IP Address Management (IPAM)
IP address management (IPAM) software consolidates management of multiple DHCP and DNS services to provide oversight into IP address allocation across an enterprise network.
- core function:
- scan DHCP and DNS servers and log IP address usage to a database
- some IPAM may be able to
- scan the hardware associated with an IP address (device fingerprinting)
- and save the information to an asset inventory
- often used to manage and reconfigure DHCP and DNS servers remotely
- provides analysis tools to allow administrators to
- identify overloaded DHCP scopes
- or to make more valuable public IP addresses available