Access to Internet and to enterprise networks is a strategic issue. A reliable network is a must for today's business. The network's key areas - such as Domain Name System (DNS) and IP address space - have to be managed efficiently and reliably.

Nixu NameSurfer Suite is the market-leading DNS, DHCP and IP Address management solution. While our customers include Fortune 500 companies and roughly 30% of all 2.5G and 3G operators worldwide, the solution is also used by smaller organizations in nearly all industry verticals. They all view efficiently managed and reliable network as a strategic asset.

Nixu NameSurfer Suite simplifies and speeds up the administrative processes associated with adding new hosts to network, whether dynamic or static. Thanks to its real-time synchronization with DNS and DHCP services, the IPAM module can be used to manage the distribution and allocation of name and address space, and as a centralized repository for equipment and use-related data. Nixu NameSurfer Suite also includes a graphic real-time display of subnet usage, number of search tools, and advanced user management functionalities.

Nixu NameSurfer Suite is the only enterprise / carrier-grade IPAM solution backed up by Citrix Verified and VMware Ready certifications. To run Nixu Products in virtual machine environment, simply download an ISO installation media from our website and boot up a new virtual machine. The installation media auto-installs the entire hardened server stack in just minutes.

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  Key benefits

• Consolidate DNS, DHCP and IP address management to virtual environment
• Reduce DNS and IP address management costs and efforts up to 90%
• Eliminate DNS downtime
• Ensure compliance with laws and regulations
• Support business continuity initiatives
• Improve security of critical infrasructure

  Main Features at Glance

• Intuitive web-based user interface with native SSL support; only web browser required to access the system
• Fully granular User Groups functionality for distributed management
• Transaction log with audit trail (who, what, when); undo and redo
• Built-in user authentication
• Embedded SQL backend with:
  • ODBC interface
  • Access to table descriptions
• Scales to millions of name entries; hundreds of thousands of zones
• Secure "Hidden Primary" solution architecture
• Statistics on DNS and IP address space usage
• Full support for IPv6; dual-stack (IPv4 + IPv6) networks
• Bulk changes
• Command line interface
• Network-based Application Protocol Interface (XML-RPC based API)
• Configuration utility for remote ISC DHCPD servers
• Configuration utility for remote DNS servers / secondaries (Nixu SNS, Secure64 DNS, BIND, NSD)
• Optional High-Availability / hot-standby replication module
• Supported platforms: Sun/SPARC, Linux, Software Appliance for x86 platforms
• Integration with Microsoft AD networks using Dynamic DNS, TSIGs

  DNS Management Module

• Automated error and consistency check of data input
• Automated zone serial numbering
• Automated creation of reverse entries
• Automated provisioning of next available IP
• Automated master-to-slave propagation of all DNS changes
• Zone template functionality enabling pre-defined entries when adding hosts
• Batch creation of multiple host entries
• Support for DNS Views
• DNSSEC Support
• ENUM Support
• Support for BIND versions 4, 8, and 9, NSD Versions 3.0, Nixu SNS
• Configuration utility for remote DNS servers / secondaries
• DHCP and Microsoft AD integration using Dynamic DNS and TSIGs

  IP Address Management (IPAM) Module

• Centralized management point for organization's IP address space and related data
• Replaces commonly used Excel spreadsheets
• Import/export functionality supporting CSV format
• Automated synchronization of DNS data and IPAM module; contents of given IP address block always up-to-date, populated automatically using live DNS data
• Keeps track of organization's IP address space and its usage
• Calculates possible values for new blocks and individual IP addresses automatically
• Statistics; e.g. free IP addresses within given subnets
• Secure storage for IP address inventory, storing information such as:
  • distribution of IP address space; subnets and their sizes, individual IPs within organization
  • physical location of subnets/individual IPs; type of usage; equipment used; name of internal/external owner and their contact details; etc.
• Support for merging and splitting IP address blocks/subnets on the fly

Materials

 Nixu NameSurfer Suite Data Sheet (1 660 kb)
 Nixu NameSurfer Suite White Paper (179 kb)
 Virtualized DNS and IP Addressing Environments (679kb)
 IPv6 Solution Guide by Nixu Software 4 038 kb)