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　　Keep track of the status of DHCP and DNS services operating throughout the network via periodic polling or event notification. Enable drill-down into event logs and remotely control services to facilitate trouble diagnosis and resolution.

　　Streamline IP services upgrades and patches

　　With appliance-based deployments, one vendor is responsible for not only the DHCP and DNS services version, but also for the appliance operating system and kernel. Staging patches and upgrades on a centralized system with the ability to deploy to remote servers vastly simplifies the coordination, timing, and resource requirements for this otherwise costly and cumbersome process.

　　Adapt IP management functions to your business processes.

　　Every organization's IP network management is unique, despite their common need to effectively manage address space and DHCP and DNS server configurations. To the extent possible, adapt the systems you use to define your addressing topology, device types and naming policies, as well as attributes on topology nodes, blocks, subnets, devices and domains. This enables you to manage your IP address space according to your business processes.

　　Integrate IPAM processes into broader enterprise workflows

　　In addition to adapting the IPAM system constructs and attributes to your business processes; consider further automating IPAM-related functions into broader IT workflows, such as deploying a new site, externalizing IP address requests, tracking asset information on devices and creating trouble tickets.

　　Enable reporting for addressing status and audit information

　　Communications across organizational levels can be simplified with intuitive, highly graphical reporting. Filtering information to beach umbrella manufacturers particular "hot spots" within the network can highlight and convey information that potentially requires escalation. Audit reports are also required to track user accountability and comply with regulatory requirements.