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Infoblox Datasheet Infoblox DNS Traffic Control
Infoblox Datasheet Infoblox DNS Traffic Control
• Infoblox Grid™ integration: Allows all DNS and These challenges magnify as organizations adopt new
GSLB server settings to be managed through a
technologies. Users expect real-time performance, especially
simple, consolidated GUI from a single pane of
from e-Commerce and internal portals. Apps are becoming
glass with no special programming required
more complex. Privacy regulations are intensifying with severe
• Intelligent global traffic management: Uses penalties for non-compliance. Increasing trends in mobile
DNS-based GSLB to intelligently direct user and remote workers and branches, globalization, datacenter
traffic to the optimal server based on client consolidation, ongoing resource limitations and expanding
and server location, server health and server DNS, malware and stealth attacks are placing an even greater
availability strain on teams responsible for managing network traffic, uptime
and availability.
• Server validation: Provides a broad range of
configurable balancing algorithms, along with
flexible, automated, multi-tier health checks to Reliable Global Uptime and Availability for the
ensure availability and avoid sending traffic to Hybrid Cloud
impaired destination servers
Infoblox’s DNS Traffic Control (DTC) can help solve these
• Scalability: Enables scalable, multi-level challenges. DTC is an integrated DNS Global Server Load
decision making to support increasing data Balancing (GSLB) solution that delivers customer satisfaction
volumes using CNAME records and business continuity through reliable application uptime,
performance and seamless failover. It distributes network traffic
• Service Record Support: Supplies GSLB
loads across geo-diverse, on-premise, public and hybrid cloud
support for SRV records (e.g., VoIP, video
environments for e-commerce, customer-facing portals, web and
conferencing) to ensure maximum quality,
response and availability internal business-critical applications for business continuity and
disaster recovery (DR) in the event of a catastrophic event.
• CSV Import/Export: Offers bulk import of
configuration data and export of DTC data
for backup and analytics
KEY FEATURES CONT.
Visibility
• DTC Visualizer: Displays Load Balanced Domain Name
(LBDNs), pool and server relationships and attributes
through a single GUI visualization
Americas Europe Asia
• Pre-production testing: Allows testing of new and
updated LBDNs, pools and servers quickly and in
real-time to ensure pre-production readiness before
go-live
DTC is uniquely able to deliver the reliability, visibility and DTC enables network teams to route network traffic to pools or
automation today’s organizations require. It’s fully integrated servers using pre-defined customized load-balancing algorithms
with Infoblox’s market-leading enterprise-grade DNS, DHCP including Round Robin, Ratio (Weighted Round Robin), Topology
and IP Address Management (IPAM) (DDI) appliances. It (external GeoIP; internal Subnet, Extensible Attribute) or Global
delivers robust, highly intelligent GSLB functionality with core Availability (based on a designated resource list). Further,
authoritative DNS network and security solutions. DTC enables because datacenter and server loads vary throughout the
networking teams to get the best of DNS and GSLB in an day, DTC features Round Trip Delay (RTD) that detects latency
integrated, authoritative, easy-to-use and affordable solution. changes and directs traffic to the fastest responding servers. DTC
also supplies the ability to use Simple Network Management
Integrated DNS-based Traffic Control Protocol (SNMP) health checks which can assess information
such as CPU utilization to route users to servers with the most
At the center of every network connection is DNS. Unlike
available resources, thereby distributing application load and
most other Application Delivery Controllers (ADCs), DTC is not
improving response times.
Flexible, Automated, Multi-tier Health Checks LBDN Testing
To ensure traffic is directed only to the best available servers, One of the most helpful DTC features is LBDN testing.
DTC provides flexible, automated, multi-tier health checks On-demand testing saves time, money and resources without
including HTTP/S, SNMP, TCP, SIP, PDP and ICMP. These health having to initiate a project to validate readiness of newly spun-up
monitors detect for impaired upstream servers before routing or reconfigured assets. The GUI visualizer provides real-time
traffic, thus maintaining performance and continuity by sending visibility into LBDNs, pools and servers with immediate response
traffic only when web, app and database servers are available. to confirm configuration, status and availability prior to go-live.
• App uptime and performance enabled by • Seamless management visibility and • Efficient topology management
intelligent load balancing to the optimal control powered by a fully-integrated using IP subnet, GeoIP and
server in the most efficient location DNS/GSLB architecture Extensible Attribute data
• Seamless management control • Compliance with privacy regulations • Time and resource savings
empowered by a fully-integrated like GDPR through Extensible through API automation
DNS/GSLB architecture Attributes and GeoIP client zone
• Simple software updates Fast
management
• Server validation enabled by configurable configuration and updates of
load balancing algorithms and flexible, • Summary and forensic-level software across the Grid
automated, multi-tier health checks visibility through integrated
• Automated data sharing with
real-time Reporting and Analytics
• Scalability to meet changing global the security ecosystem and
network load balancing needs on-premises community
or in the public/hybrid cloud
Summary
As you prepare to transform your environment to SaaS, the
public/hybrid cloud, SD-WAN, 5G and IoT technologies, give
your network and applications teams
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reliability and automation to on-premises, cloud and hybrid networks, setting customers on a path to a single pane of glass for
network management. Infoblox is a recognized leader with 50 percent market share comprised of 8,000 customers, including 350
of the Fortune 500.
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