BlueCat Integrity vs. EfficientIP SOLIDserver DDI

It can act as a reasonable DNS and DHCP solution if money allows you chose to have a dedicated (virtual) appliance.

Incentivized

• IP management
• DNS server
• TFTP

Incentivized

• GUI interface could use some touch-ups. For example, saving a configuration is not the easiest thing to do.
• Hypervisor compatibility (currently doesn't support Nutanix AHV).
• Not too many KBs publicly available.

Incentivized

For all it's worth, it's a Linux based appliance and does offer a high availability design. It does offer IP address management and can scan your network through ICMP and SNMP. It does support role-based access controls for admins.

Incentivized

• CONS: Not up to speed with market-leading virtualization technologies such as Nutanix.
• PROS: Reliable solution.
• PROS: The design can be confusing for the folks used to Infoblox as it utilized 1 controller called Bluecat Address Manager and the actual DNS/DHCP servers named BDDS.

Incentivized