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Infoblox DDI (BloxOne)

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What is Infoblox DDI (BloxOne)?

Infoblox DDI consolidate DNS, DHCP and IP address management into a single platform, deployed on-site and managed from a common console.

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All in one IP and DNS solution

Incentivized
Mohammed Younus SiddiquiView profile
Network Security Engineer in Information Technology at KFUPM (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Infoblox in multiple capabilities i.e. IPAM, DHCP and DNS resolver. If you are an organization that consists of more than one domain and host applications and websites then Infoblox is needed for DNS. When getting DNS module it makes so no sense to leave out IPAM as they both go hand in hand. It literally is a jack of all trades.

Pros

  • IP Management
  • DNS Domains
  • DNS Lookup

Cons

  • Support
  • UI/UX
  • Reports

Most Important Features

  • DNS Resolved
  • IP Management
  • DHCP

Return on Investment

  • Easy IP Reservation
  • DNS Local and Global Domains
  • Quick Subnet Creation

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Umbrella

Infoblox IPAM a powerful asset manager

Incentivized
David Thornton, CISSPView profile
Security Engineering Manager in Information Technology at Blue Canopy / Jacobs Engineering (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Pros

  • DNS management.
  • Integration with Active Directory, and a viable replacement for MS IP address management.
  • Good for visually representing the DHCP lease space.

Cons

  • Reporting is an add-on feature, which requires another system. The basics are free.
  • Network systems management and reporting is another add-on. However, this is significantly expensive.
  • The pricing structure is somewhat ridiculous. It's the least expensive system for a duel site. It has 10s of thousands (for a full feature IP tool), but in our case is crazy expensive.

Return on Investment

  • It has lowered the administrative burden on the network team.
  • It has allowed us to provide IP address reports and given us another source for asset management validation.
  • It reduces risk by centrally managing IP networks.

Other Software Used

VMware ESXi, HPE ProLiant DL, Nimble, Pure Storage FlashArray, Cisco 5500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 5500), Juniper Ethernet Switches

Usability

Must have for every environment.

Incentivized
Verified User
Employee in Information Technology (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using Infoblox DDI internal and external grid and internal grid. They help us with our DNS, DHCP, and IPAM infrastructure.

Pros

  • Infoblox DDI helps us with our DNS requests for internal and external networks
  • It helps us do IPAM functionality
  • It helps us with serving DHCP to the network sites and datacenters

Cons

  • The Infoblox DDI grid VMs require too much space, Processor, and memory, It needs to be skimmed a bit.
  • The OS used is NIOS and has very limited operations we can do on it. It adds a limitation to being scanned for vulnerabilities.
  • The support and migration require too much work and downtime.

Most Important Features

  • Internal DNS services, Internet name serves to cache.
  • IPAM management helps us assign new IP addresses and an overview of what is used.
  • DHCP helps with assigning IP addresses to networks and systems via DHCP

Return on Investment

  • This is a crown piece of infrastructure for us. Downtime on this would cause a network down for us. Fortunately, this has been working well for us till now.
  • The support is also very good, Patching does require some downtime and reboots though

Alternatives Considered

SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM) and Amazon Route 53

Other Software Used

Terraform, by HashiCorp, Fortinet FortiGate, Zscaler Internet Access

Infolox DDI

Incentivized
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees employees)

Pros

  • Excellent IPAM server
  • Resilient server that stays online

Cons

  • Native logging capabilities could be better
  • User interface is a little laggy

Return on Investment

  • Spend less time managing IP addresses
  • Upgrades are quick and simple.

Other Software Used

Tenable.io

Informed People Choose Infoblox

Incentivized
Verified User
Technician in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees employees)

Pros

  • It creates and manages DHCP scopes very well.
  • It identifies scope usage at a glance very well.
  • It's very reliable and requires almost no maintenance to keep up and running.

Cons

  • The interface is a little dated.
  • Some data entry can be more difficult than it has to be.
  • Installation could be a bit more streamlined than it currently is.

Return on Investment

  • Sparing resources for other things, suc as managing IPAM is now pretty easy.

Alternatives Considered

SolarWinds IP Address Manager

Other Software Used

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, BeyondTrust Remote Support (Formerely Bomgar Remote Support)

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