DHCP Management Module

A feature rich management interface on top of your DHCP servers

The Men & Mice DHCP Management module provides a robust management layer on top of existing DHCP infrastructure. It provides a powerful, feature rich management console which interacts, via a central server, with existing DHCP servers. This natural approach allows for great flexibility in defining user access rights and makes it easy to deal with the management problems commonly associated with complex enterprise DHCP infrastructures. It is fully integrated with the Men & Mice Suite's DNS and IP address management modules, enabling the operation of DNS, DHCP and IP address configuration as a managed unified whole.

The DHCP Management module brings true enterprise management features, including:

• Non-intrusive, easy deployment. No migration or redesign required. Works with the existing DHCP servers and data. Simple installation and setup. No investment in hardware and deployment in a matter of minutes

• Role-based access control. Administrators can create user profiles and grant individual users different access privileges on server, scope and IP address level.

• Full integration with Microsoft Active Directory.

• Global overview. The DHCP module provides an instant access to all of the connected DHCP servers. Servers and scopes can be sorted and filtered. The global listing of scopes makes it possible to select multiple scopes on various servers and update certain scope options across all servers in one operation.

• Mass updates. The Search & Update process can be used to make multiple updates across servers and scopes in one operation.

• Intuitive user interface. The user interface is designed to automate and ease DHCP management. It supports all common DHCP management tasks, such as: Configuration of server and scope options, managing scope lists and updating scopes.

• State of the art mission-based web interface. Junior administrators and helpdesk personnel receive a "fool-proof" one page, web browser interface, customized for mission (task) at hand (e.g. releasing DHCP lease)

• Complete audit trail. Junior Complete change history done to DHCP configuration is logged. Change history for any object as well as user activity is tracked.

• Powerful reporting tool. Using the DHCP Management console’s reporting capabilities it is easy to get a good overview of scope utilizations.

• Split-scope configuration The DHCP module provides a unique tool for working with split-scope configurations. It is easy to see which scopes make up a split scope configuration. Adding, deleting or modifying a DHCP reservation in a split scope will automatically replicate to any number of physical DHCP servers within the same split-scope, ensuring that DHCP reservations will remain identical. A powerful graphical overview of DHCP scopes makes for a quick snapshot view of health and statistics.

• Microsoft, ISC and Cisco DHCP support Support for hybrid environment with Microsoft, ISC and Cisco DHCP servers, all managed through single unified interface.

• DHCP lease history. History of who had which DHCP IP address at any time can be viewed from the DHCP module for both Microsoft and ISC DHCP servers.

• Scheduling. Scripts can be run at any predetermined time to perform routine tasks and backup.

• SOAP interface. The SOAP interface enables access to and from external applications or scripts using industry standard protocols.

• Integration with IP Address Management. When the Men & Mice IP Address Management module is enabled, the creation, deletion and configuration of DHCP scopes is automatically synchronized with other IP address related data.

• Integration with DNS Management. Enabling the Men & Mice DNS Management module further results in added benefits. Administrators can easily view device associations, both in DNS and DHCP. Changing information in DHCP view (e.g. IP address) will automatically change the corresponding information in DNS, and vice versa.

• Seamless support for split-scope configurations on Microsoft DHCP servers. Administrators can easily create and manage split-scope configurations. The DHCP Management module provides a rich set of tools, such as detailed graphical representations of split-scope configurations and powerful reporting. Using the DHCP Management module it easy for administrators to guarantee identical reservations.

The Men & Mice DHCP Management module is one of four application modules which comprise the Men & Mice Suite. The other three modules are:

• DNS Management Module
• IP Address Management Module
• Analyzing and Monitoring

The DHCP module can be deployed independently of other modules of the Men & Mice Suite.