A Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) appliance is a device that has a built-in operating system and essential software to manage network parameters, protocols and components. It is important that the computers which are connected to a network environment are configured, without which they will not be able to talk to each other.
DHCP appliances in most cases have open source operating systems preinstalled along with related software, usually web based. The intuitive graphic user interface makes the task of managing, configuring and allocating IP addresses a hassle free task. It prevents duplication of resources, eliminates ghost records and also provides other information such as local caching DNS resolvers, network boot servers etc.
It also provides a database of devices that are connected to the network. DHCP is used for IPv4 as well as IPv6.
DNS is a network function which converts human readable names to machine coded IP addresses.
DNS appliances can be integrated into any existing network. It is typically utilized to reduce the burden of administrators, who don’t have to master native commands which are complex in nature. The hardware and software of such appliances are preconfigured. The user simply has to plug-in the device and through web based GUI select the components that need to be active.
Such an interface also allows the administrator to allocate various resources efficiently. Managing various core components of such a network is easy; because most of the systems are controlled via the interface. These appliances can be operated remotely after the environment is created.
DNS appliances management offers reliable and efficient way to maintain and track all your core network services such as IP address, DNS and DHCP infrastructure. It provides a central management interface which makes the task of administering network parameters and components an easy job.
