SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM)

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What is SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM)?

Austin-based SolarWinds offers Internet Protocal address management (IPAM) networking service.

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IP Address Management (IPAM)

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Customize your IP address management dashboard to quickly focus on your top priorities.

Manage your DHCP and DNS services in one place.

Streamline IP requests with a simple intake and approval wizard.

Automatically scan for subnets or manually add.

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM) to help track IP addresses that are in use in our network. It helps us to inventory devices. It also helps to troubleshoot any networking issues that might be related to IP addresses such as DHCP issues, duplicate use of IP addresses, and other related issues. SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM) also helps us in rolling out new devices on our network.

Pros

DHCP address pool tracking
Tracking of static IP address
Inventorying of network devices

Cons

I would love for SolarWinds IP Address Manager to be cloud based
It's not a standalone product. It is a part of the Orion platform of applications
Pricing is not a major issue, but with anything, better pricing is great

Return on Investment

It reduces my time during troubleshooting problems.
It reduces the amount of time needed to roll out a new devices.
It reduces the complexity involved in tracking IPs.

Usability

Other Software Used

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM), SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM), SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have multiple super nets that have many subnets within them. We needed a way to just keep tabs on available IPs, so when a customer came asking for one, we didn't have to guess or begin looking at ARP tables to find an available IP. It also allowed for documenting the intermission time where another Network Engineer gave an IP, but that device wasn't installed (so it wouldn't be in the ARP table yet) - saving us from the headache of duplicate IPs.

Pros

IP Management.
Simple
Straightforward.
IP Conflict Alerting.

Cons

Hostname identification is hit or miss.
Lack of integration with the rest of the SW (i.e., if I have a monitored device at 10.1.1.1 - IPAM should have the option to pull that data automatically into IPAM).
Struggles with the same thing all monitoring tools struggle with - team buy-in (if not everyone uses it, it's unreliable). Some automated/easier-to-use capabilities may help bridge that gap.

Return on Investment

IP management simplified.
IP Conflict monitoring.
Provides basic details on some aspects it scans.

Usability

Other Software Used

HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect SD-WAN, HPE Aruba Networking Switches, Zscaler Digital Experience (ZDX), Zscaler Private Access, Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series, Palo Alto Panorama, HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager, Cradlepoint Routers

Verified User

Engineer in Corporate (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use it as a tool to keep inventory of wich ip is used and what is still available, ofr an example when we need to roll out a new virtual machine or netwerk device it needs an ip. And with out much effort we can lookup the ip range/subnet that the device needs to be in and see which ip's are still free.

Pros

IP ranges
subnet ranges
keep inventory
show wich are free and which are used

Cons

Maybe the GUI
overview
nothing that can come to mind

Return on Investment

improve work flow
overal management of the ip/subnet database
better overview.

Usability

Jacob Bradley

UC Manager in Information Technology at T. D. Williamson (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use SolarWinds IPAM to manage the subnets at our many office locations across the world. It allows us to quickly see subnet status, IP availability, and update our DNS quickly. This prevents us from duplicating IP addresses and causing communication errors.

Pros

IP address availability
DNS updates
Capacity planning

Cons

Customizable dashboards
Resolution automation
Better scripting base

Return on Investment

Simple IP address assigning
Easily avoids IP address conflicts
Capacity planning for subnets simplified

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)

Other Software Used

SolarWinds Virtualization Manager (VMAN), SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA), SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor

Jeeva Kumar View profile

Information System Manager in Information Technology at ZeOmega (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I have been using this tool for the last 5 years and this is a pretty decent tool to track the IPs that are reserved, assigned, and available. Easy to create the group and manage each IP subnets independently.

Pros

Can track all the IP address ( provisioned and available) automatically
Centralized managed solution
Can integrate with the DNS

Cons

Sometimes I have noticed the IP pool doesn't get refreshed and am not sure where the issue is. I had to cross verify the IP address before assigning it to male sure it doesn't conflict with already provisioned Servers

Return on Investment

can free up my time in spending hours to identify the available IP's
Helps in avoiding human error and thus reduce the downtime

Other Software Used

SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM), SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA), Orion

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