DNSBOX400 is a master appliance for integrated IPAM (IP Address Management), DNS and DHCP. It is a central management server for controlling unlimited remote DNS and DHCP servers and enabling integrated administration by a team of any size, distributed anywhere.
It features a carrier-grade fully-featured integrated DDI management application – first released in 1996 and soon adopted by more than half of the world’s top 20 ISPs. Now in its 7th generation, it is embedded on ApplianSys’ world-class appliance platform.
DNSBOX400 (Download factsheet) integrates particularly closely with the ApplianSys DNSBOX200 “slave” DNS / DHCP server, but is also compatible with any other RFC-compliant DNS server.
Use your IP space more efficiently
- Track IP address space and network resources in real-time
- Reports on IP / subnet use and allocation
- Tree-view and other graphical reports on IP space
- Utilize IPAM tools simplifying IPv4 and IPv6 address planning:
- Extensive reporting on IP space usage
- Embedded bitmask calculator
- Simple subnet-DHCP server binding
- Simple subnet-zone binding
- Merge and split subnets on the fly
- Calculate possible values for new blocks and individual IP addresses
- Network scanning tools for locating clients, identifying rogue and orphaned IP addresses
- Customise IPAM information with user defined fields
- Re-use information from existing spreadsheets and databases using CSV Import/export
- Script large or complex IPAM tasks via a Command Line Interface
- Use rich XML-RPC and SOAP APIs to integrate with other systems
Simplify DNS administration
- Automated synchronisation of live DNS, DHCP and IPAM data
- Central dashboard providing:
- At-a-glance view of subnets, zones and server performance
- Powerful search tool for DDI data
- Built in RFC compliant data validation of all entries to DNS and DHCP configuration
- Automate DNS management process
- Slave zone creation
- Zone serial incrementing
- Reverse entries
- Validation and consistency checks
- Pre-filled data entries from templates
- Centrally monitor DNS and DHCP service performance on all linked servers
- Command Line Interface for scripting large or complex DNS tasks
- Support for DNS Views. Administer an unlimited number of discrete copies of the same zone(s)
- Perform simple bulk data changes, including TTL zone values
- Support for DNSSEC including wizard for simplified zone signing
- ENUM support for mapping telephone numbers to IP addresses
- Support for IPv4 and IPv6 records
- Support for an unlimited number of remote secondary DNS/DHCP servers
- Agentless integration with Microsoft DNS and DHCP
- Push bulk firmware updates to connected remote servers
Control task delegation
- Built-in local and centralised user authentication
- Fully granular ‘User Groups’ feature lets an administrator maintain tight control over the rights of delegated users
- Support for an unlimited number of concurrent administrators
- Transaction log with audit trail (who, what, when); unlimited undo and redo
- Host and zones templates can be assigned to individual administrators to simplify host/zone creation
DNSBOX400 automates synchronisation between linked DDI servers – giving you visibility, control, security and easy management all from a single web interface.
DDI deployments make it easy to:
- Set up secure SSH connections and establish links between servers
- Centrally manage and control remote DNS and DHCP servers from one interface:
- Configure easily the same permitted subnets and DNS forwarding rules on all your remote servers
- Push new firmware on to connected DNSBOX200s
- Reporting – aggregated performance of all your remote recursive DNS servers
For smaller requirements without integrated IPAM, DNSBOX300 masters can be combined with DNSBOX200 slaves to give you
It features a carrier-grade fully-featured integrated DDI management application – first released in 1996 and soon adopted by more than half of the world’s top 20 ISPs. Now in its 7th generation, it is embedded on ApplianSys’ world-class appliance platform.
