

portal that allows for self-service device registration and management. Employees can use their own mobile

devices for business communications in a managed way - with the correct IP addresses and network

settings. It provides terms of use and branding and identity confirmation that all lead to an in-house

provisioning experience that will lower operating expenses (OpEx) while satisfying administrators and end

users. The solution is also compatible with Microsoft Active Directory for external authentication, supporting

the growing prevalence of AD and lowering operating expenses.

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Support for IPv6 and virtualization: Cisco Prime IP Express includes integrated, full lifecycle

management for IPv4 and IPv6 (including US Government IPv6 certification) and allows dual-stack

deployments on a single server to ease the transition to next generation IP networking. And extensive

support for virtual machines and the related provisioning and administration of IP addresses helps

enterprises manage the transition to virtualized environments.

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Deployment options: Cisco Prime IP Express is available as a virtual appliance, offering fast startup and

rapid time to value.