Infoblox DDI (BloxOne) vs. LightMesh IPAM

Infoblox DDI is an excellent alternative for Microsoft DHCP. It is a much more robust solution. It can also do DNS for your entire environment. However, if you are an AD environment, you will still need Microsoft DNS servers. The IPAM functionality is excellent for keeping track of your IP addresses.

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• It creates and manages DHCP scopes very well.
• It identifies scope usage at a glance very well.
• It's very reliable and requires almost no maintenance to keep up and running.

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• Support
• UI/UX
• Reports

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It's generally easy to navigate through all of the menus. It's also very powerful in that there are many options available for configuration, allowing one to take advantage of IP address management tools. This tool is definitely a leader in the space, and provided you have the budget, is a very good investment. The team that uses it will appreciate the tool.

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Support has always been responsive and knowledgeable.

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Infoblox DDI supports services across hybrid platforms and the capability to switch from appliances to VMs has added to the mobility of the applications. Setting up two grids(Internal and external) helps manage and segment the network in scopes of DNS and DHCP and apply firewall security policies over our external caching grid members.

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• It has lowered the administrative burden on the network team.
• It has allowed us to provide IP address reports and given us another source for asset management validation.
• It reduces risk by centrally managing IP networks.

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