IP Address Management
New to Windows Server 2012 is the IP Address Management (IPAM) tool. IPAM enables an organization to organize, view, and report on utility systems on the network, specifically IP address mapping, DNS server configurations and assignment, DHCP server configurations and assignments, and the like.
A key area where organizations have found IPAM to be most useful is in the replacement of spreadsheets and databases mapping servers, routers, Internet connections, and the like with IP addresses, those manual IP address sheets that provide the mapping of devices and addresses. Through the use of tagging, devices and IP addresses can be tagged to note which city, campus building, server room, rack, and rack position a specific IP ...
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