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The integrated management and delivery of Domain Name System, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, and IP Address Management. A DDI platform connects naming, address assignment, inventory, policy, automation, and operational visibility.
Open practical guideThe Domain Name System, a distributed hierarchical database and protocol used to map names to resource records. It supports far more than address lookup, including service discovery, email routing, delegation, policy, and security data.
Open practical guideThe Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol automatically supplies hosts with IP addressing and other configuration. DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 are separate protocols with different message formats, transports, identifiers, and state models.
Open practical guideIP Address Management, the discipline and tooling used to plan, allocate, assign, discover, reconcile, document, audit, and automate IP addresses and prefixes. Mature IPAM also links addresses to DNS, DHCP, devices, sites, owners, and workflows.
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