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IP Address Manager Tool 
IP Address Manager utility of OpUtils software identifies whether an IP Address is currently available or not. The tool helps in management of the IP addresses in a static DNS environment, using pre-defined user policy. The tool scans a subnet and provides the availability status of IP addresses in that subnet. One can check whether a particular IP is used or available.
Click the IP Address Manager tab.
Click the Add/Edit Subnets tab and click Add Subnet link. When you add a router from the Switch Port Mapper, Rogue Detection, or from Admin --> Add Routers, the subnets discovered in the routers will automatically be added to the IP Address Manager tool. You need to review these subnets and approve before it gets scanned.
Enter the Subnet or IP address of any network as input in the Subnet/IP Address field.
Select the Subnet Mask from the combo box.
Specify the additional details of the subnets and VLANs, if required.
Select the Scanning options:
Ping: Sends an ICMP packet to all the IP Addresses of the subnet to check for availability.
SNMP Ping: Sends an SNMP query to all the IP Addresses of the subnet to get the details of the devices through SNMP.
Resolve DNS: To resolve the DNS names of the IP Addresses based on the DNS Server configured in the system that runs OpUtils Server.
Click Add. The subnet gets added to the table below and are automatically scanned.
Repeat steps 3 to 7 for adding more subnets.
Schedule Subnet Scanning
Click the Click to Schedule link to enable scanning of subnets periodically:
Change the Status to Enabled
Specify the interval to perform the scan:
Daily - to update everyday. You need to specify the starting time.
Weekly - to update on specific day(s) in a week. You need to specify the starting time and the day(s) on which the update should happen.
Monthly - to update on a specific day every month(s). You need to specify starting time, select a day and select a month/months.
Once Only - to run the tool only once at the scheduled time.
Click Schedule to save the changes.
Configure Email/Sound Alerts to Notify Change in State
Alerts are generated whenever the status of the IP Address changes from "Available to Used" or from "Transient to Available". Click the Settings link to specify the period after which an IP Address has to be declared as Available and Save.
The IP Address Manager tool can be configured to notify the change in state by email or by playing a sound:
Click the Configure Alert link. This opens the Configure Alert dialog.
Select the Enable Email Alert check box and specify the recipients email addresses as comma separated.
To enable sound alerts, select the Enable Sound Alert check box and select a sound file to be played. To play the selected sound, click the
icon. You can also import your own sound files to be played; browse to select the sound file and click OK. The imported sound file gets added to the list, which can now be selected.
Alert Cleanup Policy: Specify the maximum number of Alerts to be stored in the database, the default being 2000. When you delete the older alerts, you have an option to save them as a csv file for future reference.
Click Save.
The Summary View provides the graphical representation of the Available and Used IP Addresses in a subnet. You can click the graph to view the corresponding IP Addresses. The summary is also presented in a table below the graph. The status of the IP Addresses are categorized as
Used
IPs : Displays the IP
addresses which are currently in use. Such IP addresses should have responded
to Ping in current discovery
Tip : Such IP's should not be
used when assigning addresses to new devices.
Available
IPs : Displays the IP addresses that
are not responded. Such IP Addresses (1)should not have responded in last
10 days to ICMP request. You can change this by clicking the Settings link available in the tool.
Tip : Such IP's can be assigned
to new devices.
Note: When
a user discovers a network for the first time, Available
IPs will always
be 0.
Transient IPs : Displays
the list of IP's that are not used in the network. Such addresses should
not have responded to Ping in their
first discovery and doesn't respond to Ping for the next 10 days.
Tip : Such IP's cannot be assigned
to new devices.
For each of the IP's, the other details displayed include the Status, the DNS Name, MAC Address, Reserved Status, Switch Details, the Last Alive Time, and Last Updated Time. For SNMP-enabled devices additional details like SysName, SysDescr, SysLocation, and SysOID are retrieved and shown.
You can also filter the view based on the status of the IP Address by selecting the required option from the Filter list.
OpUtils allows you to manually reserve an IP Address, which can be used for some specific purposes. To reserve an IP Address, follow the steps below:
From the Summary View click on any subnet to view the details of the available and used IP Addresses in that subnet.
Select the IP Addresses to be reserved and select the Reserved option from Mark as field.
To un-reserve an IP Address that has been reserved earlier, select the IP Address and select Not Reserved
You can also change the status by clicking the current reserved status of an IP Address and selecting the required option.
The IP Address Manager tool allows you to specify the following details to an IP Address:
Alias Name: An alternate name or description for an IP
Location: The physical location of the device
Phone Number: The contact number of the device owner.
Asset Tag: The asset tag for device identification
To add the details,
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Related Tools: Ping, SNMP Ping, Trace Route, System Snapshot |
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