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IPal Features & Benefits |
Correctly allocated and assigned Internet Protocol (IP) addresses are critical to your network’s health and security. The key to IPal™ is the Engineered IP Address™. While a number of applications account for IP addresses there is no checking for validity in the routing domain or even correctness for the associated subnet. An Engineered IP Address™ is a valid CIDR address which is unique across a routing or administrative domain and is accurate from its instantiation and allocation through to its reclamation for renumbering, transferring or returning the IP address space.
Features
IPal™ provides complete IP address life cycle support from initial acquisition of address space to its return.
| Network Design | IPal represents your network as a set of hierarchical areas, calculating aggregate addresses according to network structure. |
| Accurate Allocation | IPal selects correct addresses and masks for equipment interfaces and network segments. IPal will delegate contiguous address ranges for assignment to another authority. |
| Connections | IPal models network segments or subnets as connections, insuring that connected interfaces have matching network segment addresses and masks. |
| Device Support | IPal tracks addresses allocated to device interfaces. |
| Multiple CIDR Address Support | IPal supports ASN, IPv4, and IPv6 in one seamless interface. |
| Tunable Allocation Policies | IPal allocation policies are tunable to favor utilization of the address space, route aggregation, or a balance of the two goals. Policies are tunable per network area. |
| Automatic Distribution of Address Space | IPal will transfer address space throughout the network as it is needed. The size of transferred blocks can be tuned to minimize fragmentation of the address space. |
| Network Tree and Address Map | IPal presents a visual representation of the network architecture. IP address map provides an interactive view of IP address space, showing address status and usage. |
| Multiple Address Spaces | IPal supports multiple instances of address space. Represent distinct networks, multiple copies of private (RFC1918) space, or copies of network architecture for testing and training purposes. |
| Reports | IPal presents reports or network configuration by address, by device, by network hierarchy, and more. Utilization reports support additional requests for address space from ARIN. |
| Deallocation with Re-use Delay |
IPal can delay the re-allocation of released addresses for a configurable period, allowing time for the addresses to expire in live equipment. |
| Reclamation | IPal will collect free and deallocated addresses as required for moving or removing address blocks. Reclaiming address blocks facilitates renumbering, reorganizing, merging networks or returning addresses blocks. |
| Accessibility | IPal is a web-based application, accessible from a browser with access to the IPal server. |
| User Accounts | IPal controls user access by functions, block sizes, and network hierarchy. |
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See what IPal™ can do for you... overview - sample application - system requirements - product literature - contact IA © 2002 - 2008 Internet Associates, LLC. All rights reserved. U.S. Patents 7,127,505; 7,330,907. Other patents pending. IPal™ is a registered trademark of Internet Associates, LLC. Product specifications are subject to change without notice. Other company and brand, product and service names are trademarks, service marks, registered trademarks or registered service marks of their respective holders. |