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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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What is SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM)?
IPAM integrates DHCP, DNS, and IP address management. Automated subnet discovery and IP scanning scours your network so you always know how IPs are used. Be alerted to and fix IPs conflicts, depleted subnets/scopes, and mismatched DNS entries. Delegate IP administration so system and network admins can manage their own range of IPs. Get the nitty-gritty details on IPs and how they’ve been used—even in the distant past.
SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM) Features
- Supported: Automated IP address tracking
- Supported: Integrated DHCP, DNS, and IP address management
- Supported: IP address alerting, troubleshooting, and reporting
- Supported: Multi-vendor on-prem and cloud DHCP and DNS support
- Supported: IP Request Form for streamlining and automating IP address requests
- Supported: API support with CRUD operations for two-way integration with third-party software
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SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM) Competitors
- ManageEngine OpUtils
- Men & Mice
- Managing and maintaining internal spreadsheets
SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM) Technical Details
| Deployment Types | On-premise |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Windows, Orion Platform products can be deployed on physical or virtual servers on-premises or in the cloud. These products can also be deployed via Azure or AWS marketplaces. For detailed system requirements, visit support.solarwinds.com. |
| Mobile Application | No |
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Austin-based SolarWinds offers Internet Protocal address management (IPAM) networking service.
ManageEngine OpUtils are common alternatives for SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM).
Reviewers rate Support Rating and Implementation Rating highest, with a score of 10.
The most common users of SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM) are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Convenient Integration: Many users have found IPAM's integration with the SolarWinds suite to be convenient for tracking multiple sites and subnets. This feature has been praised by several reviewers as it allows them to easily manage their IP address allocation and DNS updates in one centralized solution.
Efficient IP Management: The ability of IPAM to manage IP addresses and update DNS as soon as a device is discovered has been highly valued by users. This functionality has proven useful for managing IP address availability and ensuring accurate DNS updates, according to numerous reviewers.
Effective Capacity Planning: Users appreciate IPAM's ability to reserve and comment on IP addresses for effective IP address allocation and capacity planning. Several reviewers have noted that this feature helps them allocate IPs efficiently, avoid conflicts, and plan for future network expansion.
Slow, Clunky Web Interface: Many users have expressed frustration with the slow, clunky web interface of SolarWinds IP Address Manager. Users find it difficult to navigate and perform tasks efficiently, impacting their overall experience with the software.
Difficult Initial Setup: Several reviewers have reported that the initial setup of the software is not user-friendly and requires a learning curve. This can be challenging for new users who are unfamiliar with the Orion platform.
Limited Options for Organizing Devices: Users have complained about the limited options for organizing devices in SolarWinds IP Address Manager. They feel that there is a lack of flexibility in the licensing tiers and find it difficult to effectively organize their devices as per their requirements.
Users commonly recommend the following regarding the software for managing IP addresses:
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Trying the free option before purchasing: Many users suggest taking advantage of the free version of the software to get a feel for its functionality and suitability for their needs. This allows users to assess whether it meets their requirements before committing to a paid version.
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Considering other options like InfoBlox and Mice & Men: Some users suggest exploring alternative software options such as InfoBlox or Mice & Men. These alternatives may offer different features or better meet specific requirements, so users recommend comparing different solutions to find the best fit.
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Looking for bundle purchase with other products for a better deal: Reviewers mention that while the software itself can be pricey, they recommend exploring bundle purchases that include additional products or services. By bundling multiple products together, users may be able to secure a better deal or more cost-effective licensing options.
It is important to note that users also mention areas for improvement, such as inadequate support and resource-intensive nature of the software. However, these are not counted as among the three most common recommendations.
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December 08, 2020
Solar Winds IPAM: Not just the new kid on the block any more!
We use IPAM to manage the up-time of all of our endpoints. If an alert goes out, an email is generated and a helpdesk ticket is created for someone to respond to.
- Setup is easy.
- IPAM works without issues. Up and down messages go out consistently
- Management console is very intuitive.
- Messages and notifications are easy to understand
- The DNS Management could be better.
- Importing custom properties could use some improvements.
- Would like to see better reporting.
- I would like to see some custom mapping to Visio
November 20, 2020
SolarWinds IPAM is one stop Solution for IP Address Management
We are using SolarWinds IPAM for IP Address Management as well as IP Allocation and De-Allocation automation via orchestration tools such as Ansible, Terraform etc. Solarwinds IPAM is helping us to manage Subnets and automating the IP Management process. With the help of Solarwinds IPAM API operations we update DNS records, A Records, Manage IP Status, etc.
- IP Management.
- Subnet Grouping.
- IP Management Automation using Automation tools such as Ansible.
- add more IP Management vendors such as Bluecat
- Easy integration with Service Now
- DNS and DHCP Management additional security layer or a warning so that new users know that changes can impact their production environment
November 12, 2020
SolarWinds IPAM - An overview of IP space in your business place
When I worked at the VA a few months ago, it was the primary IP Address Manager for our Network Operations Center. We also used it for keeping track of some of the other business lines within the VA. Here at the FAA, I am not sure of what scale it is used for yet, but it is in the organization.
- Subnet Ranges
- Categorization
- Ease of Use
- Better navigation for admins
- Better graphical interface
- More features
November 11, 2020
IPAM in a nutshell
SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM) is being used in a department with my customers environment. The customer approached me as he was looking for a solution to move away from his spreadsheet tracking of IP addresses. After research and running a trial of SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM), I suggested IPAM as his solution.
- Network scanning
- IP address tracking
- Request certain IP addresses
November 09, 2020
IPAM is worth a shot
We use SolarWinds IPAM to keep track of our networks. By doing this we get a better view of what we have, where we have it, and how much of a network is used.
- Organizing networks with site names.
- Keeping track of what IPs are in use and what is using it.
- Ease of use for DHCP scope management.
- The feel of IPAM is a bit clunky.
- Adding large number of sites at one time is a hassle, as there is little you can do to customize the labeling on individual portion of what you are entering.
November 09, 2020
Great, but not perfect. Get a trial version in your hands first to see if it fits your organization
We use SolarWinds IO Address Manager (IPAM) within the IT department. We use it for statically assigned IPs in DNS and to address IP management of all of our subnets in DHCP. This helps us track the use of IPs where there may be several "hands in the cookie jar" when it comes to assigning statics.
- Gives you DNS and DHCP access for all your servers in one place
- Allows you to see quickly if a DHCP scope is running low on available IPs
- Add it to your other tools in Orion for a on stop shop
- WMI access level for for DHCP and DNS servers is admin level; not good for security.
- Wish the DHCP portion looked more like Windows for management, but I am sure there is a licensing reason
- Wish npm and SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM) were better integrated with each other
November 06, 2020
SolarWinds IPAM needs some love... but not from me
We are using it to hand out IP addresses and to verify if an address is in use or not and we are currently working on using it to help automate server builds to hand out IP addresses across our entire company to increase speed and help get server build done faster
- Scans DHCP ranges for used IP's
- Stays current with used IP's
- Gives an easy to read graphical interface to see what IP's are in use
- I hate the look of it
- Manipulating the data on the page is very old school and clunky
- Sometimes the discovery takes a long time to run
October 16, 2020
One of the best IPAM tools
We have been centralising our IP allocation after years of neglect and Solarwind's IPAM turned out to be a great product making the whole experience much easier. Furthermore it gives us live monitoring of utilisation of particular subnets - which then allowed us to be proactive to problems, rather than wait for reports from users about devices not working.<br><br>I quite like the hierarchical structure we can put the subnets in, as this makes the whole management easier. We're still on a journey to leverage it's full potential but in our environment we tend to implement tools as far as needed to solve a problem (which it did) and refine it only when there's time to spare. I'm sure in coming months we'll have a chance to explore it's functionality further.
- IP address management.
- Subnet utilisation reporting.
- Network structuring.
- User interface is a bit complex.
- Ability to mute/tailor alert icons for transport subnets.
September 04, 2020
Good value for the price.
It is being used by the IT department and several sub-departments. It resolves the issues that can arise when utilizing addresses within a range and virtual IPs versus defined ones.
- Tracking
- Reference of utilization
- Term
- Reporting
- Data extraction
September 03, 2020
Great for environment automation and DevOps
We use IPAM to automatically track the IP addresses in use throughout the organization, and record what devices are using those IPs and DNS names. We have this linked with other systems automation tools (inc. VMware Orchestrator) to automatically assign appropriate IP addresses to servers and other devices when they are added to the network, which saves us time and reduces human error.
- Searchable IP Address Management
- IP Automation
- Ease of use
- Reliance on Microsoft SQL server - would be nice to be able to install on other DB platforms
- Price
September 02, 2020
SolarWinds IPAM is a great way of monitoring IP address space!
We implemented SolarWinds IPAM to eliminate the use of all our Network Spreadsheets. Not only have we accomplished that, but we have also found unique uses for the software, like passing interesting traffic over IPSEC tunnels to keep them active. IPAM also monitors all of our DHCP scopes and alerts the team if we are getting close to the maximum reservations.
- IP Allocation
- DHCP alerts
- Proactive IP monitoring
- I wish it integrated with the other SolarWinds products, without additional configuration.
September 01, 2020
Highly Customizable and Resilient IP Address Management Solution
SolarWinds IPAM is currently being used across several IT departments to manage the IP address/subnet allocation process across the enterprise. It is mainly used to allocate subnets and track subnet usage in our WAN location and datacenters. We have also added a few custom search capabilities that leverage the API and SQL database behind the product (search by subnet address, description, audit changes by username, etc.).
- Highly customizable by making use of the API and SolarWinds' capability to add custom HTML code to views.
- Presents a very efficient and user-friendly interface for viewing and managing subnets/IP Addresses
- Integrates with NTA (starting w/ v2020.2).
- IP Address allocation requests are easy to use.
- Search capabilities (by subnet address, description, custom fields, etc.).
- Better integration with other Orion platform modules.
- Improved reporting capabilities.
- Subnet allocation process (searching for free space in a set of subnets/supernets).
All IT personnel use SolarWinds IP Address Manager. Prior to our purchase of IPAM, we used a spreadsheet to keep track of our IP addresses. It was a mess and probably did more harm than good. It was often locked for editing by one person when someone else needed to update it. I believe that led to us having more than one version of the spreadsheet. Eventually, no one trusted it. SolarWinds IPAM is always accurate and always available to everyone who uses it. And IPAM is much more than a list of IPs. It is packed with features like scanning, reporting, alerts, and capacity planning.
- With IPAM automated address scanning, we can be confident that we are looking at an up-to-date, accurate snapshot of our network.
- The built-in alerts are a great safety net. We know that even if we aren't paying close attention to our IP address space, IPAM is. If a range is nearly full, IPAM lets us know before it becomes a real problem.
- IPAM's event logging gives us insight into any and all changes made by our network engineers.
- We have been using it for over three years, and the only complaint I have (or have ever heard) is that launching IPAM can be a slow process. It can be frustrating, but I don't think it has bothered anyone to the point that they reported it to SolarWinds support.
August 31, 2020
SolarWinds IPAM: Plug and play network management!
We currently use SolarWinds IPAM to track used address space across a large global network that includes multiple data centers, many remote office sites, and a major cloud provider. We initiated a company-wide network a year ago and included expanding and re-IP'ing at most locations.
Our Systems and Network groups are the primary consumers of this tool, however, it has proved useful to other teams including our desktop and helpdesk users. For us, this tool gives us instant visibility into every subnet we use. Setup is point and click; 50+ DHCP/DNS servers and can be added in a few minutes. Summaries, Top charts, issues, and more are all instantly accessible. It also points out DNS record mismatches, IP conflicts, and other pertinent events from those servers allowing us to spot and resolve problems we did not know existed. This tool makes it easy to proactively fix problems!
The IP reservation feature can be used to eliminate spreadsheet based tracking easily. SolarWinds is aware of what is using every address in near real-time. That makes a lot more sense than a tracking spreadsheet!
- Tracks actual IP address subnetting use in real time
- Correlates DNS with DHCP in effective views and charts
- Spots issues with IP Conflicts and DNS mismatches
- Identifies devices not managed by SolarWinds by MAC vendor
- Provides a workflow for IP assignment for non DHCP scopes
- More configuration options for workflow options for IP assignment would be great.
- Customizable forms for IP management workflow would be a huge plus.
- A DHCP Server management feature similar to the Network config management would be awesome.
August 23, 2020
Best IPAM tool ever!
IPAM is an excellent tool for a network admin, as you can quickly validate available IP addresses on the discovered subnets, and also check the utilization history of IP Addresses. What I love is that this is just another module that you can run in the same server and same management plane.
- Management of IP Addressing like subnets, IPs, etc.
- Useful for troubleshooting, as you can always go back and see what device utilized that IP in the past.
- Quickly allocation of new subnets or static IP's for new projects.
- Reporting
- Graphics
- resource consumption
SolarWinds IPAM is being used across the whole organization to procure IP addresses. It allows teams to perform automatic IP tracking and reserve IPs as needed. IPAM addresses network segmentation problems where all subnets are clearly defined and segmented within IPAM.
- IP addresses tracking
- DHCP assignments
- DNS zone and server management
- Needs newer/better web UI
- Simplify discovery process
- Improve alerting capabilities
We are using IPAM for our department. It is used to manage our corporate network IP allocation.
- IPAM database is highly customizable
- It could be integrated with DNS and DHCP for FQDN and user identity cross-rerefence
- It is lightweight (Solarwinds overall is clunky though)
- GUI is hard to navigate, limited customization.
- No search function???
- No audit ability? Who deleted/added what?
- No direct report function (I have to pull directly from SQL database)
- Need a way to resort items (ascend/descend based on alphabet, IP.... etc)
July 28, 2020
Great for managing IPs across the enterprise!
We use IPAM as part of our engineering department, between network and server teams. We are investigating options to hand off to operations such that they can better support tier 2 and lower aspects.
- discovery of new network ranges
- identification of device names, etc.
- troubleshooting of subnets
- graphical interface
- more alerting/warning
- proactive monitoring
IPAM is used by the network services team. We use it to monitor and address rogue clients attached to both the internal and external networks in our infrastructure. It provides detailed information as to clients, mac address, and IP. IPAM makes our lives easier by tracking down lost devices as well as identifying intruders' addresses that are currently connected to our environment. IPAM is effective and easy to use overall.
- MAC address lookup
- Matching IP address to device name
- Search functionality
- The search could be quicker.
- SolarWinds does not always discover the latest MAC/IP of a device.
- The interface could be easier to navigate to.
July 17, 2020
SolarWinds IP Address Manager Review
OLIN uses SolarWinds for IP management along with device management when we assign static IP addresses. We assign Supernets and subnets via SolarWinds IP Address Manager, which allows OLIN to define and assign an IP address range to a certain site on a global basis. Through SolarWinds IP Address Manager, we are able to see devices' MAC addresses and investigate devices that we do not have defined for security purposes.
- Supernetting and Subnetting
- Device to MAC address resolution
- DHCP management
- DNS management
- Device MAC address resolution to hardware vendor
- Copy VLAN feature when putting in new Supernets
- Better functionality of search when adding subnets
July 16, 2020
SolarWinds IP Address Manager Review
Our IT personnel use SolarWinds IP Address Manager to scan the local subnet of a site to determine where devices are located that are either not responding to ping because of DNS or are on a static IP and may not have a name that resolves. We can use the information returned by IPAM to determine if DNS is responding, how long ago a device was last seen, quickly launch a browser for that IP, etc.
- Specific IP alerting
- IP address tracking
- Easily find and resolve IP conflicts and determine which devices are conflicting
- If DNS isn't working particularly well, IPAM doesn't work particularly well
- IPs seem to get "stuck" and will show as present when they're not
July 06, 2020
Easy to use and much better than Excel spreadsheets!
I have about 200 VLANs to maintain and SolarWinds IPAM is my sole tool to manage my network. It's got great search functions, auto-discovery, and sends notifications when a server reboots or doesn't start.
- Helps with statically assigning IP addresses in my server farm.
- Manages my DHCP and DNS servers.
- Great reporting functions.
- Not fond of the licensing features.
- Slow to scan subnet.
SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM) is used by our Infrastructure Team for reserving and assigning IP addresses when a new device is added to the network. It is used for Automated IP address tracking, Integrated DHCP, DNS, and IP address management. It is extensively used by our Network Team for VLAN management and helps with their daily tasks.
- Organize IP Space
- It has a Request Fulfillment Form for reserving IP addresses
- Integrates very will with the SolarWinds Platform
- Better DNS Management
July 02, 2020
I can IPAM
We currently use IPAM across our IT department. It has replaced the usual excel spreadsheet and team "memory" for tracking IP ranges. As our physical and virtual footprint has grown, network management has become more of a challenge. We would have occasional downtime due to IP conflicts, statically set IPs in a DHCP range and delays/uncertainty in finding open IPs for new systems. We can now streamline adding new branch office/store networks and have avoided office and warehouse downtime due to IP conflicts.
- Integrate with DHCP servers.
- Track in-use IPs even if not assigned.
- Templatize branch office network IP schemes.
- The user experience is not as intuitive as other products. We have to be more restrictive around level 1 help desk access compared to NCM or npm in SolarWinds.
- Making and enforcing changes, not just monitoring, has been hit or miss in some instances.
July 01, 2020
Game Changer.
We specialize in Intelligent Transportation Systems and have been utilizing IPAM within the Orion Platform to replace the traditional spreadsheet trackers of IP assignments. With static IP assignments for thousands of devices throughout multiple private LAN's, it becomes challenging to manage and audit. SolarWinds IP Address Manager helped make it a more manageable task.
- Ease of managing static IP assignments.
- Utilization tracking.
- Identify IP conflicts.
- Importing custom properties prior to discovery and losing data afterwards.
- Maintaining custom property history.